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Aurora rays

1.4.2023 at 01.00 - 03.00 - Kempele (III)
Marko Haapala

Finally, after midnight, it cleared up and the arch appeared in the sky and a moment later again in a familiar spot within walking distance from home. Dim or bright northern lights at their best, find out about it again as a layman. Of course, the ski slope lights are on and the slope maintenance is in progress. Of course, it offered a new visual look to the already familiar perspective. Finally, the lights went dark and the normal mood continued and the rays of the aurora borealis were short-lived. The best seemed for a moment to be there in the direction of Oulu's light pollution and the...

Images: 8 pcs

Aurora rays

31.3.2023 at 22.28 - 23.30 - Outokumpu (I)
Emma Kokko

Having missed yesterday's blaze, I went to try my luck for today. They only stood out to the eye for a moment. I was there for about an hour. On the horizon, the only thing standing out was the stationary green arch seen in the pictures. The rays appeared a few times, they had a purple color. I must have been late, I must have been quite shy when I arrived.

Images: 2 pcs

Aurora rays

30.3.2023 at 23.01 - 23.10 - Mäntyharju (II)
Jukka Kytömäki

Modest dim and briefly visible. The rays rose almost to the zenith.

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Aurora rays

30.3.2023 at 23.00 - Savonlinna (II)

I noticed a brief repos when it was a clear night. The moon hindered visibility, but with the naked eye a reddish color (purple in the picture) could be seen with the naked eye in addition to the green.

Images: 2 pcs

Active aurora band

30.3.2023 at 22.59 - 23.04 - Saarijärvi (III)
Maritta Kinnunen

Last week's northern lights were completely invisible due to the multi-day fog. There were few even now. It was clear at first, but soon thick clouds started to gather. As luck would have it, they were less frequent in the northern direction. At first, dim aurora borealis was visible and a very small mist like snow was falling. Suddenly, a strong green hue began to appear. It even looked blueish in the beginning and later too. For a moment, two different red colors were also visible. Oh that :) I've never seen such colored pillars or long rays before. I don't have much experience w...

Images: 5 pcs

Quiet aurora band

30.3.2023 at 22.48 - 00.15 - Taipalsaari (II)
Terhi Törmälä

I wanted to rush to the game sites last night when I noticed that there is enough activity here all the way to the southeast. I was late for the start of the substorm, through the windshield of the car I could see how the green waves traveled in the sky. But there was still something left to describe. Beautiful red and purple rays and pulsating northern lights. And the supreme blue aurora borealis. For a moment, a pink lower edge was visible somewhere far to the north (second picture). For a moment, the rays rose up to the North Star. After the exposure, the clouds started to roll out and at t...

Images: 5 pcs

Quiet aurora arc

30.3.2023 at 22.45 - 23.15 - Akaa (II)
Markku Ruonala

Due to other commitments, I came to the observation site when the noise was already on. After last week's amazing set, this one didn't seem strange. In reality, however, this was a decent play, there was structure, colors and brightness, the movement was the only modest element.

Images: 2 pcs

Active aurora band

30.3.2023 at 22.43 - 23.10 - Petäjävesi (III)
Helena Minkkilä

Momentarily bright and colorful northern lights. Then clouds covered the sky. Always as impressive to watch and photograph. :)

Images: 6 pcs

Active aurora band

30.3.2023 at 22.30 - 23.30 - Kurikka, Jurva (III)
Timo Nevala, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

I was looking at the moon with binoculars when the northern lights started to appear. The object of observation immediately changed to them. It was such a short "burst" of northern lights that lasted about an hour, the most active phase not even that. I probably wouldn't have seen it if I hadn't already happened to be in the yard looking at the sky with binoculars. The aurora borealis rose at its strongest almost to the zenith. The green color was momentarily very clear and strong even when seen with the eyes. The clouds were moving in the sky, sometimes disturbing. There were probably...

