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The Flash Bang!

One of the two biggest flashes last night.

To round of a quiet night with practically no northern lights and some editing work on the aging computer – here is one of the big flashes from last night! Glad Wenche came out in time to see this! Better than fireworks – isn’t it!

One of the two biggest flashes last night.

16. October 2012 | Categories: 3-Autumn, Astronomy and Athmospheric Physics, Geophysics, Long Exposure, Meteorology, Nature, Nature's Delight, Photo, Photo - processed RAW, Physics, Science & Technology, Seasons, Travel | Tags: Améthyste, Angelical, Angelical voice, Art, arts, Associations, Ayan, beautiful, Beauty, Better, Better than Fireworks, Camera, Cathrine, Chatting, Danielle, Fireworks, Fotoklubb, Good northern lights photographs, Kent Robin, Life, Liv-Bente, music, My life, Narvik, Narvik Fotoforening, nature, Nordland, Nordlys, Nordlysbilleder, Northern Light Pictures, Northern Lights, Northern Lights photographs, outdoors, Photo Club, photography, Rune, Scout, Scouting, Scouting the skies, Shots, Skilled, Thailand, Trade, Trade Tips, Trade tips and tricks, Tricks, Tripod, Wenche | Leave a comment

Lighthouse – Light from the North and Friends

In relation to the previous two posts…

Lighthouse and friends

16. October 2012 | Categories: 3-Autumn, Astronomy and Athmospheric Physics, Geophysics, Long Exposure, Nature, Nature's Delight, Panorama, Photo, Photo - processed RAW, Physics, Science & Technology, Seasons, Travel | Tags: Améthyste, Angelical, Angelical voice, Art, arts, Associations, Ayan, beautiful, Beauty, Camera, Cathrine, Chatting, Danielle, Fotoklubb, Good northern lights photographs, Kent Robin, Life, Lighthouse, Liv-Bente, music, My life, Narvik, Narvik Fotoforening, nature, Nordland, Nordlys, Nordlysbilleder, Northern Light Pictures, Northern Lights, Northern Lights photographs, outdoors, people, Photo Club, photography, Rune, Scout, Scouting, Scouting the skies, Shots, Skilled, technology, Thailand, Trade, Trade Tips, Trade tips and tricks, Tricks, Tripod, Wenche | Leave a comment

The Quick and The Slow – cranking out Northern Lights

I have a sensational old and slow computer. So cranking out Northern Lights photos is a slow and tedious process in sharp contrast to my camera, which is fast as lightning in comparison when it comes to process photos…

This is one more from yesterday in relation to my last post – see the Home-page.

Another one from the Ofoten Fjord last night.

16. October 2012 | Categories: 3-Autumn, Astronomy and Athmospheric Physics, Geophysics, Long Exposure, Nature, Nature's Delight, Panorama, Photo, Photo - processed RAW, Physics, Seasons, Travel | Tags: Améthyste, Angelical, Angelical voice, Art, arts, Associations, Ayan, beautiful, Beauty, Camera, Cathrine, Chatting, Danielle, Fotoklubb, Good northern lights photographs, Kent Robin, Life, Liv-Bente, music, My life, Narvik, Narvik Fotoforening, nature, Nordland, Nordlys, Nordlysbilleder, Northern Light Pictures, Northern Lights, Northern Lights photographs, outdoors, Photo Club, photography, Rune, Scout, Scouting, Scouting the skies, Shots, Skilled, Thailand, Trade, Trade Tips, Trade tips and tricks, Tricks, Tripod, Wenche | Leave a comment

The Thereminist and The Northern Light

On the third night in a row I went out scouting for the Northern Lights yesterday. I had good company in Danielle and Kent Robin. Liv-Bente had prepared the grounds (if you’d like me to, I’ll explain this in a later post). Just in time for the show, Wenche came along with an exchange student, Ayan from Thailand and an old friend – Rune – and a friend of his – Cathrine – from Narvik Fotoklubb – The local photo club came to scout the skies as well. There were quite a few tripods and camera at one point, but it is always nice to trade tips and tricks in the very skilled and difficult art of taking good northern lights shots.

So what about the title on this post? – you might ask… Well, when there is nobody else out there chatting along, I can actually hear music when I see the northern lights flickering and meandering across the night sky. My good friend – the brilliant singer and thereminist – Amethyste plays along with the light in my mind. She has an angelical voice. I suppose it is simply and purely a question of associations between beautiful things in my life.

Northern Lights flickering above Narvik and Ankenes last night while Améthyste held a concert for my inner ear.

