Beautiful auroras

Conditions:
Clear, near first quarter moon

Targets Observed:
Aurora, Venus

Notes
Was out late last night and watched the aurora from Sandy Beach on Deep Bay. It started around 10:30 and came and went until 3:00 or so. Glow stayed green and did show some structure, with large spikes extending upwards of ninety degree. The majority of the activity happend in a band as high as fifty degrees. No curtains resolved, but clouds of light with pulses racing through them. The clouds got quite bright at times.

Venus popped up over the mountains at around 4:00am. Observed with the naked eye. very white and bright in the pre-dawn sky