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Quiet aurora arc

30.3.2023 at 22.20 - Turku (II)
Paula Mattila

The aurora borealis is a model of light pollution in Turku, they were visible for a short while before disappearing again behind the artificial lights. At 11 pm, clouds covered the sky

Half-sky auroras

30.3.2023 at 22.00 - 23.45 - Keitele, Porttila (III)
Tuija Liunala, Ursa (Itä-Suomi)

down in the sky a bright green arc above which all kinds of rays across the sky up to the moon. the density number was not perfect and the bright moonlight consumed visible colors, but from time to time even pink rays were visible to the eyes.

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Active aurora band

30.3.2023 at 22.00 - 05.00 - Vaasa (III)
Timo Alanko, Vaasan Andromeda

The northern lights of the night in 1.27 min timelapse. The most active phase seems to have been at 11 p.m., but after a calmer period that followed, the fires started again and continued until dawn. Unfortunately, the OsmoAction fisheye lens still hasn't arrived. The video is composed of vertical images to include the zenith. Something like Corona would have been available. https://youtu.be/4Uostf4aCbg

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Half-sky auroras

30.3.2023 at 22.00 - Kälviä (IV)
Maria Akolahti

That's how it happened, that I got out of bed, in my night clothes, almost straight into the yard under 30 seconds, when I went to check to see what the situation was. First a very calm curve, then the life of the little one, a little break and then it was already a decent screen for a moment. At the same time, I tried to adjust the camera, the camera stand and the phone case. Here are a few pictures from the middle of the light pollution. A few funny moments were only recorded on the retina.

Images: 8 pcs

Active aurora band

30.3.2023 at 21.46 - 23.05 - Kajaani (III)
Taisto Komulainen

The last aurora borealis of March shone handsomely in the glow of the moon. In Kajaani, I photographed on the ice of Nuasjärvi. On March 30, 2023, the evening hours were spent in a frenzy in the snowdrifts, wading in a sweat looking for shooting locations.

Images: 6 pcs

Active aurora band

30.3.2023 at 21.25 - 05.15 - Ulvila (III)
Juha Ojanperä, Porin Karhunvartijat

Northern lights on the night of 30/31/3/2023 as recorded by Karhukamera. #Karhukamera

Images: 8 pcs

Active aurora band

30.3.2023 at 21.00 - Hankasalmi, Murtoinen (III)
Arto Oksanen, Jyväskylän Sirius

Northern lights in Hankasalmi observatory's allsky camera images. Clearly brighter auroras at 23 (20 UT) and 03 (00 UT). All night timelapse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvQj1H9sy-s

Images: 4 pcs

Quiet aurora arc

25.3.2023 at 23.51 - 00.27 - Kajaani (II)
Taisto Komulainen

A handsome setting moon and the Aurora Borealis at 23 degrees below zero, that's a fantastic combination for night photography in Kajaani's Paltaniemi from Eino Leino's house, looking in the direction of Oulujärvi

Images: 4 pcs

Diffuse glow

25.3.2023 at 23.00 - 00.00 - Nurmes (I)
Eero Karvinen

Proton aurora borealis in the southern sky. These are formed when the fast plasma of the substorm plunges into the inner magnetosphere. In the region of the ring current, the pre-existing cold and dense plasma reacts with the hot, kinetically energetic plasma to form EMIC waves. The EMIC waves then cause the protons to plunge into the upper atmosphere, and thus diffuse, slightly blue-refracting patches are formed in a significantly southern location compared to the normal oval. The light streak in the picture is, on the other hand, artificial light. #diffuusi

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Quiet aurora band

25.3.2023 at 23.00 - Pielavesi (II)
Tuija Liunala, Ursa (Itä-Suomi)

on the way home ..couldn't adjust the tripod so the camera on the roof of the car and snapped. #diffuusi

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Active aurora band

25.3.2023 at 22.19 - 02.46 - Vaasa (III)
Timo Alanko, Vaasan Andromeda

Unfortunately, OsmoAction's fish eye supplement has not yet reached home in the mail. It would be necessary now. I took the camera to the roof around the time of the lottery draw, and the direction of the zenith seems to have turned green as soon as possible. More active flickering will then focus in the direction of the horizon in the future. There seems to have been a confused flickering even longer. The humps on FMI's page were at their lowest readings, but the sky turned green nonetheless. Timelapse would be there: https://youtu.be/umvXwHTfty4 Satellites were buzzing as usual. The ...

