Wednesday Aurora in Shetland

Shetland at last had some clear skies and the weather forecast was correct for once with a couple of hours of stars

It was an Orange Alert during the time I was walking St Ninian's isle but no one else came to view.

I don't particularly like totally dark nights as photos tend to look flat, a Moon 25-50% is much better as it lights the landscape

I caught this rare red Aurora on camera and as the Aurora was very active it was showing well over to the west

All the photos were taken with a 24mm Samyang lens and a Sony A7s camera between ISO 6400-8000. The A7s is very good in low light.

                                                                          Bigton Church

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Sandlodge & the Super Snow Moon

Super Snow moon from Sandwick

There was a Super Snow Moon on Tuesday night and for once it was a clear night. It started a bit cloud but I had nearly a perfect sky from around 8pm

Moon over Mousa

Its a Super Snow moon because its inflated in size and luminosity because  it occurs on the near side of the Moons orbit

Its 8% wider and 16% brighter, but since there is nothing to measure the scale it looks like an ordinary moon

                                                                             Sandlodge

Sandlodge is at Sandwick just a few minutes away from where we live and it always provides a good backdrop to any night sky photos to the east

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