December 15, 2006 (1216 UTC)
 
This ray lingered briefly near the Southern constellation, Grus. The last decent aurora of solar cycle 23 lasted only a few minutes, but it was a lovely farewell. Bring on cycle 24! Photo details: Canon 350D, 48 second exposure with a Canon EF 20mm lens, ISO 800 @ f-2.8.

Image taken December 15th 2006