I went to the high falls of the Pigeon River at Grand Portage State Park, MN to take photos looking north over the falls of the predicted huge aurora borealis storm. It was cloudy when I arrived, but from about 10:30 PM until 3:30 AM I took photos with clear sky and a bright nearly full moon lighting up the falls. From this location the terrain slopes up behind the falls and there are many tall trees, so I really couldn't see the horizon, but there was slight color in the sky above the distant trees. At about 3:30am the predicted storm had not arrived so I hiked back to the car to warm up and take a quick nap. Unfortunately I slept through the huge Northern Lights that were multi-colored reaching way overhead in the couple of hours before sunrise. Sigh! The falls were mostly frozen over with one stream of flowing water in the middle. Despite being cold it was a nice night for a walk in the woods and to enjoy the falls. The left side of the falls and river in this photo is Minnesota and the right side is Ontario, Canada.
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