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Aurora Borealis display captured on December 15/16th 2006 by Conor Mc Donald using a Canon 350D with 30 second exposure. Jonathan Bingham, Conor and myself drove to the northern coast to observe the aurora from a stunning dark location over looking the Atlantic Ocean. The two lights belong to the sweeping beams of two distant light houses. This aurora was visible all night as a large diffuse green glow with a low surface brightness extending from the NW - W of N spanning 120 degrees in azimuth and + 25 degrees in height. This was caused by a CME released by the recent X-Class solar flare. This aurora was a uniform glow and did not feature any moving curtains or rays of light. We had a wonderful time observing this elusive aurora which most people did not witness! On the image is Corona Borealis, Bootes and Hercules. My 71st aurora sighting.