One of the things on my bucket list was to see the Northern Lights close by in all their splendour. It never even occurred to me that this wondrous sight would one day appear literally overhead on my doorstep.
The night of Friday 10th of May through to the early hours of Saturday 11th was the big 'moment', caused by a rare, severe solar storm. The sunspot that generated all the excitement was huge, sixteen times the diameter of the Earth.
Despite the southerly aspect of where we live, nestled at the base of a sizeable fell in southwest Scotland, we were still treated to an extraordinary display. Most of the images presented here were taken looking anywhere between south east and north west. The only truly north-facing image here sadly suffered with the oversight that comes with the sheer delight of seeing this spectacle, namely forgetting to turn off the lens stabiliser when the camera is mounted on a tripod. Luckily I remembered before it was too late...
What a blessing, for such beauty to come from our Sun’s raging fury… 🔥🌞🔥
(Images taken on Canon 6D, with Sigma 24-105mm f4 A)
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Wow, very nice!