Reports of strong aurora-activity started to come in from many places in both southern Europe and North America already on 26 September, but here on Kvaløya outside Tromsø in Norway, the rain-clouds were stubborn and did not allow any observations. Tonight, however, some gaps in the cloud-cover revealed some truely spectacular auroras above. Not in a long while have I seen such colourful auroras with coronas in deep-purple, blood-red and intense-green!
Below are a few still-shots from various time-lapse sequences that I will hopefully be able to post here soon. More pictures and information about the current spaceweather situation can be seen here: http://www.spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=28&month=09&year=2011
A gap in the rain-clouds!
A five-second exposure around midnight local time revealed a stunning sight.
Jupiter and the Pleiades open cluster can be glimpsed in the bottom of the picture
Aurora-snake
Intense northern lights corona
Magnificent captures !!
SvaraRaderaVi kjørte fra Mehamn til Skarsvåg og etterpå sovet jeg hele natta og hadde ikke peiling om dette flotte fenomenet :)
SvaraRaderaHeldigvis har du tatt så flotte bilder.
@Paul: Thank you for your kind words Paul - I wish you all the best from Norway, Fredrik
SvaraRadera@Avletto: Kiitos Lauri :-) Jeg var heldig som fikk se nordlyset, store deler av natten var det regn, men det var verdt å vente på!
This is AMAZING! Want to see that! Was in Norway in 2008 and all I could get was just http://stgyro.sk/borealis01.jpg http://stgyro.sk/borealis02.jpg http://stgyro.sk/borealis03.jpg
SvaraRaderaNeed to book some flights and spend few days in Norway again. I heard that 2012 - the Sun should have biggest activity.
Brutal shots!!!
Intensts! Litt annerledes, men likevel kule bilder :)
SvaraRadera