Aurora at sunset.

Just crazy!  The aurora was so strong early last night that it was showing off in spite of fairly bright blue skies during the sunset starting around 10:30 pm.  Clouds kept moving in and out, and she never got very high off the horizon,  but this was the brightest sky I've ever seen the aurora visible in.

She brought us another treat.

She showed up again early this morning around 12:30 am and was very active until she started to fade around 3 am, which is when I gave up.  A hard aurora to shoot as it was really black compared to the full-moon aurora display from a couple of weeks ago.   Tight bands of intense color and brightness compared to the background.  I do have to admit it's kinda nice shooting the aurora when it's 35ยบ above!