On the 24th and 25th of February, some strong explosions happened on the sun and part of the blast was directed toward the earth. Charged particles were expected to arrive a couple of days later on the 27th of February but the first wave arrived a bit earlier, in the late hours of the 26th. I was ready for it and hoping for clear skies. Having looked at the charts and some live cameras I noticed a high activity on the 26th and decided to drive to the seaside quickly.
Fortunately, we had a clear sky and sure enough, the activity was really nice.
Mostly the aurora appeared green but I was able to see some red and at some point a bit of orange too.
I have seen more intense auroras in Estonia but this was great too, had an amazing show watching the lights dancing in the sky. I used a 5-second shutter speed, f4 aperture and ISO 1600.
Hoping to get several more great aurora occurrences this winter/spring until the nights don't get dark anymore. We have around to the end of April until it's always too bright to see any lights in the sky.
I did also try to take a video but it ended up really grainy because I used a very high ISO.
Yesterday was quite a nice probability for northern lights also and I went out again but the lights weren't nearly as visible as the day before. Didnt take any photos but I tried to shoot a timelapse with a camera. I will put together a short video of the grainy clips and a timelapse I took yesterday and will upload it soon for you to see.
