Aurora Borealis

[DennisG]

Hi, we had some awsome northenlights the otherday kp was up to 9 on the 1-9 scale 2015-03-17

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Beam me up Scotty..

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Old curch ruin from 900 AD

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https://youpic.com/image/3170227

[the_hefay]

Simply beautiful. Someday, I need to make a trip further north in order to witness this.

[sury]

Fantastic shots. What is Kp DennisG?

[aster]

So beautiful and impressive, Dennis.

Thank you for sharing,

Yildiz

ps. Sury, Kp stands for Geomagnetic Activity (storm intensity) level which produces these magnificent lights. The higher the number the more gorgeous the Northern lights are.

[bakubo]

Great! Never seen it before, but maybe someday before I die.

[sury]

Yildiz, thank you. Learned something new.

Sury

[Birma]

Fabulous images Dennis

[DennisG]

Glad you guys liked them, To have Northenlights at my latitude ( same as Stockholm ) dont happen very often but twice this year.
For the Aurora Borealis to be visible here KP needs to be at least 5 and we hit 9 that day ( must have been a hell of solarstorm ), so even southern UK could see it.
See link below for more info about KP and the Aurora Borealis.

http://www.aurora-service.eu/

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Notice all the wild Fallow deer grassing in the light.

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Divine light

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[Pitter]

Spectacular photos! What wonderful captures.

[Almazar80]

I love aurora pictures and you did a great job capturing nature's light show. Well done!

[sury]

DennisG,
Your photos are "out of this world" will not be an exaggeration.

Sury

[Dusty]

Great job grabbing those, Dennis, I, too hope to see them before I die!

Dusty

[ValeryD]

DennisG - very good shots !
Dusty, Sury! You guys don't have to die!!! Just cross the border to Canada (Manitoba) and make sure you looked on the aurora forecast http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/NorthAmerica, http://www.arcticrange.com/en/aurora
and you can see something like that: https://www.flickr.com/photos/valery_rw ... 124638735/
as I can see from my house in Winnipeg almost every month...

[sury]

Thank you Valery for the info. This is something my daughter and I want to do so badly.
Will keep the info. in mind and plan for travel in the near future.

Sury

[ValeryD]

Thank you Valery for the info. This is something my daughter and I want to do so badly.
Will keep the info. in mind and plan for travel in the near future.

Sury

As I said before, Aurora in Winnipeg is a very often subject on the sky. I got new shots with my old a300 + Opteka Fisheye.