Aurora!

This was the view from our front door just before nine last night, with an aurora so strong that it both rose above the high forestry to the north of us and even....

....formed flowing grey-green bands across the sky to the south of us.

The stars faded in the intense auroral light but the constellation Orion is visible in the centre of this picture while Canis the Dog Star is low down on the left.

It was a beautifully clear, frosty night so we walked up the track behind the house until we looked down on the lights of the village with the auroral display flowing and moving and changing colour above them.