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Fen Wolf Enthusiast

Fen Wolf

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  • Location: Midgard “Earth”
  • Weather Preferences: Extreme
  • Location: Midgard “Earth”
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I tried to see this tonight but too many humans with too many bright lights.  I cannot wait to get up into the deep North to find my peace 

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Dreckly Experienced

Dreckly

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  • Location: North Cornwall 187ft asl
  • Weather Preferences: Atlantic Storms, Thunder & Lightning, Snow.
  • Location: North Cornwall 187ft asl
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Some great photos on twiX

 

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Wold Topper

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  • Location: East coast side of the Yorkshire Wolds, 66m ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, Storms, and plenty of warm sunny days!
  • Location: East coast side of the Yorkshire Wolds, 66m ASL
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A view from the Yorkshire Wolds about 30mins ago. 

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Fen Wolf Enthusiast

Fen Wolf

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  • Location: Midgard “Earth”
  • Weather Preferences: Extreme
  • Location: Midgard “Earth”
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I have photos of this but my eyes do not pick up the colours sadly.  
 

How far north do i need to be to see this with naked eyes and colours?  Is it likely going to peak later or was the peak earlier? 

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Taken with an Iphone 15 Pro Max using night mode 

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Eagle Eye Maestro

Eagle Eye

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  • Location: Woodchurch, Kent.
  • Weather Preferences: Storm, drizzle
  • Location: Woodchurch, Kent.
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Some photos that need to be brightened at some point because my camera makes everything a bit darker on it. Tried with the car lights one but facing SE it was unlikely.

Edit : Brightened them and added a few more from my phone. 

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weatherobsuk

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  • Location: Whaley Bridge - Peak District
  • Location: Whaley Bridge - Peak District
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It's sod's law I go to bed at 8pm on one of the best Northern Light evenings in recent years 😄 and even S.T.E.V.E. made an appearance, if I can find any consolation it's that this part of the NW was clouded out by residual showers so seeing anything under the dark skies away from the lights of Manchester/Sheffield would have been minimal.

Hopefully the next few days ahead bring more opportunities.

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Lincs Observation Aficionado

Lincs Observation

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  • Location: South Kyme, Lincolnshire
  • Location: South Kyme, Lincolnshire
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Morning all 

a selection of images taken last night taken with my iPhone 12 using a 3 & 10 second exposure and at different zoom rates, my daughter assisted me who knew I could do this with my phone I’m hooked 😁

a Fantastic night here in Lincolnshire, I think I have found a new hobby totally enjoyed my self last night.

 

the last pic I’m particularly proud of with the plough 
 

 

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Fen Wolf Enthusiast

Fen Wolf

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  • Location: Midgard “Earth”
  • Weather Preferences: Extreme
  • Location: Midgard “Earth”
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Does anyone here know if there will be anymore good opportunities like last night in the coming days?  
 

i have a few websites saved but nothing that forecasts it well in advance

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Sprites Seasoned

Sprites

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  • Location: South East UK
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms/squalls/hoar-frost/mist
  • Location: South East UK
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36 minutes ago, Fen Wolf said:

Does anyone here know if there will be anymore good opportunities like last night in the coming days?  
 

i have a few websites saved but nothing that forecasts it well in advance

For an idea of what's likely in the next few days you can check Spaceweather. 

It's possible there will be more Aurora over the winter, as solar maximum is forecast within the next year. 

 

 

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Fen Wolf

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  • Location: Midgard “Earth”
  • Weather Preferences: Extreme
  • Location: Midgard “Earth”
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4 hours ago, Sprites said:

For an idea of what's likely in the next few days you can check Spaceweather. 

It's possible there will be more Aurora over the winter, as solar maximum is forecast within the next year. 

 

 

Thank you, i am aware of the upcoming possibility and solar maximum i am hoping it will be great opportunity to see something like this again!   Nothing like this in the UK 

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Katrine Basso

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  • Location: South Ockendon, Thurrock, SW Essex
  • Weather Preferences: Severe frosts, Heavy snowfall, Thunder and lightning, Stormy weather
  • Location: South Ockendon, Thurrock, SW Essex
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Natures Fireworks

Taken between 1803-2048 UTC on the 5th and 0225-0445 UTC on the 6th November 2023. Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

 

 

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Sprites Seasoned

Sprites

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  • Location: South East UK
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms/squalls/hoar-frost/mist
  • Location: South East UK
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Aurora has been picked up again in southern England , but not as strong as last night.

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kar999 Accomplished

kar999

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  • Location: Sth Staffs/Shrops 105m/345' & NW Snowdonia 219m/719'
  • Location: Sth Staffs/Shrops 105m/345' & NW Snowdonia 219m/719'
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Nothing here tonight but managed to get a glimpse of some colour between the clouds last night.

 

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Sprites Seasoned

Sprites

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  • Location: South East UK
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms/squalls/hoar-frost/mist
  • Location: South East UK
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Still picking up the Aurora but it's subtle.

 

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See the aurora borealis from the UK

 

 

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Weather-history Maestro

Weather-history

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  • Location: Irlam
  • Location: Irlam
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16 hours ago, Fen Wolf said:

Thank you, i am aware of the upcoming possibility and solar maximum i am hoping it will be great opportunity to see something like this again!   Nothing like this in the UK 

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Great photos and footage by all but it may be hard to believe but the photos of the recent display are still not on the scale of the early April 2000 display  that I witnessed. So fingers crossed if we get an early April 2000 type display.

March/April next year, although aurorae can happen any time, they are more favourable around the equinoxes, so fingers cross that for a truely great display.

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Rush2019

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  • Location: Macclesfield
  • Location: Macclesfield
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On 06/11/2023 at 04:53, toggerobz said:

It's sod's law I go to bed at 8pm on one of the best Northern Light evenings in recent years 😄 and even S.T.E.V.E. made an appearance, if I can find any consolation it's that this part of the NW was clouded out by residual showers so seeing anything under the dark skies away from the lights of Manchester/Sheffield would have been minimal.

Hopefully the next few days ahead bring more opportunities.

Nice picture on todays Meto deep dive of the S.T.E.V.E., fascinating stuff.

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Fen Wolf

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  • Location: Midgard “Earth”
  • Weather Preferences: Extreme
  • Location: Midgard “Earth”
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52 minutes ago, Weather-history said:

 

Great photos and footage by all but it may be hard to believe but the photos of the recent display are still not on the scale of the early April 2000 display  that I witnessed. So fingers crossed if we get an early April 2000 type display.

March/April next year, although aurorae can happen any time, they are more favourable around the equinoxes, so fingers cross that for a truely great display.

Let’s hope we see something truly magnificent soon 

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Jamie M Accomplished

Jamie M

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  • Location: Herne Bay, Kent (14 m)
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms & Snow
  • Location: Herne Bay, Kent (14 m)
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One of the most spectacular displays of the aurora I have seen. 

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Me and my Dad were stood in amazement especially looking at the sub auroral arc which can be seen in pictures 3, 4 & 5 especially when it started dancing across which I can only presume was the picket fence aurora! It was definitely weird though as the rays showed up on camera as completely white. The very bright ray in the second to last picture did show up to the eye fairly brightly with a tint of purple being visible to it as it moved west to east although slowly faded away. The green glow to the north did show up well to the eye although in mostly white and it seemed like the sun had set in that general direction. It definitely added another definition to fireworks night! 

 

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