We went to Madison, Wisconsin last night to see the aurora. We live on the south side of Chicago so the city lights are bright in the northern sky. If you drive north of Chicago, you have the city lights of Milwaukee in the northern sky. So off to Madison we went. Got there at midnight and watched/photographed the spectacle until 3 am. While dim with muted colors to the naked eye (compared to photographs), the aurora was everywhere in the sky including directly overhead. It was constantly changing shapes and colors. It was wild.
This odd shot is taken of the aurora directly overhead (hence no foreground objects--just stars).