Hello All, did any of you see the showing of the northern lights in the early hours of Sunday morning - July 27th from 1am to 1.30am (BST)?
From my vantage point, behind a low lying hill facing North, using the naked eye, i could see what only i could describe as 4 vertical pillars of light eminating from the northern horizon, white to a slight green colour, about 5-7degrees wide each, and stretching about 50 degrees across the horizon, roughly equally spaced apart, and extending to about 30 degrees in height - all not equal in height, the 2nd pillar from left was the highest. Two pillars appeared under the right of the plough in Ursa Major, looking north-west.
At about 0115 BST, they faded from view, but reappeared at 0120 in a good showing for about 10 minutes before dissappearing at 0130. This is the 1st time i ever got to see an aurora in 8 years of observing. I had my camera with me at the time, and let a couple of shots go to capture this scene. Just as i write this, an auroral alert went out for last night warning of possible activity.
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Did anybody else see this??
:shock: Keith....
  