Shetland milky way and airglow

 A good clear night, the first for  along time, the aurora showed as a weak glow the stars, especially the milky way and green airglow was superb

Loo

Looking east with Sandlodge in the distance

The boats at sandsayre

Sanick, Sandwick looking south to Sumburgh Head

Sandsayre, Sandwick

Sandlodge

Milky Way

 

Seeing the Milky way is always a special even and on this night, it was clear and moon free

The ideal conditions to see and photograph the Milky Way down at St Ninian's

All photos taken at ISO3200 13 seconds at F1.8

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Shertland sunset meets the Aurora

 The last few days we have lots of red alerts but Saturday was the only night to be clear.

Most people think they only can see the aurora around midnight at this time of year but as these photos tell thats not always the case

The Aurora appeared even before it started to go dark. A thin green band reaching out to the orange glow of a sunset down at St Ninian's isle

It was fairly still on the beach, a bit of a contrast to higher up where the wind was strong. I was happy to capture some colour in the sea , even with a longish exposure

The moon was no problem , not even showing this early in the night, around 9.30-10.45