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Pearl clouds

30.11.2019 at 15.30 - 16.08 - Seinäjoki (IV)
Anssi Kaunismäki

By the way, I just went to look at the scenery so I noticed this phenomenon in the direction of the sunset. I was wondering if this is the same type of cloud as the illuminating night clouds in the summer? There was this cloud in a small area but it was really clear.

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Pääsateenkaari

2.9.2019 at 20.09 - 20.20 - Ilmajoki (IV)
Anssi Kaunismäki

2.9. was a rainy day in Southern Ostrobothnia. To the west was a clear area in the sky from which the sun emerged shortly before sunset and caused a bright fully visible rainbow. The sunset itself was also magically full of color.

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Active aurora band

1.3.2019 at 00.23 - 03.00 - Soini
Anssi Kaunismäki

Fortunately, on vacation you can manage to sleep a little later. I went on a small nocturnal provincial tour to look for a light-free spot on top of the last one because I heard that northern lights were in the offing. One was found in Soini, Southern Ostrobothnia. The first observation of the northern lights is from Ylihärmä at about 0.23. (Fig. 2) There was a clearly visible calm arc of northern lights in the sky, which remained almost unchanged in the sky for several hours. The second observation is from Soini shortly before three o'clock, when the northern lights had a more active peri...

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Bright night shining clouds

26.7.2018 at 01.00 - 02.30 - Seinäjoki (IV)
Anssi Kaunismäki

At the height of the Seinäjoki, the northern sky is still quite bright in the middle of the night. After midnight, white streaks began to appear in the sky, so I thought that illuminating night clouds might be visible at the darkest time. I packed the stuff in the car and set aside. At one time at night, the clouds were already quite clear. As the sky still darkened, they became clearer. The fog rising from the field crowned the splendor.

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Active aurora band

30.8.2017 at 00.30 - 01.30 - Enontekiö (III)
Anssi Kaunismäki

The Northern Lights season came to my part in Kilpisjärvi. After midnight I looked out and there were bright northern lights in the sky. I'm not describing. At the beginning, the northern lights were very bright and the active ribbon made meanders all over the sky. After a while, however, the lights dimmed somewhat but at times bright bands and rays visited the sky. However, the northern lights belt to the south remained relatively calm. Sometimes I have time to shoot for the Norwegian side as well.

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Bright night shining clouds

27.7.2017 at 01.50 - Ilmajoki (IV)
Anssi Kaunismäki

The sky is still quite clear at night but the night clouds were clearly visible between 1.00 and 2.00. The fog was also comfortable and at times it covered part of the sky and night clouds.

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Active aurora band

23.12.2016 at 21.54 - Ilmajoki (III)
Anssi Kaunismäki

A dim strip of northern lights was visible on the horizon and Buck decided to go on a trip with the camera. At times, the northern lights shone as brighter rays and at times calmed down into a dimmer strip. With this picture, I wish everyone a Merry Christmas!

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Active aurora band

15.9.2016 at 00.35 - Seinäjoki (III)
Anssi Kaunismäki

The forecast showed rising geomagnetic activity, so the camera backpacked in and out. When I arrived at the light-polluting place in the northern sky, a clear calm belt of northern lights was visible, which at times became active. These active episodes didn’t last long so after an hour of filming, the warm home couch started calling. Picture of the most active stage of northern lights.

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Perseids

14.8.2015 at 01.00 - 02.30 - Ilmajoki
Anssi Kaunismäki

The peak of the Perseid meteor flock passed past in cloudy weather, but even at 14.8 a few meteors were visible, leaving a red smokescreen.

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Bright night shining clouds

29.7.2014 at 01.00 - Seinäjoki (IV)
Anssi Kaunismäki

The night cloud play started dim after midnight but at 1.00am they were pretty bright.

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