aurora borealis?

Could this be? We were sitting in the hot tub last night and saw something we'd never seen before. It kind of looked like a cloud but it had color in it and was kind of sparkly. This is hand held and really high ISO cause my tripod is packed. ANd the moon was pretty bright nearby. What do you think? Especially those familiar with the aurora borealis

[Tamzin]

That looks like what we saw in Iceland - it looked like cloud trails but as you got used to it you saw the pattern changing. The only thing which makes me wonder is that it usually comes up green on photos. Fantastic if you got colour in it to the eye though.

[Kerri]

Beautiful

[Janette]

So beautiful! great capture!

[Alison Tomlin]

There is a hint of unusual colour. Amazing sky whatever it is! Viewed from the hot tub. What a terrible life...

[Helen]

What a stunning view from your hot tub!!

[carol white]

A wonderful shot!!

[Pat Knowles]

I have only ever seen the aurora borealis on the TV but the colours were the same, a sort of warm glow...did it move across the sky? Very exciting ...I would say it was that anyway Jane !!!!!

[Jennifer]

Ooh how exciting and what a view. Hot tub eh? Poor you, lol!!

[Judith Greenwood]

Are you sure it's not that stray meteor?! Hope it didn't disturb your relaxing!

[Jane Pittenger]

@judithg Well, it did get me out to fetch my camera but I didn't go to the effort to dig my tripod out of my duffel bag stuffed in my wet suit

[Caroline]

I saw the Aurora Australis once, 25ish years ago, greens and pinks across the sky. It did look a bit like this.

[Sue Wilde]

I've only seen the Australia and it lit up the lower sky rather than being a line so I don't know...pretty cool whatever it is

[Pam Hawkes]

Great capture of the stars and whatever this is. I saw the auraura borealis once and it did not look like this but I was in Winnipeg at the time.

[Pam Hawkes]

Did you see it making waves or dancing? If you did then it would be.

[Jane Pittenger]

@pamfromcalgary waves for sure

[Pam Hawkes]

@jgpittenger It probably was then. It is an awesome sight!

[megan]

Great shot and documentation. Good thing to have a camera at hand at all times!!

[Ross Walker]

It doesn't resemble an aurora borealis that I've seen, but that means absolutely nothing. Could be.

[Nancy]

What ever it is it looks really cool. Could it be a contrail?

[Anwan]

I see some ripples in there, almost like a layer between the camera and the wide strip of "cloud," that I've never (or noticed) seen before. I think you saw them, that's so cool!

[Paul Myers]

Very cool, but I'm going to agree with @nbs I think it's a jet contrail.