Shetland Red Alert

Clear skies for a change and a chance of the aurora. We were very lucky in the south Shetland as we had clear skies while the rest of Shetland had cloud and rain.

The alerts kept coming and it was soon up to Red Alert within 20 mins

Or was not the best Red Alert with only a few rays but still good to see

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Shetland Aurora colours

 Colours vary depending on the power of the aurora, the more powerful the more colour. Green is the most common

A SAR Arc above an aurora blob down at Sandsayre in Shetland, both rare and both south of the aurora

Some nights everything comes together, clear skies and a powerful aurora and sometimes STEVE is present along with the Milky Way (photo at St Ninian's)

Red is only present in a powerful aurora and is always great to see

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Spectacular Aurora 12 December 2025

 

Proton Aurora Blobs - Sandsayre 

Aurora on the westside at St Ninian's

STEVE makes an appearance to the left of the aurora

Proton Aurora Blob

Proton Aurora Blob and SAR arc above

The 12 December was a very special night, with the aurora very active throughout several hours. It kicked off early around 5pm and soon after STEVE made an appearance. Later I moved to Sandsayre over on the eastside where some Proton Aurora Blogs and a SAR arc made an appearance. Both rare and to the south of the aurora. Blobs can appear in front of the aurora.

It was good to have a clear night and both areas to myself. 

Don't forget my new book, available through next year as well. It is a large A4 sized hardback with 214 pages and over 140 photos with lots of information. email :shetaurorabook@gmail.com for you are interested- £30 (Sale Price) + postage

Aurora reminder

No two auroras are the same, that is what makes going out, even to the same venue so exciting. We have had some spectacular aurora recently 

Its always good to have a dancing aurora with lots of colour.

My new book is now on offer at (£30 +£4.95 uk pp) This is a large A4 hardback book with 214 pages and over 140 photos. Order now - either via my Facebook page or on here.

 

Radio Shetland interview

 Listen to an interview i gave Radio Shetland about my new book `Mirrie Dancers' which is available now at £35+ postage. See a short video about the book on my Facebook home page at the top.

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New Book - Shetland Mirrie Dancers -aurora

New book- Mirrie Dancers out now

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This book is the result of 5 years research and photography. The aim of the book is to provide you with information on how active the aurora has been in Solar Cycle 25 and allows comparisons to other Solar maximums in Shetland since 1947.

You will find out more about how the aurora is created, new auroras found, SAR arcs and STEVE. It is a hardback A4 sized book with 214 pages and over 140 photos with 26 diagrams and graphs. You wont get a more comprehensive book and it makes a great present for those interested in the aurora, night sky or Shetland.

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