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 Normally,
            when the Kp index hits 2 or 3, only Finland and Canada get to
            see some auroral action in their skies, and we seen nothing due
            to our more southerly location. However, on this night the ionized
            airglow to the north was greatly enhanced, glowing green and
            with some linear structure! At the same time, they were shooting
            nice aurora in Norway and Alaska, I was taking a deep exposure
            with the fish eye lens to the north on a very transparent completely
            cloudless night. While its not rays and curtains of aurora, it
            is basically the same phenomenon. 
Instrument:  Sigma 8mm f/3.5 fisheye lens
Platform:  Robotic Barn Door Mount
Camera:  Hutech Modified Canon XTi @ ISO400
Exposure:  10m
Filters:  None
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  8/10, Transparency 9/10
Outside Temperature:  65F
Processing Tools:  Photoshop CS2, Maxim DSLR
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