DMSP F16 nighttime visible imagery of the northeastern USA from Nov. 8 at 0042 UTC (Nov. 7 at 1942 EST). The aurora is the light band just south of the 45°N parallel. The US Air Force DMSP satellites have a low-light visible sensor capable of detecting nighttime phenomena such as aurora, city lights, and moonlight reflecting off clouds. Image credit: Meteorological Satellite Applications Branch, Air Force Weather Agency.

Most likely the best night for auroras this year. The show lasted for 5 hours until clouds showed up. Display started just after sunset about 5:50 pm local time. All images taken with Nikon D100, iso 1000 17mm lens

It could've been a wonderful show if it had not been for the misty clouds that acted like a filter. Every once and a while the clouds would thin out enough to see them. The corona was so far south, there wasnt any aurora in the north for a long while. Very strange, usually they are only in the north. Taken with a digital rebel at 1600 iso and 10 sec exposure

Taken with a Olympus c-765 digital camera, 400ASA, 10 sec exposure, f2.8

Nikon D100, 18mm lens, 30 sec, f4.5. Auroras persisted from about 9:30 to 2:00 AM. They were most colorful from 11:00PM to 11:30 PM, which is when these photos were taken.

Taken around 1:00am MST The sky was fairly cloudy most of the night, but right as i was about to head in, the sky opened up with a 5 minute brilliant display, and then it was gone. Canon Digital Rebel 300, 200ISO, 30sec. Auto-leveled in photoshop to correct for under-exposure, and re-contrasted to help remove some of the ever-prevalent smog around Denver.

Olympus C-8080W Digital Camera, ISO 400, f2.4, 4 second exposure.

Nikon D70, f/3.5, 10 to 30seconds, 800ISO.

These auroras were incredible. They peaked three different times that I'm aware of; the most spectacular being at 12:30amCT when the waves of light shooting toward the apex were so fast and bright I wanted to wake everyone in town to see it!

Taken with Canon G5 digital camera, set for ASA 400, f/2, and 2 to 4 seconds.

Weather was a problem in NH as I monitored the aurora on the web. Before dawn the sky finally cleared and I went out just before 5AM to observe the display. Looking to the north of my house, I saw streamers with flashes of light climbing into the sky. The Aurora stayed pretty close to the horizon and did not wander above polaris. This photograph was taken with my Nikon D70 set at ISO 800 using a 18MM F3.5 lens. Exposure time was 15 seconds.