I attempted to capture some of the magic with my Nikon CoolPix 995. Most of the exposures are 1 minute long, with the camera held on a tripod.

All pictures are (C)2001 Allon Stern (KE4FYL).

You might also want to check out my dad's webpage on the polar aurora.

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The show begins!	Pretty!
My friend, John, KG4L, arrives	More red curtains.
The red starts fading to green	Aurora was visible up to around 20 degrees from the horizon!
Another shot to the north.	Airplane visible as streak in lower left
Airplane visible as streak across lower middle	John gets his picture taken with the aurora
More green	We tried shining a light on John for a couple of seconds
Time to go home. My fingers are frozen to the camera.