There was good aurora activity this evening, resulting from a solar wind stream from a coronal hole. However, the weather on earth was challenging, with thick clouds and snow showers in south-west Iceland. I could see some green behind the clouds from 19:30 UTC, but the cloud gaps at

An aurora was apparent on my test photo facing northwards at 21:50 UTC, and probably had been visible for a while but was difficult to see by eye due to the bright light from the full moon! I didn’t go out until 22:40, by which time there were a couple of weak bands of aurora lo

The sky was so clear and the weather so still this evening that I went out at 19:05 UTC even though there didn’t seem to be much aurora activity. The view along the northerly horizon from my usual location is blocked by mountains, so I am not always able to see the very weak act

I noticed aurora at just after 18:00 UTC this evening, as the sky was especially clear at the start of the night. A low arc of aurora was extending across the northern sky and was just visible above the mountains. I headed out with the camera, and activity increased steadily with the

There was some nice aurora with tall rays visible as early as 18:15 UTC this evening. However, I wasn’t able to get out with the camera until 20:00, by which time the activity had decreased to leave several weak bands extending low across the northern sky but not too much moveme