Moonshine Shetland Aurora

 It has been a good run of Aurora in Shetland , six nights on the trot. The main problem with Monday was the moon

It was at 95% full which normally drowns out any Aurora, unless its big

Luck it was a KP6 which means its a strong Aurora and this beat the moon

I had a tour round the south mainland seeing noone else

It was clearer further up north, looking at the photos that came into Shetland Aurora Hunter on Facebook.

The Aurora always creates alot of interest and over this acyive period we have had 261 new folk join the group

Moonshine

Cloud kept coming and going, but i used this to good effect waiting for the moon to go behind a cloud before taking an Aurora photo

Great Aurora

 What a day we had on Wednesday, watching Humpbacks (shetlandblogspot.co.uk) all morning then the Aurora at night

So fortunate living in Shetland with so much to see and photograph. It was totally calm throughout the day and although we did have some cloud at night it was near perfect for the Aurora

The equinox  is always a good time to see the Aurora and this display didn't disappoint. It started about 9pm  with a green arc caught on camera 

It continued to develop and it had a nice purple band which added to the scene. It moved up to an Orange alert so we went to a new site at Maywick having already surveyed the area

It was pitch black, no moon to light the landscape so i did a small amount of light painting. 

Its an excellent place but i have some more news ones to go to as well so hope we get a goo Aurora Season

A house in the village, did the occupants know about the Aurora?

Plenty more information and photos on Facebook at Shetland Aurora Hunter just send a request to join

Night returns

At last the nights have been shortening and the Aurora has started to show in a few parts of Shetland

The moon has always fascinated me, especially after the moon landings which i watched at school. It makes a great photography subject in all its phases. Taken with a Sigma 15-600mm lens

Hopefully i will be back soon with some new night photos, in the meantime join Shetland Aurora Hunter on facebook to see what is going on in the Shetland sky