Good Aurora in Shetland

It was good to get out on Saturday night as a strong Aurora showed over Shetland

It started to pick up around 22.30hrs and i went local down to Sandsayre

As it doesn't really start to get dark until just after midnight, and with the moon at 20% it was good to see a strong Aurora to beat the twilight and moonshine

Glendale hadn't registered any alerts and as we have seen many times in Shetland you sometimes just have to get out and look, especially as it was a clear sky for once

It was a bit windy but no too bad to take photos

The activity really picked up about 11.05pm, with the Aurora visible to eye and you could also see the rays . Nothing still on Glendale

The main activity lasted about 15 mins before fading back to a green arc

 Most of the activity has taken place in the morning, especially about 9am on a few occasions and up to Purple alert.

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