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Aurora diary: November 19th 2018

By 21:30 UTC this evening there was a nice well-defined arc of aurora developing across the northern sky. It quickly expanded into multiple bands of dancing aurora that flickered across the sky (Images 1 and 2). The activity stayed relatively low down across the northern horizon at ≤4
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December 26, 2018
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Aurora diary: November 6th 2018

I flew from Keflavik this evening, and not long after takeoff I could see a weak aurora along the horizon as we headed south (20:03 to 20:35 UTC). It was very difficult to take photographs out of the window due to the angle and the flashing lights on the aircraft wings, so unfortunate
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December 26, 2018
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Aurora diary: November 4th 2018

There was a very strong geomagnetic storm in progress this evening, and as a consequence the aurora was visible even in the twilight at dusk and before it was fully dark (Images 1 to 5: high in the sky to the north). The aurora quickly moved directly overhead in a narrow band (Images
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November 05, 2018
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Aurora diary: November 3rd 2018

A brighter arc of aurora in the northern sky tonight compared to my last few sightings, visible from around 21:15 and glowing throughout at least the next hour. This aurora was a vivid green by eye and on camera, but lacked the purple top of the previous few nights. Every night is dif
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November 05, 2018
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Aurora diary: November 1st 2018

Another nice but very low aurora in the north this evening. A little bit frustrating to have these very small auroras while the sky is so clear, but c’est la vie! As last night, the green arc of aurora had a clear purple top on camera. Image 1. 21:41 UTC. Settings = f/2.8, 14 mm
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November 05, 2018
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