15. October 2012 | Categories: 3-Autumn, Astronomy and Athmospheric Physics, Facebook, Geophysics, Long Exposure, Music, Nature, Nature's Delight, Panorama, Photo, Photo - processed RAW, Physics, Science & Technology, Seasons, Travel | Tags: Améthyste, Angelical, Angelical voice, Art, arts, Associations, Ayan, beautiful, Beauty, Camera, Cathrine, Chatting, Danielle, Fotoklubb, Good northern lights photographs, Kent Robin, Life, Liv-Bente, music, My life, Narvik, Narvik Fotoforening, nature, Nordland, Nordlys, Nordlysbilleder, Northern Light Pictures, Northern Lights, Northern Lights photographs, Photo Club, photography, Rune, Scout, Scouting, Scouting the skies, Shots, Skilled, Thailand, Trade, Trade Tips, Trade tips and tricks, Tricks, Tripod, Wenche | 2 Comments

And one more Northern Lights shot!

I am crancking out Northern Lights Photos as fast as I can manage with this old computer. Here’s another one from last night

Beautiful Northern Lights above the Ofoten Fjord

14. October 2012 | Categories: 3-Autumn, Astronomy and Athmospheric Physics, Geophysics, Long Exposure, Meteorology, Nature, Nature's Delight, Photo, Photo - processed RAW, Physics, Science & Technology, Seasons, Travel | Tags: Nordlys, Nordlysbilleder, Nordslysbilder | Leave a comment

And another one from yesterday!

Aurora borealis above the Ofoten Fjord with the mountain Veggen in the background as seen from Ankenes yesterday.

13. October 2012 | Categories: 3-Autumn, Astronomy and Athmospheric Physics, Geophysics, Long Exposure, Meteorology, Nature's Delight, Photo, Photo - processed RAW, Physics, Science & Technology, Seasons, Travel | Tags: 3-Autumn, Ankenes, Astronomy and Athmospheric Physics, Aurora, Aurora Borealis, Awe-inspiring, Awesome, beautiful, Beautiful sights, Boyfriend, Catching, Chinese, christmas, Company, Danielle, Darkness, fjord, Flipping, Flipping through photos, Forratangen, Fraction, General Information, Geophysics, Grown man, Japanese, Jumping, Kid, Kid at Christmas, Kjeldebotn, Korean, Kp, Kp-index, Lifetime, light, Long Exposure, Memories, Memories for a Lifetime, Meteor, Meteor shower, Meteorology, Narvik, Nature's Delight, Nordlys, Nordlysbilleder, Nordslysbilder, Northern Lights photographs, Northern Norway, Norway, Occasion, Ofoten, Ofoten Fjord, Orionids, Passing, Phenomenal photo shoot, Photo, Photo - processed RAW, Photo - Summa cum Laude, Photos, Physics, Science & Technology, Shooting star, Shouting, Show, Silly, Techniques, Tourist, travel, Travel | Tags: Aaaah, Veggen, Yes | Leave a comment

Fantastic aurora!

Standing there in the darkness – jumping up and down like a little kid at Christmas – and shouting -Yes! and Aaaah!, I probably look quite silly for a grown man, but every occasion like yesterday is exactly like Christmas to me! The Aurora borealis – Northern Light is so awe-inspiring that I wish all the japanese, Korean and Chinese tourist here in Norway could see it! They really are memories for a lifetime. Last night Kp-index was 3 (2 and above means chances to see northern lights at these latitudes). Today the Kp is even higher, at 5 – so I am soooo hoping for equally crisp, clear skies and even bigger lights!

I managed to get great many shots yesterday. And I had company. Danielle came down to the water with her boyfriend and I helped her getting into the fine techniques of shooting Northern Lights photographs.

And another bonus last night was the swarms of beautiful meteorites. I belive it must have been the orionides that should be passing just these days. Although my camera was pointed in the wrong directions, when I got home, I found that actually three of my photos had captured these beautiful sights. My head was obviously pointing in the wrong direction at these points, as I didn’t see them until I started flipping through the shots.

Well, here is a tiny fraction of last night’s phenomenal photo shoot. Enjoy!

Northern Lights stretching all the way form to the North of Narvik and all the way to the South-West above Vestfjorden. To the left Ankenes, and to the right Veggen and Forratangen. In the center Kjeldebotn.

Strong meteor (shooting star) between the lighthouse in Ankenes and aurora.

