Last night I saw the northern lights for the second time since I arrived in October.  I started exploring night photography with my digial camera on March 4 and got a couple shots of Orion.  The first time I saw the norther lights was a few days later on the 9th of March.  The display was very dim but active.  I had only seen still photos and time-lapse films before so I was not sure what to expect.  The display moved quite quickly and the sky changed in the time it took to reset the f-stop on my camera.  The lights were low on the norther horizon above the mountains.  The lights were a greenish-white, more white than green and undulated like Christmas ribbon candy.  It was fascinating.

 

Last night the display was quite different in activity.  The color was the same but it moved very slowly.  The light was a 'narrow' band across the entire sky.  I went out to check about 11:30 and watched for about an hour.  More later.

 

Check out the new pictures in Night Sky.  They are seen best in a darkened room.