Images: 3 pcs • Comments: 3 pcs

Quiet aurora arc

25.3.2023 at 20.20 - 22.30 - Pyhäjärvi (II)
Tuija Liunala, Ursa (Itä-Suomi)

a gray streak started to grow from the north..over the sky it climbed almost to the moon and then dimmed. dim aurora arc from this phenomenon on the left.

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Aurora rays

24.3.2023 at 04.13 - Kuhmo (III)
Taisto Niskanen

Video clip from the surveillance camera from last night in Inari's Partak. The camera is directed slightly north-northwest. There seems to have been quite a lot of greenish light in the wee hours of the morning.

Half-sky auroras

24.3.2023 at 03.10 - 04.00 - Korvanniemi, Sotkamo (III)
Saila Eksymä-Sillman

The whole sky was full of rapidly changing vast aurora borealis. They changed shape so quickly that I didn't have time to photograph the best ones. The fog bothered me. They were green in color.

Images: 3 pcs • Comments: 1 pcs

Auroras seen through breaks in the clouds

24.3.2023 at 02.32 - 03.06 - Helsinki (II)
Georg Kieninger

Unfortunately, dense fog covered visibility all night and spoiled a show that otherwise could have been the best for many years. Sometimes, however, the fog dissipated for about half an hour, so much so that there was a glimmer of green from the rest of the clouds. A couple of pictures of it.

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Auroras seen through breaks in the clouds

24.3.2023 at 00.50 - 01.10 - Kajaani (III)
Taisto Komulainen

Unfortunately, the clouds spoiled the wonderful Aurora Borealis night, the values were extremely high for a moment, the cloud cover partly gave way, but it wasn't much consolation when the best lights were already gone.

Images: 3 pcs

All-sky aurora

24.3.2023 at 00.30 - 03.00 - Mäntyharju, Miekankoski (V)
Jukka Kytömäki

The sky is full of corona, corona and corona again. The whole sky is full of handsome shapes and colors. Also plenty of fluttering in every direction, as well as at the top. Figure 1. to the north. Figure 3. to the south. Figure 8. to the south.

Images: 8 pcs • Comments: 2 pcs

All-sky aurora

24.3.2023 at 00.06 - 00.40 - Pori (IV)
Tuikku Asikainen, Porin Karhunvartijat

I saw great forecasts, but the evening was completely cloudy and I went to bed. In the middle of the night I got a glass of water and started reading the messages. The neighbor's color-blind guy suggested that there is a beautiful band of northern lights in the middle sky. Aikaste quickly ran to the yard and there they could all be seen in the middle of the street lights, the multi-shaped and colored coronas and the long Revo tails across the sky. I'm still in a bit of a slump. Yes, it was a joyful night awakening!

Images: 8 pcs • Comments: 2 pcs

All-sky aurora

24.3.2023 at 00.00 - 01.00 - Tampere (II)
Carlo Salinas Bascur

Hieno

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All-sky aurora

23.3.2023 at 23.54 - Valkeakoski (IV)
Anja Haavisto, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

I had been waiting for a long time to get the chance to photograph the northern lights. There was a promised G1 solar storm. I went to check the cloud situation and it was starting to clear, so I went to take a picture.

Half-sky auroras

23.3.2023 at 23.32 - 23.40 - Inari (IV)
Sirpa Kaipiainen

We were filming the northern lights in Inari on 23.3. at 22-24. The magnetic activity was very high and almost all the time we saw the northern lights very widely. At 23:30 on land, the fires were concentrated in the southern sky. A very red active aurora center was formed there, which gradually expanded from the low forest border to cover more than half the sky. The different shades of red lasted a long time and were visible even with the naked eye. Northern lights have been photographed here in the north often, but this phenomenon was exceptional and very beautiful.