Northern Lights above the Narvik peninsula last night

Northern Lights photographer Danielle catching the last of the show

13. October 2012 | Categories: 3-Autumn, Astronomy and Athmospheric Physics, Christmas, General Information, Geophysics, Long Exposure, Meteorology, Nature's Delight, Photo, Photo - processed RAW, Photo - Summa cum Laude, Physics, Science & Technology, Travel | Tags: Aaaah, Ankenes, Aurora, Aurora Borealis, Awe-inspiring, Awesome, beautiful, Beautiful sights, Boyfriend, Catching, Chinese, christmas, Company, Danielle, Darkness, Flipping, Flipping through photos, Forratangen, Fraction, Grown man, Japanese, Jumping, Kid, Kid at Christmas, Kjeldebotn, Korean, Kp, Kp-index, Lifetime, light, Memories, Memories for a Lifetime, Meteor, Meteor shower, Narvik, Nordlys, Nordlysbilleder, Nordslysbilder, Northern Lights photographs, Northern Norway, Norway, Occasion, Ofoten, Ofoten Fjord, Orionids, Passing, Phenomenal photo shoot, Photos, Shooting star, Shouting, Show, Silly, Techniques, Tourist, travel, Veggen, Yes | Leave a comment

Tonight, tonight, maybe tonight…

The conditions are good! Clear skies and moderate particle stream from the sun, so my camera is set, my wool clothes are all ready. Tripod? Check! Extra battery? Check! Flash light? Check! All systems nominal. Go, no-go for northern lights! WE HAVE A GO FOR AURORA BOREALIS!

In the news today we saw that 45. million readers have seen the Facebook page for Visit Northern Norway – and yet again my friend Øystein Lunde Ingvaldsen lundeimages. com made the frontpage with one of his stunning photos, the very photo I got his permission to show here to the right! It is an absolute beauty of a northern lights shot! The photo is taken in Bø in Vesterålen (Boe in Vesteraalen) – the beautiful group of islands between Lofoten and the main land.

Visit Northern Norway Facebook page – click here

45 million visits to Visit Northern Norway (Norwegian)

Northern lights? -straight up, please!

12. October 2012 | Categories: 3-Autumn, Astronomy and Athmospheric Physics, Facebook, Friend's Achievements, From the archives, Geophysics, In the News right now, Long Exposure, Meteorology, Nature's Delight, Other Bloggers, Photo, Photo - processed RAW, Physics, Science & Technology, Seasons, Travel | Tags: Aurora, Aurora Borealis, Aurora statistics, Battery, battery check, Camera, Clear conditions, Clear weather, Extra battery, facebook, Flashlight, Go, nature, No-go, Nordlys, Nordlysbilleder, Nordslysbilder, Northern, Northern Lights, Northern Norway, Particle flux, Particle stream, science, sun, Systems nominal, Tripod, Wool, Wool clothes | Leave a comment

Partly cloudy – but still a few nice in “the bag”

I was hoping for clear, crisp weather and maybe a combined northern lights shots and a meteor from the Draconids – wich is the hot topic in tonight’s sky. I saw three really nice shooting stars, but ales, didn’t capture them. I would probably have caught some more, if it wasn’t for the clouds. I caught a few nice though! It was really the AHHHH!-moment of my Northern Lights watching career – but it was nice anyway.

At one point I managed to do a long exposure of Widerøe’s Flight WF855 (Dash 8-100) from Narvik taking off from Narvik Airport at 1010 pm (GMT+1). Funny how the landing lights and strobes made a nice pattern across the beautiful moonlit scene.

Widerøe's (Wideroe) flight WF855 taking off from Narvik Lufthavn 22:10 local time. Ankenes Lighthouse in the foreground. Narvik City in the background.

Widerøe’s (Wideroe) flight WF855 taking off from Narvik Lufthavn/Airport at 22:10 local time. Ankenes Lighthouse in the foreground. Narvik City in the background.

Tonights Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) reflected in the Ofoten Fjord with a couple of iron ore bulk carriers at anchor waiting for service.

8. October 2012 | Categories: 3-Autumn, Astronomy and Athmospheric Physics, General Information, Geophysics, Just for fun, Long Exposure, Nature's Delight, Photo, Photo - processed RAW, Photographic Art, Physics, Seasons | Tags: AHHHH!-moment, Ankenes, Beautiful moonlight, Clear weather, Clouds, Crisp weather, Dash8-100, Draconids, Flight WF855, Landing lights, Lighthouse, Meteor, Meteor shower, Narvik, nature, Nice, Nordlys, Nordlysbilleder, Nordslysbilder, Northern Lights, outdoors, Pattern, Sky, Strobe lights, transportation, travel, Widerøe | Leave a comment

Hoping for that spectacular night

One of the great joys of photography, is to flip through old shots and rediscovering details you didn’t see the first time. This shot was taken on the January 23. 2012. Tonight there is a clear and rather crisp sky (although I had been hoping for a little less humidity in the atmosphere) – so – who knows – maybe it is going to be one of those spectacular nights again..?