This is an exellent case of a mostly photographic aurora, a deep reddish glow started in the northern sky after midnight, and as the Kp index grew to 7 by early morning, the glow increased in size to over 35 degrees over the northern horizon. These images show the progression of the storm from 7:30 pm to 4:30am on the 18th. The Camera was a Pentax K1000 on a robotic automated mounting which had a 16mm zenitar fisheye set for f/4 to avoid overexposing the earlier images which are bluish from the half moon. Supra 400 was used. See more on my web site under 'Aurora Cam'.

As dawn broke from our location near Greenland, there was a sudden dynamic eruption of bright green aurora with red fringes. These isolated displays had been randomly visible all night from northern Canada. Olympus c5050 auto-Night mode.

These are my first serious attempts to photograph the aurora. Taken with a Canon D10 set at ASA 100 using 30 Sec exposures at F5.6 and F8. I boosted these two stops with the Photoshop RAW processor.

5 minute expose with Canon G5 The center is Northen Star.

Taken in the Anchorage Alaska area with a Canon Rebel and 17-35 l lens. Exposures usually 15-30 sec, f4 with ISO 200 setting.

Great for the eye, bad for the radio.

They werent bright but they were still very pretty, and it was about -10F so I froze my toes off watching! NIKON D70, 30sec, ISO 600, wide open

Thin cloud created a halo over the moon, and the Aurora danced around it. Pentax*istD, SMCP DA14mm lens.

The northern lights on this evening were not very bright, but still it was a very nice display and at times it was pretty intense. The auroras were mostly green, but there were also some pink color tones at maximum activity. Photo details: Canon EOS 300D, EFS 15-55mm, 200ASA, 30 sek, f/4.0.