Sep 30, 2014
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The Harray kirk to the right, the lights of Dounby to the left. Another flat and static display tonight but at least we saw some good colour in the last stages. Been a good couple of days, just started a local aurora group on facebook.
Sep 27, 2014
Looking across the gardens.
Strugling tonight again. It was as if last night repeated its self, a good looking gap with horizon cloud exposed the dancers in the distance. It wasnt to last long and soon was once again lost to the clouds. So thats me, indoors watching Blues Brothers going back and forth to see if the skys clearing. Think im going to give it up on both counts.
Sep 26, 2014
KP4.
The sun is barely down. the clouds are barely away, the aurora is barely up, things have barely begun, my battery is barely charged !
Sep 25, 2014
Quick cures for frustration
Frustration reigns just
now. I think madness lies just below the surface. There have been
four nights of aurora in a row. Tonights show if its up there is
somewhere above the sea of rainy cloud the stretches from horizon to
horizon, even the horizons are close together. This seemingly
constant aurora is coming not from snapping filaments or flares but
rather an increased flow of solar wind from an earth facing coronal
hole. Its passing now but today I was reading there’s another
facing us for three days. Which a bit of luck there will be more fun
for the start of the week. The good night for us was Tuesday. But
since then its been all cloud and rain.. Last night had lights being
photographed way down over the border at Hadrians wall and over on
the east coast. Lots of folks got to see some lights even with almost
universal scabby skies. Photos and reports from the far north have
been full of exciting talk and stunning photos, its heady stuff
!!Here the clouds parted at five this morning to reveal some lights
but I must say it wasnt me that saw them this morning. I was out
fifteen minutes ago for a look and got rained on for my troubles, A
quick jump out again as a break from typing right now.......the
frustration continues.. I am lucky tho the season just starts
although the equinox is prime time in it. There are months of
darkness to go and many more nights to come. So maybe this is the
blog kicking back in to life........bloody hell I just went out to
take a photo of the rainy cloud and light pollution and there is a
green swathe of lights beneath a horizon gap. The gap does not get
very far north but its green way down to the east....once again the
game is afoot, and the wifes about to groan im sure......
Sep 24, 2014
Night of the 23rd
It took a while for the sky to clear and the display was very static but at least it was bright. Above is the arc and below the aurora and the milkyway.
Sep 23, 2014
Heads up
I know its been raining for hours but there is good activity out there. Glendale on Skye has aurora. The skys have just cleared over Harris and theres a show going on. Looking at Sat24 ther is a noticable looking gap coming towards us. Extrapalating the arival time it looks as if it will be here half twelve one. Theres a lot of ifs hare but if the sky breaks there may well be a lot to see !!!
The aurora season has
started well. This year I have my first DSLR and along with it I have
jumped in and bought a Samyang 14mm wide angle lens. So this has
replaced my FZ28 which bit the dust getting blown off the garden wall
last winter. Going out armed with a nikon compact for the big feb
display kindo made up my mind that I needed to be tooled up better.
Although we still haven’t had a good big display I have been
getting colours I could only dream of with the bridge tho so im
pretty chuffed so far. Tonight there was a good strong southerly BZ
and the chance of KP4 so it might have gotton good and bright. Almost
as soon as the twilight disappeared there was a noticeable glow in
the distance. It grew in proportion to the band of cloud across the
horizon but never managed to crest it. Cloud cover looked dodgy.
Sat24 had shown a good gap in the coming cloud cover but lots more
cloud behind and from sundown for an hour and a half or so we had
the view to the north. Once gone it wasnt to come back. I just had to
be satisfied with reports from lapland of huge bright dancing
displays. Ach well thats just the way of it. There is a chance of
more over the next couple of days but I think thats No10 by for us
tonight,
Sep 20, 2014
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