31 Aug 2009
First northern lights (Auroae borealis) of the season
Even during the time of the deepest solar minimum in a century, it's possible to see the aurorae. Albeit dim and hardly vislible to the untrained eye. It was…
15 Jul 2009
The best noctilucent show of the season?
Tonight's Noctilucent cloud show was fast moving, bright and spectacular. Watching it is one thing, but a time-lapse of many hundreds of exposures is a totally…
13 Jul 2009
A glimpse of noctilucent clouds
After more than a week of cloud cover, tonight started with a very bright and widespread display of NLCs. It was far south on the sky and ranged all the way to…
4 Jul 2009
First strong noctilucent clouds of the summer
Finally a strong display of NLCs! After a heavy thunderstorm the clouds slowly dissipated and revealed NLCs. They were mostly ripples this time - like sand in…
25 Jun 2009
First noctilucent clouds of the summer
First decent display of the season, but as it's very close to the solstice the sky is very bright throughout the night and thus the NLCs are not as prominent…