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Saw some amazing northern lights from a plane over Canada/Greenland at night in 2006 - almost a dizying experience with dim cloud below and an arc of aurora above, had me transfixed for quite a while as the aurora was really clear and shifting/playing slowly as I watched. But a very weird experience with no clear horizon as a reference. Took a pic of it (below), but it's not going to win any astrophotography awards! Agreed with pgc hunter - the stars are particularly clear from that high, if you can shield yourself from cabin lights, no LP and sod all thick atmosphere above certainly helps!
[For SH observers - Auriga is on the left and Perseus is on the right, looking north. Mars is beneath Auriga]
What was more fun on one trip was seeing the Plough gradually emerging above India flying north after a spell in the Southern Hemisphere - like the return of an old friend, and rising noticeably over a few hours as we flew northwest.
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