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Half-sky auroras

23.3.2023 at 23.00 - 01.50 - Vesilahti (IV)
Mika Nieminen

I came home from work at around 11 pm and had to go to more open places to describe the repos, but I didn't have time to leave the yard anywhere, when Korona was frolicking about. Then for about an hour, I described the repos from the yard until midnight, after which I changed the place, when the amazingly long-lived Korona faded a little. After reaching the next place, Korona started to play again around half past one. That night I was able to photograph a large part of the repo pictures from the southern sky.

Images: 8 pcs • Comments: 1 pcs

Half-sky auroras

23.3.2023 at 22.57 - Eura (III)

Many hours of beautiful aurora borealis have been watched and many pictures have been taken.

Half-sky auroras

23.3.2023 at 22.55 - 23.30 - Eurajoki (IV)
Jenna Ojala, Lahden Ursa

The northern lights were already visible through the industrial lights, and shone even more when I got to the darker place.

Images: 3 pcs

Active aurora band

23.3.2023 at 22.50 - 01.50 - Lahti (III)
Ismo Vihtonen

The first ones could be seen really dimly at 20:55 when it was so cloudy, but at 22:50 it started to be better visible and even glowed in the direction of the south from where I took pictures towards Lahti. I left at 01.50 when the northern lights started to disappear.

Images: 4 pcs

Half-sky auroras

23.3.2023 at 22.50 - 23.12 - Tampere (IV)
Markus Kauppi

On the shore of Lake Näsijärvi on Thursday evening, the aurora borealis at its zenith

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Half-sky auroras

23.3.2023 at 22.45 - 23.52 - Hyvinkää (IV)
Senni Rytkönen, Turun Ursa

I was in Helsinki watching professor Brian Cox's lecture on cosmology when during the break I saw that a friend from Turku observed the northern lights and a rocket launch. I also noticed the Northern Lights alert. When the lecture was over, I stepped into the penetrating sea fog on the streets of Helsinki, so there was no hope of the aurora borealis. In the car on the way home to Hyvinkää, we peeked out of the fog curtain and luckily I was sitting in the seat of the scarecrow so I could tell that the sky was on fire! Even the sister who was driving said that "uh, it's in the cloud..fo...

Images: 3 pcs

All-sky aurora

23.3.2023 at 22.30 - 00.10 - Kuhmoinen (IV)
Ilkka Taponen, Ursa (Etelä-Suomi)

The bright lights of the whole sky. In the south as far as Spica. Corona in Otava. Flickering patches and belts. Light green color for the eyes, also red in the pictures.

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All-sky aurora

23.3.2023 at 22.20 - 01.55 - Ulvila (IV)
Vesa Puistovaara, Porin Karhunvartijat

Courtesy of bear cameras from the northern lights of the night between Thursday and Friday. First video compilation from 22:20-23:30. In those few individual pictures, the area covered by red is quite clearly visible, especially around 22:55(?) Especially in this second video summary (approx. 00:40-01:50) what caught my attention, or why I started to make observations about these in the first place, is the fact that the northern lights seem to be in a real "hurry" towards the east. According to earth.nullschool.net, the wind speed in the upper atmosphere (approx. 50 km altitude) seemed to be 5...

Images: 2 pcs

Half-sky auroras

23.3.2023 at 22.15 - 23.15 - Pori (IV)
Anne Maantila

It was an amazing Northern Lights display for this evening.

Images: 6 pcs

Half-sky auroras

23.3.2023 at 22.00 - 23.30 - Ruovesi (IV)
Hannu Kihlman, Tampereen Ursa

Johan, the clouds happened to recede just in time. The first image is a panorama of three vertical images from the eastern horizon up to the sky. There were enough corona variants, a few sample pieces in the pictures. Some were so bright that you don't even dare to put them on the screen when they burned out in the pictures. It was even more peaceful, as evidenced by the last picture.

