Auroras this past week

The auroras that graced Earth's skies this past week were incredible. They appeared much further south than they usually do.

If you were able to see them in person -- how wonderful! If not, here's a link to three pages of photos on the SpaceWeather.com website:

http://spaceweather.com/aurora/gallery_01oct11.htm

Here's one of my favorites (in addition to the one on today's Journal), showing the amazing and unusual red colorations:

Pretty spectacular, eh?