I was hoping for some good aurora this evening due to the enhanced solar wind from a coronal hole on the sun. However, I never could have imagined how awesome it would turn out to be! Easily the best display of the season so far, and could easily end up as one of the best displays of the entire aurora season. We saw the aurora forming and wasted no time in heading to a nearby location so that we caught the very start of the spectacular action. The images explain the rest!
Image 1. 22:23 UTC. Taken at: ISO = 3200, f/2.8 @ 14 mm, exposure = 5.8 sec. This photo is taken facing west towards the Reykjavik light pollution, and shows the western end of a band of aurora that extended overhead from east to west. Already very active.
Image 2. 22:24 UTC. Taken at: ISO = 3200, f/2.8 @ 14 mm, exposure = 9.1 sec.
Image 3. 22:26 UTC. Taken at: ISO = 3200, f/2.8 @ 14 mm, exposure = 7.6 sec. Starting to explode!
Image 4. 22:27 UTC. Taken at: ISO = 3200, f/2.8 @ 14 mm, exposure = 6 sec.
Image 5. 22:33 UTC. Taken at: ISO = 3200, f/2.8 @ 14 mm, exposure = 5.3 sec.
Image 6. 22:44 UTC. Taken at: ISO = 3200, f/2.8 @ 14 mm, exposure = 5.7 sec.
Image 7. 22:45 UTC. Taken at: ISO = 3200, f/2.8 @ 14 mm, exposure = 5 sec. Some of the corona that was present directly overhead for much of this evening.
Image 8. 22:52 UTC. Taken at: ISO = 3200, f/2.8 @ 14 mm, exposure = 6 sec.
Image 9. 22:54 UTC. Taken at: ISO = 3200, f/2.8 @ 14 mm, exposure = 6.7 sec.
Image 10. 23:07 UTC. Taken at: ISO = 3200, f/2.8 @ 14 mm, exposure = 8 sec.
Image 11. 23:10 UTC. Taken at: ISO = 3200, f/2.8 @ 14 mm, exposure = 2.4 sec.
Image 12. 23:11 UTC. Taken at: ISO = 3200, f/2.8 @ 14 mm, exposure = 1.8 sec.
Image 13. 23:11 UTC. Taken at: ISO = 3200, f/2.8 @ 14 mm, exposure = 2.3 sec.
Image 14. 23:11 UTC. Taken at: ISO = 3200, f/2.8 @ 14 mm, exposure = 2.1 sec.
Image 15. 23:12 UTC. Taken at: ISO = 3200, f/2.8 @ 14 mm, exposure = 3.5 sec.
Image 16. 23:18 UTC. Taken at: ISO = 3200, f/2.8 @ 14 mm, exposure = 2 sec.
Image 17. 23:18 UTC. Taken at: ISO = 3200, f/2.8 @ 14 mm, exposure = 2.8 sec.
Image 18. 23:21 UTC. Taken at: ISO = 3200, f/2.8 @ 14 mm, exposure = 4.7 sec.
What an amazing night!