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Half-sky auroras

23.3.2023 at 21.55 - 23.30 - Nurmijärvi (III)
Kari Hassinen, Keski-Uudenmaan Altair

The beginning of the northern lights show was very quiet, and after taking a few pictures I waited inside the car for a possible increase in activity. The wait was rewarded after almost an hour of waiting, and for about 45 minutes the strength, direction and extent of the repos varied constantly. Watching and filming ended when the activity faded and at the same time the abundant fog formed on the surface of the earth.

Images: 6 pcs

Half-sky auroras

23.3.2023 at 21.45 - 01.05 - Nokia (IV)
Aki Karjalainen, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

The ferocity of this Northern Lights show came pretty much out of the blue for me. The lights were brighter than in the shows a month ago and the red color was also clearly visible to the naked eye. At their peak, the aurora borealis covered well over half of the sky and extended far into the southern half of the sky. The display was dominated by a long-lasting aurora corona, which twisted and pulsated like some strange living creature overhead, sometimes resembling a bird, sometimes an octopus, a big eye or a tunnel. The most exciting moment was the appearance of the "green ghost" seen in the...

Images: 8 pcs

Quiet aurora band

23.3.2023 at 21.26 - Växjö, Ruotsi (II)
Kaja Znidarsic

I saw both the northern lights and Steve the same evening. Steve I didn't know when I took the picture, I thought it was just some kind of normal aurora borealis. I didn't see both at the same time, I saw Steve when I walked to the water tower, and from there I didn't see Steve anymore but I saw the northern lights. Picture #1: 21.26 (Swedish time)

Images: 5 pcs • Comments: 1 pcs

Half-sky auroras

23.3.2023 at 21.20 - 21.55 - Kangasala, Sahalahti (IV)
Jorma Mäntylä

The K-index jumped to 7 in the afternoon, so I started charging the camera battery. After the beautiful crescent moon and Venus in the early evening, the sky became overcast and the rocket launch was not seen. At 9 pm the sky unexpectedly cleared. I went to the ice of the lake with my camera and tripod. More than half of the sky, the repos flickered handsomely and Korona was visible overhead. After less than an hour, it got so cold on the ice that we had to go to the hut.

Images: 5 pcs

Diffuse glow

23.3.2023 at 21.00 - 21.05 - Värnamo, Ruotsi (I)
Magdalena Lönnlycka

I saw a line in the sky that I first thought was a cloud that I took a picture of but that I later realized could be something else. I am attaching pictures

Images: 2 pcs

Half-sky auroras

23.3.2023 at 21.00 - 01.00 - Akaa (IV)
Markku Ruonala

These were the best lights of this sunspot period so far. The first substorm of the evening was not seen due to the clouds, but Bz stayed in the red so briskly and for a long time that we just had to wait for the next one. And it came from there a little before 11 p.m., at that time we got really decent reposes, such northern reposes. Even after that, there was still a nice reposting in the sky for a couple of hours, the clouds finally rolled in and stopped the observation.

Images: 8 pcs

Half-sky auroras

23.3.2023 at 21.00 - 21.15 - Juva (IV)
Petri Martikainen, Ursa (Itä-Suomi)

There was no need to admire the barium balls at these angles, and even the aurora borealis of the whole sky could be seen from the gap in the clouds that only lasted a moment. But the sky shone red and white in the pictures, and that white color is the main motive for this observation report. There are some observations in Vähti where the lights of the forest machine are visible in the sky as a fan from a long distance away. This time the light source was close to the edge of the field in the neighbor's forest and the light was easily distinguishable from the clouds even with the naked eye...

Images: 5 pcs • Comments: 1 pcs

Aurora rays

23.3.2023 at 20.54 - 20.59 - Falkenberg, Ruotsi (III)
Marie Larsson

At the strong aurora 2023-03-23 we were looking north at the aurora when I turned my head to the west and saw like a fence of short clouds and a beam moving more and more west. I think this is what is called STEVE because this beam was separate from the northern lights. Me and my husband saw it was reddish with a white ray with the naked eye. In the photo you can see that there are 2 beams.

