Popped outside last night for a quick snap of the aurora borealis…
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Quick snap
There was an alert last night that there was a good chance of aurora, sadly I was weary having had a busy shift at work that came after a poor nights sleep, so I ended up popping out with the camera and taking a quick snap. I did have to take a photo of M45 (Pleiades) and Jupiter popping over the Pennines, with our neighbours stone circle in the foreground 😉
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I was half dozing last night, the fire was crackling and hissing as the logs slowly burned and I was pondering an early night. Then Julie pointed out there was an Aurora alert and quite a lot of talk on Twitter about it being a ‘good one’ 😉 so I wandered outside expecting to see cloud – which is normal whenever there’s an Aurora alert. For once however the sky was fairly clear and I tried a couple of snaps from the lane, it looked interesting enough to bundle a…
Read MoreStars, Planets, and a bit of Aurora
I set off to work a few minutes early this morning so I could take a couple of photographs. I’d been reading reports of the aurora borealis when I woke and decided to try and spot some (I’d have stayed up to watch it during the night but I need my beauty sleep before a long day at work ;-)). The aurora wasn’t really visible to the naked eye when I got to the car park, though every now and then I caught a glimpse. Venus however looked really bright…
Read MoreAmazing aurora timelapse
Don’t you just wish every now and then you could magic yourself to a different place for a while 😉 When I watched this video this morning I almost was somewhere else for a while. It’s certainly worth watching full screen. Amazing work by Terje Sorgjerd it must be said. The Aurora from Terje Sorgjerd on Vimeo.
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