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Starscape image

8.9.2022 at 22.33 - Utsjoki, Karigasniemi (III)
Tarja Kouvo

On the night of the northern lights, I also knew that the Moon was visible very low in the southern sky. That's right, there it was, disappearing before three in the morning around the same time I was almost home. What I would like to know is, is that faintly reddish area above the forest the "Shadow of the Earth"?

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Several halo forms

19.4.2017 at 19.19 - Laukaa (II)
Tarja Kouvo

Probably the first halos I’ve ever seen. First was visible, at least from my points, like the side sun on the left, then an arc appeared and finally a new spot of light appeared in the shape of an arc at the top of the arc. Along the way home, I saw the phenomenon as a whole. I saw the whole arc surrounding the sun. Looking closer at the second picture, yes, it also showed a whole arc. It was just hidden behind the branches.

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Several halo forms

5.2.2021 at 14.26 - Laukaa (II)
Tarja Kouvo

The side suns were visible to my eyes starting at 11.30am and the last one I saw at about three o'clock. In that picture, I saw two, one of which went off after a few minutes.

Several halo forms

30.10.2021 at 11.43 - Utsjoki, Karigasniemi (II)
Tarja Kouvo

Following the reindeer separations, the sky immediately flashed and a halo appeared there.

Several halo forms

21.12.2021 at 23.26 - 23.41 - Utsjoki, Karigasniemi (II)
Tarja Kouvo

I wasn’t really sure when I stood on the beach, was it like a halo or was it just a cloud that stubbornly stayed put. The "cloud halo" was strongly visible. I decided to shoot with caution because the northern lights again refused to appear. The night by the river was bright and cold. Could a weak horizon ring also be visible?

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Several halo forms

3.4.2022 at 14.13 - 15.12 - Laukaa (II)
Tarja Kouvo

I went out for a walk and on the same trip I watched the evolution of the halo with my neck wrong.

Several halo forms

16.4.2022 at 17.33 - 18.01 - Laukaa (II)
Tarja Kouvo

I saw the first zyk of my life when I returned from the beach. It was big and clear. It was impossible not to see if it flashed up to the sky a little. It took a few minutes before I got the camera picked up and in the meantime zyk was almost gone. I waited. It appeared, but weaker.

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Several halo forms

9.8.2022 at 08.10 - 08.25 - Utsjoki, Karigasniemi (II)
Tarja Kouvo

The usual beautiful, but strong halo was in the sky in the morning. A good start to the upcoming cloudy day.

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Quiet aurora band

17.2.2017 at 22.46 - Laukaa (II)
Tarja Kouvo

The northern lights were arcuate in between, then a calm belt. Didn't move much. After midnight they brightened considerably, just as I was leaving.

Quiet aurora band

22.2.2017 at 03.35 - Laukaa (II)
Tarja Kouvo

The dim lights were already visible when I arrived at the scene at 3.16. The most active stage at 3.35, of which My Pictures. Gradually the lights dimmed, fading at four, and I decided to go home. The starry sky was at once clear and magnificent.

Quiet aurora band

25.2.2017 at 23.18 - Laukaa (II)
Tarja Kouvo

The liveliest blazing moment of the calm northern lights belt at 11:18 p.m., followed by some red-glowing flying phenomenon outside the northern lights, perhaps some reflection of an airplane. At midnight, the repos snoozed totally.

Quiet aurora band

6.3.2017 at 22.09 - Laukaa (II)
Tarja Kouvo

The clear starry sky and the fast solar wind activated me to walk along the former footsteps to the same place on the ice to look out over the skyline. There was something pale fog, I stood for an hour, but only non-existent movements were really visible. There was a planet on my right with me and a bright moon on my left.

Quiet aurora band

29.3.2017 at 00.21 - Laukaa (II)
Tarja Kouvo

When I arrived at the bridge before midnight, a clear arch was visible. I admired it for a little while, after which came more than half an hour of heavenly silence. I was already leaving when you suddenly appeared really clear from the left spreading and moving all over the area. They were bright to me. They winced and moved for a moment. Then it fell silent again.

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Quiet aurora band

14.2.2022 at 22.05 - Utsjoki, Karigasniemi (II)
Tarja Kouvo

Actually I just go for an evening walk, the values were in a category I wasn’t really expecting anything from. At the turning point I still stopped, at first there was a completely dim arc and then a small flare. It took a while. It was almost a full moon, really bright and a beautiful evening walk.

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Quiet aurora arc

5.3.2017 at 20.49 - Laukaa (II)
Tarja Kouvo

I started staring at the sky at 8:34 p.m., then only the camera eye saw something greenish. From time to time, the stars dimmed again, brightening again, then I realized the fog was hovering in the air. A very slight hint of the light of the Northern Lights was visible behind the fog, from which the image. At about half past ten, the skyline became clear, but even the repo seemed to be quite a dim haze. Otherwise, the atmosphere is fine, hovering fog in front, clear starry sky behind the crescent moon.

Quiet aurora arc

23.3.2017 at 02.52 - Laukaa (II)
Tarja Kouvo

When I reached the shore of the lake at about 2.30 a light mist appeared on the horizon, quickly it began to brighten, forming a beautiful and shimmering arc. The best point in the vision was that the middle of the arc formed as if a shimmering ball descended towards the surface of the ice. At three the lights dimmed, it was time to go home.

Quiet aurora arc

8.4.2017 at 03.12 - Laukaa (II)
Tarja Kouvo

I peeked at the Hankasalmi observatory page at night. Surprise. An arch was visible at the top. I had to put the wefts on and at least go to the yard to see. There it was. I tried to find the point where the arch with its radii would be best seen between the apartment buildings. When I found it, could not, I tumbled with the pedestal, the rays flew in the sky and their beauty remained only to the delight of my eyes. One image in the fading phase I finally got, after that the lights dimmed into a green mist.

Quiet aurora arc

15.4.2017 at 00.39 - Laukaa (II)
Tarja Kouvo

A beautiful arch was visible when I arrived at the beach. I watched it for almost an hour, hoping it would refresh to the radiation level. Did not flow. In addition, a thin cloud began to appear, on the other hand, the clouds shaped a certain mystique into a simple green arc. Village lights in the background, a former dark viewing spot already melting water.

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Quiet aurora arc

25.4.2017 at 01.01 - Laukaa (II)
Tarja Kouvo

The calm, stationary arch was dimly visible from 0.29 to 2.05. Towards the end, more light mist appeared on the bush in the second picture, but very faintly. The highlight was the slowly flying meteorite, which appeared just as the exposure was going on. Coincidence too! So I was hoping to intercept a meteorite flight, now it happened. Good end to my first repo season.

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Quiet aurora arc

16.8.2018 at 00.54 - 00.55 - Laukaa (II)
Tarja Kouvo

I left for the local beach at midnight to see if I could see. The oval had landed appropriately, stars were visible from the sky, even clouds. The rays were visible when I got to the beach, but I didn’t precede them when I was looking for a suitable shooting location on the pier. When it was found, the rays went out into a shimmering arc. It was only separated by taking a test shot and it wasn’t until about one o’clock that a new vibe started to happen. A couple of pictures of it. Before the two left home, then there was a feeling that nothing was happening anymore. A few assholes saw this, bu...

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