What an amazing sight. I was setting up my scope for the clearest night we have had in months and the skies just lit up within minutes. Pale greens and rosy reds dominated the north-west sky, right up to the zenith. Bear in mind there was nearly a full Moon! This was an extremely intense, short-lived storm - it only lasted about 30-40 minutes.
This view is looking over Conon Bridge and you can see snow-covered Beinn Wyvis to the lower right of the image.
Image was taken using a Nikon Coolpix 5700, 17sec, f/2.8, fl=9mm, ISO 200 then processed with Adobe Photoshop CS.
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