Aurora Observed

[anonymous]

We were outside from approximately 3:15AM Mountain Daylight Time and 
observed aurora at Ogallala, Nebraska, (USA), on 8/12/00, from 
approximately 3:30AM Mountain Daylight Time until approximately 5:00AM 
Mountain Daylight Time.  It was in the northern sky, spanning in columns 
jutting upward into the sky from the northern horizon from the east to the 
west.  As the dawn lightened, it became more intense in the western end. 
 Throughout the time we observed it, it would brighten and fade, being 
continually present, with some subtle colorations of light red in parts of 
it.  It was visible until almost sun up.
With the meteor shower occurring at the same time, it was amazing to 
observe meteors in/through the aurora!