Tweaked exposure, saturation, and noise reduction

Words are inadequate to describe the amazing experience of last night's 7.67 Kp (at peak) aurora: Spectacular? Stunning? Superlative? Spiritual? All fall short!

So here is the first of my pictures to say what words can't. I only wish my camera were capable of making an aurora movie. The rapids of this aurora - pulsing waves of light – were surreal!

And this aurora sang to me! A mysterious, beautiful sound like crickets on a summer evening, but lower in tone and slower. Her voice joined with the singing of coyotes in our local forest, no doubt affected by the extremes of electromagnetic energy. Magical and lovely!

My voice yearns to sing with those entranced coyotes and celestial crickets! I think a feel a Sonification song project coming on...