I observed the northern lights last night at 11pm and then again at 2:00am. The sky was much more active at 2:00am. A friend was out jogging early this morning around 5:00am and she saw them as well. I tried taking pictures with my digital camera using an extremely slow shutter speed but it was too dark. If you do a search on this site you'll find some pictures from previous northern lights sightings from around the lake.
Around 11pm, from my vantage point the northern lights appeared to be a bright haze over the moutains & along the horizon--almost as if there was a big city beyond the hills. Every few minutes beams of light would shoot upwards and across the sky like powerful spotlights. At 2:00am the northern lights were much more spectacular. There still wasn't much color--again it appeared to be a slight greyish/greenish haze. However, this time the lights were much more active and lit up a very large portion of the night sky. It had the appearance of a gigantic cloud that was fanned out with the stroke of an enormous paint brush. Beams of light were shooting across the sky in every direction. The lights were rippling, pulsating, and shimmering with psychedelic effects. It was mesmerizing and so beautiful! I'll be watching the sky again tonight hoping to catch another view.
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