[OzEclipse (Joe Cali)]

I am in Norway. We are using Tromsø as a staging post while preparing to go to Svalbard for the total solar eclipse next Friday.

We are staying on a farm out of town spotting aurora. This Kp5 aurora descended almost right on top of us last night. It was my first night of aurora observation aside from a couple of meek glows on the horizon seen from Australia. We had about 2 hrs of fainter streamers then we assume the flare they had been talking about in the predictions arrived.

This was an absolutely wonderful display lighting the landscape around us. The bright Kp5 event continued for over an hour. Before and after we were treated to fainter but still fascinating all sky Kp4 events.

To give those who have not seen an aurora before an idea of how dynamic it is, these three images were taken over a 30 second period.

Details : All images
Pentax K5
Pentax 10mm full frame fisheye (180 deg diagonal field)
2s f3.5 ISO 6400

IMAGES

KP5 level EVENT
9420 11:17:31 UT
9422 11:17:43 UT
9423 11:17:57 UT

Cheers

Joe