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Aurora rays

23.3.2023 at 20.52 - 21.00 - Hylte, Ruotsi (III)
Elin Källström Larsson

We became very thoughtful when this phenomenon, which I later learned is called Steve, appeared in the sky. Took out the camera and could see the purple color, while to the eye it was only colored like a cloud. Disappeared after a few minutes again.

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Active aurora band

23.3.2023 at 20.51 - 21.15 - Häglared, Ruotsi (III)
Orsolya Berggren

Active Northern Lights that were faintly visible to the eye. The light phenomenon STEVE also appeared, fully visible to the eye

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Diffuse glow

23.3.2023 at 20.51 - 21.15 - Gislaved, Ruotsi (I)
Anna Loftdal

Was out to photograph the northern lights on March 23, 2023 when I suddenly get a seemingly white patch in the sky more to the left of the picture. Thought it was a cloud. However, it is rapidly increasing in size so continue to photograph what is now, also visible to the eye, as a large white pillar in the sky. In the picture in the camera, the pillar has now turned into different shades of pink. There is also a green streak coming out of the pillar, but to the right. When the pillar then disappears, my concentration turns again to the north and the northern lights. However, take a couple of ...

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Aurora rays

23.3.2023 at 20.51 - 21.05 - Höganäs kommun (III)
Paw Larsen

Hello Have checked in Northern Lights groups. This should be STEVE as I understand it. Sincerely Paw Larsen

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Aurora rays

23.3.2023 at 20.51 - 20.54 - Göteborg (II)
Marie Gustafsson

Steve?

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Active aurora band

23.3.2023 at 20.50 - 21.00 - Kuusjoki (III)
Kaj Carlson

The intention was to go and describe the Moon... Orion, etc. but!!!!!....

Images: 3 pcs

Aurora rays

23.3.2023 at 20.50 - Borgholm, Ruotsi (III)
Veronica Nüssli

Was going to work in the evening and got to see this phenomenon, never seen anything like this before.. Was like a pillar in the sky.

Images: 3 pcs

Diffuse glow

23.3.2023 at 20.50 - 20.55 - Mariannelund, Ruotsi (I)
Carina Nors

Was out looking for the northern lights as there was a high chance of seeing them here in Småland, didn't see anything at first but after a while I saw a misty streak appear. At first I thought it was smoke from some chimney or some strange cloud of fog, but when I checked via mobile I saw that it was a pink glow! And read afterwards that it was something called STEVE!

Images: 4 pcs

All-sky aurora

23.3.2023 at 20.48 - 20.55 - Alvesta, Ruotsi (IV)
Sarah Pattison

We had a fantastic aurora this evening that covered just about the entire sky. It beamed up high with lots of pillars. A moment before it started, I happened to look to the west and saw a lone pillar that shone very clearly. Never seen anything like it but think it might be a STEVE. It was visible for quite a while.

Images: 5 pcs

Quiet aurora arc

23.3.2023 at 20.48 - 20.52 - Vänga (II)
Lisa Kihl

Was asked to submit my sighting of Steve, which was very strongly visible to the naked eye. They were very long and impossible to get all of them in a picture, At the same time a northern light was passing through the clouds

Images: 4 pcs

Half-sky auroras

23.3.2023 at 20.45 - 23.25 - Ulvila (IV)
Juha Ojanperä, Porin Karhunvartijat

A reasonably impressive aurora display at night on 23/24/3/2023. More pictures and a more thorough Havis later. Complete with red auroras and I think STEVE too.

Images: 4 pcs

Quiet aurora band

23.3.2023 at 20.45 - 21.15 - Paimio (II)
Markus Helander, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

The aurora borealis started to appear around half past nine. The sky was cloudless, so it was easy to see the northern lights. The sky was greenish to the naked eye, but other colors came out in the camera images. Sometimes there were ribbon-like aurora borealis and sometimes there were also aurora borealis rays.

