The show started very early tonight – there was a bright band of aurora visible in the north when I did a check at 19:30 UTC. By the time I was on site from 19:45, a bright green band was present to the eye at around 45 degrees, with purple ray tops visible on the camera (Image

There was a nice bright green arc of aurora visible at around 40 degrees altitude to the north when I did a quick check outside at 21:40 UTC. However, on such a cold and windy evening it took some time to put on sufficient clothes so as not to freeze outside, and by the time I reached

I was fortunate to have a short view of a nice auroral display this evening, when the snow clouds cleared for a short while just after 22:30 UTC. At this time a bright band of aurora was visible in the cloud gaps, already at around 60 degrees above the horizon in the northern sky. Ima

At 20:50 UTC a weak auroral arc was visible to the north, appearing pale to the eye and a light green colour on camera. We drove to our location for the evening and Image 1 below was taken on arrival at the site, showing a green band to around 30 degrees with purple ray tops visible o

There was a strong show of activity in the early part of the evening on 8th November, with a vibrant green arc already visible to 80 degrees height in the north by 20:45 UTC. The next hour brought one of the nicest displays of the season so far, with the aurora quickly strengthening a

This evening saw a strong geomagnetic storm, thanks to an Earth-facing coronal hole on the sun. Unfortunately, south-west Iceland was under a heavy blanket of cloud and it was question of waiting patiently for the few gaps to appear. Very frustrating given the excellent auroras being

I was fortunate to see a nice aurora this evening, thanks to some unexpected patches of clear sky despite the forecast of 100% cloud. I noticed a diffuse weak arc of aurora to the north at 21:45 UTC, with a brief burst of slightly more active rays at 21:50. My first image of the eveni