Here are some pictures of the Nov 5 2001 aurora taken by Andrew Thompson at Ashton Observatory (about 20 miles NE of Des Moines). Photos taken with an Olympus digital camera, 16 second exposures. Note: some image quality has been sacrificed to reduce file size. Also, if the pictures are very dark, then either increase the brightness on your monitor, or wait a couple days until I can play with the pictures a bit to bring out the deeper reds a bit more.