Northern Lights

Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

Despite the bright light from the near full moon and the light halo of Oslo, the low hanging northern light is visible…


Northern lights (Aurora borealis)

Northern lights (Aurora borealis)

The Bunnefjord (the sibling of the Oslo fjord) has now been frozen over for many weeks and the ice is thicker than in…


Draconid meteors and Northern lights (Aurora borealis)

Draconid meteors and Northern lights (Aurora borealis)

The Draconid meteors are generally faint, so with a near full moon the amount seen this night were few and far between.…


Northern lights (Aurora borealis)

Northern lights (Aurora borealis)

Finally some intense auroas AND clear skies! It seemed at first to be only a dim band high in the northern sky, but at…


The northern lights continued

The northern lights continued

Since the first shots at around 20:40, the clouds moved in and the northern lights slowly withdrew to the north, as if…


At last some northern lights

At last some northern lights

Seeing northern lights in the light pollution of Oslo is one thing, another is weather conditions. This autumn has not…


Nearly missed the northern lights!

Nearly missed the northern lights!

The forecast suggested a great show this evening. I went out and looked for the northern lights several times without…


First northern lights (Aurora borealis) of 2010

First northern lights (Aurora borealis) of 2010

According to the Auroral Oval there should be strong auroras - alas! I was glimpsing what could be northern lights,…


First northern lights (Auroae borealis) of the season

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…