I am crazy busy today – but I just popped by my blog to show my readers an example of last night activity. The Kp-index was steadily around five, which at these latitudes is high (northern lights activity normally starts at Kp 2/3. Tonight there is a geomagnetic storm coming with an estimated strength of G1 (the scale goes from G0 – no activity to G5 where all hell breaks loose and satellites gets their curcuitboards fried and powergrids here on Earth fails).
Unfortunately there were strong winds and quite a bit of rain and partly cloudy yesterday. But still the build up to the storm was quite obvious in between the clouds!

Strong Auroral Activity is seen in between the Clouds last night.
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14. October 2012 | Categories: 3-Autumn, Astronomy and Athmospheric Physics, General Information, Geophysics, Long Exposure, Meteorology, Nature's Delight, Photo, Photo - Summa cum Laude, Physics, Science & Technology, Seasons, Travel | Tags: Ankenes, Aurora, Aurora Borealis, Awe-inspiring, Awesome, beautiful, Beautiful sights, Boyfriend, Catching, Chinese, christmas, Cloud, Company, Danielle, Darkness, fjord, Flipping, Flipping through photos, Forratangen, Fraction, G0, G1, G2, G3, G4, G5, Geomagnetic, Geomagnetic Storm, Geomagnetic Storm G1, Geomagnetic Storm G2, Geomagnetic Storm G3, Geomagnetic Storm G4, Geomagnetic Storm G5, Grown man, Japanese, Jumping, Kid, Kid at Christmas, Kjeldebotn, Korean, Kp, Kp-index, Lifetime, light, Memories, Memories for a Lifetime, Meteor, Meteor shower, Narvik, nature, Nordlys, Northern Lights photographs, Northern Norway, Norway, Occasion, Ofoten, Ofoten Fjord, Orionids, Partly cloudy, Passing, Phenomenal photo shoot, Photos, Physics, powergrids, science, Shooting star, Shouting, Show, Silly, Techniques, Tonight, Tourist, travel, Veggen, weather, Yes | Leave a comment
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..?

Northern Lights above Ankenes January 23. 2012
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7. October 2012 | Categories: 4-Winter, Astronomy and Athmospheric Physics, From the archives, Geophysics, Long Exposure, Photo, Photo - processed RAW, Physics, Seasons | Tags: Atmosphere, Aurora Borealis, Clear conditions, Humidity, January 2012, January 23. 2012, Joy, Joys of photography, Nordlys, Nordlysbilleder, Nordslysbilder, Northern Lights, photography, Spectacular night, Tonight | Leave a comment