This year the auroras have been difficult - we
have had several aurora hunting nights with bad weather - and even quiet and calm nights
with clear sky, but no auroras -
click for scenic night images taken on Jan 18
This year the auroras have been difficult - we
have had several aurora hunting nights with bad weather - and even quiet and calm nights
with clear sky, but no auroras -
click for scenic night images taken on Jan 18
However - on the night between Jan 21 and Jan 22 2005, Auroras at last became visible from Denmark.
We did observe the very beginning, with bright northern sky and read eastern glow. However - our part of the country became almost instantly covered by heavy clouds and rain, making it impossible to watch even the Moon.
At midnight, at last, the sky cleared due to heavy wind - but then the aurora acticity had gone dramatically down.
However - here are our images - as the almost stationary auroras did appear , when seen from the large north-eastern forest of Als.
Movies showing running aurora waves :
Movie - 4 Megabytes - from 2355-0012 UT -
Movie - 1 Megabytes - from 0054 - 0100 UT .
(23 UT Astronomical Time is equal to 24 Danish Winter Time..)
2352 UT -
Intermediate resolution 300 kbytes
High-resolution - print quality - 4 Megabytes
2340 UT -
Intermediate resolution - 300 kbytes
High Resolution - print quality- 4 Megabytes
The aurora hunters - at late night on the forest-beach - with heavy deep-freezing wind...
Updates.
The aurora curtains - as photographed by Torben Krogh (EUC Syd)
around midnight at "Hogebjerg" - while the sky was clearing for clouds.
- Photo - as taken inside Sonderborg town - by Martin.
However - any financial and moral support for our hardworking and freezing students will be greatly appreciated.
