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December 6th 2017

December 07, 2017
by crw
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It was very cloudy this evening with some big snow clouds rushing across the sky, but during some gaps between 22:14 and 23:07 UTC I had some tantalising glimpses of the aurora. There was a low arc in the northern sky that was green to the eye and mostly to around 30 degrees above the horizon. Activity mostly stayed as this homogeneous arc, but for a few minutes around 23:05 I could see some stronger activity with dancing rays and pinks to the eye. Unfortunately the snow clouds quickly obscured that and I headed home. I only took 10 images this evening due to the windy snowy conditions!

Image 1. 23:00 UTC. Taken at: ISO = 1600, f/2.8 @ 14 mm, exposure = 12 sec. Looking north/north-west.

Image 2. 23:01 UTC. Taken at: ISO = 1600, f/2.8 @ 14 mm, exposure = 16 sec. Looking north/north-west.

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