Despite the light pollution from Sumburgh airport there is plenty of interest nearby. I first called off at Mossy Hill where plenty of stars showed
Its always great to see the milky way and due to its darkness this is a good place to see not only the Milky way but Andromeda as well, showing close to the radar mast
Next stop the top of Compass Head and a look down to the airport but you can still see stars above the glow
Its almost alien like with the orange glow from the warning light on the radar globe on top of Compass Head.
Further up the hill to the bottom carpark at Sumburgh Head. The small lighthouse is the old one from Muckle Roe and it makes as a good photographic subject
Used the light from the main lighthouse to come round to illuminate to glass dome
Moon lit from the south east
Looking towards Sumburgh Lighthouse
Its coming up to the 3rd anniversary for Shetland Aurora Hunter on facebook, the only place locally to get up to-date information on the Aurora- just send a request to join
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