Shetland Meteor

 At 8.25am this morning many Shetlander were awoken by a large explosion which turned out to be a very bright meteor which was only seen by a few people. Some thought it was a bomb going off or an earthquake.

The above fireball was not from today but back in 2016 when i was just setting up to photograph the aurora down at St Ninian's. Today's was only caught on Shetland webcam, cliffcam 3.

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Starry night at the old Croft House

It seems to be weeks since the last clear/ part clear night in Shetland after many cloudy rainy windy nights

The weather seems to be changing and we are heading for  a high pressure which means clear skies but very cold and snow expected tonight

The croft house at Boddam always makes a nice foreground and i hope to return soon to photograph it with an aurora.

 

Shetland Stars and Aurora

Nigfht's in Shetland are always special, having so many dark sites we are able to see many 1,000's of stars and of course the aurora

Stars, so good to see so many in Shetland dark skies

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This was down at st Ninian's 

                                            A couple of Aurora photos from Sandsayre in Sandwick

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Shetland Levenwick Aurora - day 3

A clearer night so headed down to Levenwick on night 3 - 6 November

 Lots fo nice buildings around the beach area

The tide was coming in fast as i went onto the beach

Lovely red auroea, lots this year as we head to solar maximum

It really was a Red alert for about 10 mins and it was showing very well

I then stayed in the clearer eastside and went up to Sandwick

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Moon and Jupiter

The moon and Jupiter came close on the 2 October and with reasonably clear skies i was able to get a few photo

I went down to Scatness broch near Sumburgh runway and with the Moon and Jupiter low down i was able to link them with the landscape

After i went to Sumburgh head using the old Muckle Roe lighthouse to link the two planets to the Shetland landscape

 

Spiggie Moonshine- Shetland

A bit of aurora low to the right

 

Jupiter and Venus

Conjunctions are always nice to see, this was from a few months ago when Jupiter and Venus was close together

Nice to see Jupiter's moons

 

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