kins Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 Someone at NASA forgot to warn about the arrival of God knows what, but it was goooooooooood!!! So good that I can say they were the best Auroras that I have ever seen in all these trips to Lapland the past 2 years. And by far! The evening started slowly with a big risk of clouds all over the place but when I saw the Ovation model I thought I have to be extra smart and moved....... and it worked! The auroras lasted all night, and the only reason that I went inside was because I started seeing the Eastern sky glow from the sun that would soon come back. More photos to follow after I catch some sleep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Touwen Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Very nice shots Kins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kins Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 Thanks! Even made it to the cover/news page of spaceweather.com website http://www.spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=13&month=03&year=2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Touwen Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 can't wait to see the rest of the pictures, time laps maby?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel de Bont Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Very nice images indeed! Looked like the IMF went southward for a while last night because of a coronal hole high speed stream. You we're lucky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kins Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 I've done a couple of timelapse sequences at the beginning of the evening but did not catch these moments. The aurora was all over the sky, few seconds here then few seconds behind then few seconds somewhere else again. Each "movement", by the time that I had my camera pointing at the right direction, I just had time to get a couple of shots. I tried to film in real time but the moon f*cked up the exposure I think, I didn't even copy the movies from the memory card so more about that later Indeed Marcel! But everyone was announcing this would arrive on Sunday/Monday, quite surprising to see it yesterday! Anyway, not complaining, it was so amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel de Bont Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 The forecast was for this large hole (red circle) but that stream was too far south. The stream that arrived today is from this tiny hole (blue circle) center disk. In case you wonder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kins Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 Ooooh! Wow I missed that one! So small haha! Never imagined it could produce such effects So now I'll also watch for tiny coronal holes I'm hoping to find an opening tonight, values are still strong but....... IMF should remain north...... :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kins Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 I left Lapland yesterday, after 3 amazing weeks up there, although the weather was terrible for the first 2 weeks. I saw (far) less auroras than 1 week ago (not only due to weather but also much lower activity), but nonetheless I don't regret one second that I went so long over there! I made a short timelapse of my last night (19 March). Soft but almost all night long auroras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent van Leijen Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 You're a lucky man! The folding curtains in the time lapse are majestic. And the corona's on the 12th/13th are outstanding. (I was in Trondheim that week, nothing but clouds and rain.) Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel de Bont Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Brilliant video kins, I also saw the aurora from 65N in Sweden low on the horizon around 20:00 that night. Shared the video on our social media channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kins Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 Thanks to both of you! It's hard to be gone but I shall return Probably in the summer first, to see how it looks like with the midnight sun and then New Year for more auroras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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