Northern Lights-October 28 & 29, 2003
These photos were taken by Keister, from her yard in Alaska.   Thanks for sharing them with those of us too far south to see them.
Click on the thumbnails for full size, absolutely glorious pictures!
"Here are a few photos of the aurora on the night of 10-28-03.  Took these at our house.  What an amazing display we were given!  We bundled up and wandered around the yard and in the street just gazing at the heavens.  I love this place...."
I love the way you can see the stars amid the colors.
"When we got up Wednesday morning, this is what was happening outside!  This time we had the greens (common) and reds, blues, violets!!!   Amazing!!!    Once again.... I love this place!!!"
Keister found the pictures below on the Anchorage Daily News website.
The greenish lights, above, were photographed around 9 p.m. looking northeast in the Gunsight Mountain area near Eureka Summit, Alaska.
Fog rolls into downtown Anchorage as the aurora borealis turns the sky above green at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday evening (10/28/03) near the airport.
The red aurora was seen directly overhead about 10 p.m. near Sheep Mountain Lodge on the Glenn Highway.  (Alaska)

Keister adds, "We saw the same thing at our house in Anchorage.  Almost a spiritual experience."
The glow of the aurora borealis and the big dipper can be seen in the northern sky on Wednesday near Ellis, Kan. as a cowboy figure, made of barbed wire, anchors a cornerpost. The aurora borealis is a rare sight in the Kansas skies.
The aurora lights up Japan's northern skies late on Wednesday (10/29/03) in the aftermath of a spectacular eruption Tuesday of the surface of the Sun. This photo was taken by astronomers at the Rikubetsu Astronomical Observatory on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido at around 8 p.m. (Rikubetsu Astronomical Observatory
The aurora borealis fills the northern sky late Tuesday (10/28/03)above the Russian Orthodox Saint Nicholas Memorial Chapel in Kenai, Alaska.
The aurora borealis fills the southwest sky early Wednesday (10/29/03) above Soldotna, Alaska.

Wren adds, "I don't know how anyone can look at the full size version of this picture and not believe in Something very powerful.  Amazing photgraph!"
Taken on 10/20/03, south of Kiowa, Oklahoma
The aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, is reflected in the calm waters of Allen Pond in Greene, Maine, Thursday evening.