Stunning Aurora from Solar Storm yesterday 9 12 2014. Gorgeous and Amazing

I believe this is the prettiest picture I have ever seen of an Aurora from a Solar Storm.  The big CME hit the Earth yesterday 9/12/14. 

This picture was taken in Maine of the Aurora.  It is so colorful.  Normally Auroras are mainly green but this one is stunning in all the colors in it.

Enjoy.

The picture was on Spaceweather.

As predicted, a pair of CMEs hit Earth's magnetic field in quick succession on Sept. 11th and 12th. The result was a G3-class geomagnetic storm, the most intense of the year so far. At the peak of the storm on Sept 12-13, bright auroras ringed the Arctic Circle and spilled down over several northern-tier US states. The sky over Maine exploded in a rainbow of colors:
"I took the picture from Casco, Maine, facing north towards the Presidential Range in New Hampshire," says photographer John Stetson. "Red, purple, green, blue--all the colors were there!"

Video of Magnetic Field getting Hit Oct. 24th 2011 - Auroras seen in half of U.S. as far South as Tn, N.C., Ark.

The Earth got a hard hit on October 24th 2011 with a Solar Flare/CME.  It was such a hard hit that Auroras were seen in half of the U.S. as far South as North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas.

Here is the video of the Magnetic Field as it was being hit by the Flare/CME.



This is from Spaceweather about the Geomagnetic Storm on Oct. 24th 2011.

Indeed, the display spread all the way down to Arkansas. "When I saw the alert, I ran outside and immediately saw red auroras," reports Brian Emfinger from the city of Ozark. "Within a few minutes the auroras went crazy! Unbelievable!"

Auroras were seen or photographed in more than half of all US states including Alabama, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, Nebraska, Kentucky, North Carolina, Indiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, Maryland, New York, Montana, Ohio, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Washington, Minnesota, Maine, Michigan, Oregon, Arkansas and California. Many observers, especially in the deep south, commented on the pure red color of the lights they saw. These rare all-red auroras sometimes appear during intense geomagnetic storms. They occur some 300 to 500 km above Earth's surface and are not yet fully understood.