Night, The Second, Wind and Aurora at Font Hill

The second night of our astro odyssey at Font Hill, we were driven inside by high wind and very patchy but predominantly cloudy skies.

At about 9pm we were beckoned outside by reports of 'lights in the sky' and we were greeted by a southern horizon 'aglow'.

An initial handheld mobile phone camera shot revealed the underlying colours.

Spurred on by the sight of the auroral vertical lines 

I pulled out my Canon 760D and Tripod to help tease out some finer details. 

This second shot more to the west shows the Milky Way Galactic Glow partially subsumed by the aurora.

Some more clouds came through soon after converting the sight to more iridescent appearance.

A welcome diversion and visitation making the night at least worthwhile 'astronomically' wise.