Last night the dance of the lights returned to our northern skies. A friend called late last night to let me know that a sudden burst of lights appeared over our northern hamlet. I grabbed my new Nikon D700 and decided to test it. This image was taken at 3200ISO with a NIKKOR 24-55mm lens at f/2.8. I enjoyed seeing the lights again.

Extended quiet displays from horizon to horizon for an hour or so, with a very active full sky display with strong lights directly overhead around 3:45 local time. Nikon D3 14-24mm f2.8. ISO 3200 2-4 Secs.

Photo details: Canon 1D Mark 2, tamron 17-35 F2.8, asa 1250,15 second.

A clear sky at sunset revealed a light green blanket to the north until the early hours of Sept.4 when a few storms lit up over the course of about an hour, producing some unexpectedly bright Northern Lights. Canon XTi, 15,20s, f4

The lights started early last night before 10pm MST. It was so bright that was visible even from the city, some local people even came to observe.

Since a couple of weeks, I've been able to see the northern lights a few time here in the Yukon, but last night display was by far the most incredible one I've seen so far (I'm from Southern Quebec). It was amazingly bright and moved very quickly. According to my camera settings, it was more than 20 times brighter than the "not so bad" display I saw the night before.