This is the APOD for September 21st, 2012. This picture is depicting some fantastic colors in the sky while being centered around a tree. The joint showing of the tree and the sky is a nice contrast. The beautiful, flowing colors in the sky are made by what is called the northern/aurora lights. This is a phenomenon that will start occuring ore readily post equinox. The northern lights are, obviously, better looking the more north you are. If you live in the northern states you might be able to see the northern lights once a year. If you live up in alaska or northern canada you will be able to see these beautiful lights alomst every night. This picture also offers a look at some nearby stars including Polaris, Shedar, Kochab, and Altair.
I like your more artistic description of the picture to point out some of the contrast and all. It's really nice but I think you could've talked a little more about how the auroras come to be or soemthing along those lines.
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