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Aurora diary: 19th December 2019

December 28, 2019
by crw
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This evening saw the return of the same coronal hole that had brought auroras since September, but the hole was very much smaller and we saw lower activity this month. Nevertheless, we saw some nice aurora early in the evening when it wasn’t even dark, and again later on after midnight when we were in Þingvellir national park and had lovely clear skies over the lava canyons.


Image 1. 17:36 UTC. Settings = f/2.8, 14 mm, ISO1600, 7.5 sec.


Image 2. 18:12 UTC. Settings = f/2.8, 14 mm, ISO3200, 9.2 sec.


Image 3. 18:32 UTC. Settings = f/2.8, 14 mm, ISO3200, 10 sec.


Image 4. 18:35 UTC. Settings = f/2.8, 14 mm, ISO3200, 10 sec.


Image 5. 00:03 UTC. Settings = f/2.8, 14 mm, ISO3200, 12 sec.


Image 6. 00:07 UTC. Settings = f/2.8, 14 mm, ISO1600, 12 sec.


Image 7. 00:10 UTC. Settings = f/2.8, 14 mm, ISO3200, 11 sec.


Image 8. 00:38 UTC. Settings = f/2.8, 14 mm, ISO3200, 14 sec.


Image 9. 00:43 UTC. Settings = f/2.8, 14 mm, ISO3200, 13 sec.


Image 10. 00:50 UTC. Settings = f/2.8, 14 mm, ISO3200, 10 sec.


Image 11. 00:58 UTC. Settings = f/2.8, 14 mm, ISO3200, 12 sec.


Image 12. 01:01 UTC. Settings = f/2.8, 14 mm, ISO3200, 14 sec.

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