November 08, 2004 (0806 UTC)
 
As evening twilight slowly began to fade above Ocean Beach, Hawke's Bay, this blue ray reached up to a height of 80 degrees! This would turn out to the first of three successive nights of auroras. Photo details: Minolta camera, 15 second exposure with a 50mm lens @ f-1.7, Kodak Elitechrome 200 slide film.

Image taken November 8th 2004