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?

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Shetland Aurora glow

We are  nearly coming to an end of the aurora season but we still have a few chance to see it, providing we can view from home with the Coronavirus restrictions

So far this month we have had three views of the Aurora although its getting later on in the evening when its visible with the growing daylight

This was taken down at Sandsayre, Sandwick, Shetland before the travel restrictions

It was good to see the colours and the rays which lasted a good 1/2 hour before fading.

You always need to go somewhere close by as it can get active  and then fade very quick

The last one was down at Bigton Church on the westside on the same night but two years earlier

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