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A fireball in a twilight sky

17.10.2021 at 19.22 - Turku (III)
Paula Mattila

The first image I took of the approaching deaf cloud from the north came with a bright starburst, as if it had fallen slowly, it took a few seconds.

Half-sky auroras

17.3.2015 at 22.01 - Turku, Raunistula (IV)
Paula Mattila, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

Here are my first northern lights, it was pretty good in Turku too!

Images: 2 pcs

Active aurora band

28.8.2015 at 23.30 - Viitasaari (III)
Paula Mattila, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

When we came to our traditional summer resort Viitasaari on Thursday, it was raining but on Friday night there was a starry sky. But the picture of the landscape still comes to mind.

Images: 2 pcs

Diffuse glow

7.10.2015 at 22.20 - Turku (I)
Paula Mattila, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

Pretty dull northern lights gauze but it also looked great in that landscape.

Images: 2 pcs

Diffuse glow

16.2.2016 at 21.53 - Turku (I)
Paula Mattila, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

Clearly there are northern lights, pretty green was visible behind that green yard tree.

Images: 2 pcs

Quiet aurora arc

11.10.2017 at 21.25 - Turku (II)
Paula Mattila, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

Would there have been some northern lights green here when I waited for them for a while, the camera couldn't do better and they were very dim, even the city lights were quite disturbing.

Images: 2 pcs

Quiet aurora band

28.9.2019 at 00.01 - 00.47 - Turku (II)
Paula Mattila

I came home just before midnight and immediately went to see if I could see the northern lights once I had the opportunity to watch them.

Images: 2 pcs • Comments: 2 pcs

Auroras seen through breaks in the clouds

25.10.2019 at 01.51 - 01.54 - Turku (II)
Paula Mattila

There they were when there was an opening in the cloud curtain, for a while there, that is, then it was covered in the clouds again and no more was visible, the pictures were poor in a hurry only I had time to take a few from the window.

Images: 2 pcs • Comments: 3 pcs

Aurora rays

26.10.2019 at 22.10 - 23.58 - Turku (II)
Paula Mattila

In the evening the sky became clear, we still had to go to see if the northern lights were visible and it was visible, at first only a dim arc, barely visible, but by half past twelve the show brightened nicely and at a good time as the sky started to cloud again.

Images: 2 pcs • Comments: 4 pcs

Diffuse glow

29.2.2020 at 00.09 - 00.13 - Turku (I)
Paula Mattila

Dim reposet appearing for a few minutes above the city lights.

Comments: 4 pcs

Aurora rays

31.8.2020 at 23.20 - 23.37 - Turku (II)
Paula Mattila

It was as if greenery was seen in the low northeastern sky, as well as more dim rays to the north, but for a short time even before midnight when August changed to September.

Images: 2 pcs

Quiet aurora arc

14.9.2020 at 00.55 - 00.59 - Turku (II)
Paula Mattila

Northern lights were also visible in Turku, despite the lights and clouds of the city, a lively arc of northern lights was visible for a few minutes, which was also visible to the naked eye.

Images: 2 pcs

Quiet aurora arc

27.9.2020 at 22.08 - 02.20 - Turku (II)
Paula Mattila

After 10 pm a dim but visible arc of northern lights appeared in the sky. Later in the night the clouds disturbed the visibility and the sky was very hazy, but after two it was still distinguishable from the greenery. At 11:21 p.m., a piece of bright starburst was left in the picture.

Images: 2 pcs

Quiet aurora arc

23.10.2020 at 23.22 - 23.47 - Turku (II)
Paula Mattila

Northern lights were also visible in the city lights, dim but a few brighter phases were captured in the images.

Images: 3 pcs • Comments: 2 pcs

Quiet aurora arc

22.11.2020 at 01.20 - 01.53 - Turku (II)
Paula Mattila

After midnight it became clear and the night sky check was worthwhile, in the north a dim arc of northern lights was already visible.

Images: 2 pcs • Comments: 2 pcs

Quiet aurora arc

22.11.2020 at 22.10 - 22.55 - Turku (II)
Paula Mattila

Between ten and eleven there was then a chance to see if the northern lights were visible, for almost all that time a dim arc was barely visible but for a few minutes a vivid arc was visible.

Images: 4 pcs

Quiet aurora arc

2.3.2021 at 21.30 - 22.45 - Turku (II)
Paula Mattila

The dim arc of northern lights occasionally stood out with the naked eye above the city lights, at best at about 9.40 p.m.

Images: 2 pcs • Comments: 2 pcs

Quiet aurora band

21.3.2021 at 19.30 - 22.45 - Turku (II)
Paula Mattila

When the sky was cloudless, I watched in the evening whether there would be northern lights and were quite nicely visible in the city lights, the first batch at about 8 pm and the second at 10.20 pm, pictures of the latter.

Images: 2 pcs

Active aurora band

18.4.2021 at 23.11 - 23.16 - Turku (III)
Paula Mattila

For a few minutes after 11 pm, a belt of northern lights moved very fast above the city lights, with in some places even the green that appeared bright here.

Images: 3 pcs

Active aurora band

27.8.2021 at 22.46 - 01.20 - Viitasaari (III)
Paula Mattila

Northern lights appeared in the sky soon after dark, the small challenge was that the tall trees blocked the view from the cottage beach to the northern sky, so I had to take a boat, so the pictures were more or less swaying. A great evening happened for the birthday.

Images: 3 pcs

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