Aurora in Connecticut

Brilliant red sky up to nearly overhead up through Cassiopeia, varied in intensity up to quite vivid reds....I was amazed that we could see this from West Haven (the wasted light capital of CT). Three of the neighbors and I stood around and talked about the TP'ing and egging we had received earilier and watched the aurora for half an hour. Then my wife and I slammed down dinner and zipped out to Litchfield where the skies are dark. By the time we got there the light show was over, but the skies were quite good anyway: M31 naked eye, lots of binocular treats. Happy Halloween, everybody.

So I wasn't hallucinating. I watched the light show for about 15 minutes before the high altitude clouds rolled in. I am at about 42 north in Michigan. The colors were predominately red in the NE sky. First auroura for me and it was impressive.