I FINALLY saw it! I'm 27 years old
and I'd never seen the Northern Lights ....

Until this photo :)

We were driving home from Illinois
when Joel pointed out the lights in the sky.
Luckily we were not more than 5 minutes away
from our home. As soon as we got here
I got my camera set up and started shooting away.
This was shooting straight up with my fisheye lens
to capture them... seemingly where they were starting.

It was like this was the core of it
and it was just spreading down from here.

Absolutely friggin beautiful.
I hope it's not another 27 years
until I see it again.

** UPDATE: I noticed that if you look at the photo
(it's easier to see with the thumbnail)
you can see the outline of Casper the Friendly Ghost
in the reddish areas! How funny! **