A change of plans. The recent solar storm has set off the aurora over northern skies, and so it is even visible down to Maine. These are all taken in Nikon RAW format, auto white balance and tint. The images were processed through LR 4 with the only adjustment being cropping and lens correction for the Tamron 16-28 f/2.8. All photos were taken with the Nikon D600, 30 sec. f/3.3, ISO 800.

Now, I couldn't see these colors even after being outside for a while.

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Looking at the Milky Way to the south. That might have been the moon lighting up the clouds.

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Gradually the aurora faded. To the right in this image you can see the effect of the moon rising. Not long after it was up enough to light up the whole landscape. This put an end to any more viewing of the aurora.

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For aurora predictions, go to the University of Alaska site. Of course tonight they are overwhelmed with traffic. For us tonight the view is precluded by rain clouds.