St Ninian's isle, Shetland at night

No Aurora activity for a few days now and a series of spotless days on the sun. We did however have a couple of sunspots which shed a bit of light on the fact that we might becoming out of the Solar minimum

Stars above Bigton Kirk

Looking south with Mars in view

St Ninian's Tombolo

Looking south from Ireland towards St Ninian's

Boats on the horizon

Starry Night in Shetland

No Aurora the other night but just managed to capture some stars before the clouds came in. Pleased to see one of my Aurora photos have been used by Shetland Accomadation Guide 2019

 Bigton Church

Sandwick Church

 St Ninian's Isle without the Moon

 St Ninian's Isle with the Moon out

Looking NW from Bigton

Looking south from Sanick, Sandwick

Aurora at Sandwick

The other night it was a reasonable clear sky but we had visitors and they only left as the Orange Aurora alert came out. Knowing the stats were on the increase i quickly headed down to Sandsayre at Leebitton, Shetland

 Its only 5 mins away, my other preferred locations are a good 15 mins away and as cloud was rolling in i didn't want to chance missing the Aurora

 Looking north from the jetty towards the light polluted Cunningsburgh

 Waves came crashing over the jetty and i just dodged out of the way in time.

 The lights became brighter and started to dance for a short time before levelling off.

Looking up to Leebitton from Sand Lodge, Sandwick

Sandlodge at Sandsayre, Sandwick

It was good to meet everyone who started the Night Sky photography course the following day, a good range of experience