Excellent composition. I really like how you made a beautiful photo that highlights the aurora, yet most of the image area is the earth rather than the sky.
Ho hum you see one aurora you have seen them all ... NOT!!
what a magnificent shot,you should send this to APOD http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
Jason, cool pic fer sure! To get South Sister more or less north, maybe Soda Creek is about 25 mi west of Bend? Could you please let us know what time this was taken and the field of view, or the angle subtended by the rays on the right? Thanks!