Northern Lights

[Mystical Potato Head]

Tues 1st March,hope your all out looking.

http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo189/sat5_photos/3187flickr.jpg

[gmcborgie]

An amazing picture! Thanks for sharing it!

[Deemac]

My, my - my first northern light capture. Thanks very much MPH for the heads-up. I didn't even notice!!

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh116/deemac1965/7DA_3714copySm.jpg

[Deemac]

Here's a second attempt

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh116/deemac1965/7DA_3715copySm.jpg

[Mystical Potato Head]

Nice one's Deemac,i'm just back in from take 2.It peaked around 11.40 with a few beams of light,then the red upper atmosphere faded
from the shots so thats a sure sign the display is weakening,for now anyway.But after 12 hours of work and 3 hours aurora chasing
i'm not waiting up just to see if it kicks back into action.Got a few good ones from the second session so i'm happy with that.
Thurso bay had a strong green reflection from the aurora,looked cool.

[Jovi]

We spotted the glow but the view from here was almost completely obscured by a bank of cloud,kept checking but was really disapointed. Great picture

[tjc]

Very good shots MPH and Deemac. Was out looking but must have been at the wrong times as never saw any displays... :(

Got any tips on settings to use to get good northern lights captures?

[wicker05]

Well done guys, great captures.

[Liz]

Great photos guys!

I never knew there were Northern Lights last night but didn't see anything when out for a bedtime walk about 11pm.:(

[astroman]

Stunning pics gents. I almost missed the display, but got a few pics out at Thurso East.....

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj138/astroman_caithness/Aurora_1March2011_ThursoEast.jpg

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj138/astroman_caithness/Aurora_1March2011_ThursoEastPool.jpg

Here's hoping for some more displays over the next year or two as solar activity peaks :-)

[Mystical Potato Head]

Love the reflection in the rock pool,just shows how bright it was at its peak.