Auroral Undulations

Looking like phantom curtains blowing in the wind, a colorful Aurora Borealis display dazzles the night sky in Cedar Rapids, Iowa around 7:45 PM on November 5, 2001. The Northern Lights first appeared as a whitish glow, not unlike city lights, along the northern horizon, then moved skyward, morphing into different shapes and displaying vivid greens and reds. This view looks northeast over Brookdale Lane NE in the Northbrook II residential development. The bright star at the end of the tree branch at center is Capella. The planet Saturn is the bright object to the right of the tree trunk at far right.