Dion - thanks for sending those pictures. They are awesome. Much better than the undersides of clouds I see outside now...

________________________________ From: Dion Davidson <diondavidson@yahoo.com> To: "Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com" <Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 9:03 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Aurora + conjunction: Jul 16

All my dreams came true last week in Montana! ?Ok, not all, but the one about seeing the northern lights did! The solar activity brought the lights down as far as Three Forks, MT in the southwest corner of the state. We were clouded in for the 13th, 14th, 15th... and I started getting anxious. The sky cleared perfectly the morning of the 16th and I got a few photos of the amazing sight: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22632727@N07/7673472190/in/photostream/?

It was a beautiful thing along with the Moon+Venus+Jupiter+Pleiades+ conjunction http://www.flickr.com/photos/22632727@N07/7673474036/in/photostream/?

I compiled the photos into a video where you can see the lights dance (as part of our family vacation video):

http://youtu.be/V1aW0KaiGdA?t=54s

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