In the wee hours of this morning, as A1 was suffering from cold, flu or covid and A2 was wakeful with worry, the aurora alert shot up to a high level (thanks to those charged particles from the CME; see below)
To the naked eye there was only a hint of red high up but a photo revealed the green wavy curtains
It was a wonderful thing to see, at least on the screen, after so many nights of staring at black skies and taking black photographs. See the stars!