Aurora Borealis red alert for the Uk tonight.

[No-One]

Had a good view here in Rutland. To start off we went out of town and I captured this

After a while a few other people turn up having had the same idea

It did seem to the fading so I decided to head back home. But as I got home I saw the colours exploding above so I headed straight into the back garden

 

[Penfold101]

Why do these happen?

Get them on other planets too if they have an atmosphere and a magnetic field:

 

[Minusorange]

Supposed to be cloudy tonight at least in my neck of the woods so glad I got to see it last night as it's probably a once in a half life time event

 

[Minstadave]

Had a good view here in Rutland. To start off we went out of town and I captured this

After a while a few other people turn up having had the same idea

It did seem to the fading so I decided to head back home. But as I got home I saw the colours exploding above so I headed straight into the back garden

Oh man I live in Rutland and missed it all! Absolutely gutted.

This on the outskirts of Oakham?

 

[Jokester]

Good chance this will be repeated tonight, still very high activity at the moment.

 

[Minstadave]

Good chance this will be repeated tonight, still very high activity at the moment.

Not going to miss it tonight, charging the cameras!

 

[mrk]

I missed it, was fast asleep

Should be visible tonight too it seems so will keep an eye out.

 

[No-One]

Oh man I live in Rutland and missed it all! Absolutely gutted.

This on the outskirts of Oakham?

Yeah, at the top of Brooke Hill

 

[Minusorange]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1789113086139322534

 

[BUDFORCE]

I didn't get any photos but there was a bit of it here as well yesterday night in north Cambridgeshire

 

[Minusorange]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1789274423498842362

Definitely on again tonight, just depends on cloud cover in your area

 

[Gepetto]

We saw this last night and I never expected to see an Aurora as far south as Essex. My son did get some lovely pictures.

 

[Jokester]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1789068541057966419

Absolutely stunning.

 

[arknor]

looks pretty sick, maybe I should have nipped to the shop earlier last night, might go for a bike ride later at dusk

 

[doodah]

Dayymmm, What exposure length did you use it to achieve that?

Now that's a question, I remember using some sort of calculator but this was 8 years ago when I barely knew what I was doing. I'll dig up the RAWs and see if there is some Exif. But at a guess, I think tens of seconds - remember I couldn't go too long because it was picking up too much light from an airfield.

There are some absolutely cracking photos in this thread

Edit - Sigma Art 18-35mm f1.8 @ 1.8, 10-13 seconds, 2000 ISO on my Nikon D5200.

 

[mrgubby]

It's behind you...

 

[Jokester]

It's behind you...

Yeah, I had a look out last night at 11pm and didn’t see anything looking north, turns out it was in the southern sky (though later on by the sounds of things).

Edit: Solar activity is back to “green” on the app

 

[mrgubby]

Yeah, I had a look out last night at 11pm and didn’t see anything looking north, turns out it was in the southern sky (though later on by the sounds of things).

Edit: Solar activity is back to “green” on the app

That photo is looking NNE

 

[Jokester]

That photo is looking NNE

Yeah, but was it shot up here in Scotland?, photos up here are predominantly south looking, which is extreme unusual because it was so far south.

 

[Nitefly]

Sorry for the dumb / lazy post but is this on again for tonight? (south west)