I'm lucky enough to be in Tromso at present. Normally it's chucking it down, or snowing, but the last two nights there's been some occasional breaks on the clouds. Next time I'm here my proper camera is coming with me, or at least a gorillapod for my phone.
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lots of artefacts in this one, but you can see the green glow the aurora adds to the horizon.
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AuroraWatch saying 'No significant activity' just at the minute. I take it unless it says otherwise it's not worth waiting out, in the Northern England at least?
I've seen the forecasts saying the same
Went out last night to the north-end of Mull looking towards Ardnamurchan - there was a faint, green glow but nothing to the visible eye apart from an amazing meteor that explored/flared on impact and the Milky Way was amazing.
If I’d done a 20 second exposure and some software enhancements I could have created some of the technicolour shots on the news today.
I have seen the aurora lots of times in the Arctic winter - seeing it by eye when you’re out in the cold, cold wilderness at night is a bit more special - it appears slowly and moves across the sky, but not like those time-lapse shots. The red and purple colours are a bit rarer - you really need to get way up into the polar regions to have a real chance of seeing them by eye - a plane a 30,000ft makes it a bit easier.
amazing meteor that explored/flared on impact and the Milky Way was amazing.
Saw that meteor, it was amazing alright!