Images: 4 pcs

Auroras seen through breaks in the clouds

23.3.2023 at 20.45 - Ruokolahti (I)
Leila Pyykkö

On the north side, the clouds parted and the sky was pale. I looked almost straight up and in the direction of the west between the clouds moving spots. Iso 800, exposure time 30 s and the result is that red "flame". Red was all over the sky, but the rain prevented longer shots.

Images: 2 pcs

Half-sky auroras

23.3.2023 at 20.45 - 23.20 - Janakkala, Tervakoski (IV)
Petri Kuossari, Riihimäen tähtit. yhdistys

Rocket launch, Venus, crescent moon and the Northern Lights. A star enthusiast's dream day, does this need to be explained further.

Images: 8 pcs

Auroras seen through breaks in the clouds

23.3.2023 at 20.45 - 23.00 - Kauvatsa (I)
Mika Hakala

The camera saw more than the eye. The sky was quite purple at the beginning, but the clouds still disturbed. Due to the echoing of the clouds, the colors faded, but anyway, I think Steve wandered off into the western sky for a moment.

Images: 7 pcs

Active aurora band

23.3.2023 at 20.40 - Vaasa (III)
Timo Alanko, Vaasan Andromeda

During the rocket launch and especially after it, the aurora borealis was spoiled by the efforts of the Swedes. I interpreted that Steve and SARr can also be found in the pictures. SAR, as it were, was born as an extension of Steve and remained behind the clouds for a while. It stood out even visually, even though the conditions were difficult. They were clearly on the west side of the other repos. Of course, the cloudiness made it difficult when there was time.

Images: 8 pcs

Half-sky auroras

23.3.2023 at 20.40 - 21.00 - Kempele (IV)
Marko Haapala

Stopped to cycle on top of the landscaped mound of earth in Linnakanka in Kempele. It's been some time since the last visit and I noticed that the youth had apparently burned a few coils planted as decorations, so it represents the objects that decorate the picture. Before the launch of the rocket, the sky was covered with clouds, and the other observer next to him also saw nothing but clouds. Ten minutes later the clouds opened appropriately and for a good 15 minutes there were dim pillars of light and Venus and the crescent moon and aurora borealis a little everywhere and I can't say...

Images: 5 pcs

Aurora rays

23.3.2023 at 20.40 - 21.10 - Lohja (III)
Salla Sundström

My son and I came from football practice and I noticed movement and colors in the sky, we stopped to photograph the wonderful northern lights. It was a great experience!

Images: 2 pcs

Quiet aurora band

23.3.2023 at 20.40 - 21.00 - Karlskrona, Ruotsi (II)
Andreas Steinbach

Had been photographing the ongoing northern lights at a location by the sea and was going to drive on to another location. After a while, he looks out of the corner of his eye for a pillar of light to the left. I stop as soon as I can and take out the camera and start shooting. The pillar of light is in a direct westerly direction, so I suspect that it could possibly be a STEVE that I read and heard about before. Also see the small green streaks to the right of the light pillar in the camera and at first think it's some kind of LensFlare but then it turns out that they're usually conne...

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Half-sky auroras

23.3.2023 at 20.37 - 20.52 - Karigasniemi (IV)
Tarja Kouvo

The aurora borealis shortly after the rocket launch. I went home after that and left again after midnight. Despite the great midnight values, those post-sunset fires were much, much more vibrant. Pictures in chronological order.

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Active aurora band

23.3.2023 at 20.35 - Lumijoki (III)

Fine aurora borealis widely in the sky between the northwest and the east.

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All-sky aurora

23.3.2023 at 20.32 - 20.48 - Kuusamo, Käylä (IV)
Jani Päiväniemi, Ursa (Pohjois-Suomi)

At the same time as the rocket launch, the northern lights began to appear and turned into a magnificent display of the entire sky. Really great warps! The video shows the gases left by the rocket as a bluish color in the sky.

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Aurora rays

23.3.2023 at 20.30 - 20.40 - Rusko (III)
Mikko Peussa, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

The aurora borealis intensified when the barium cloud from the rocket launch started to fade.

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Half-sky auroras

23.3.2023 at 20.30 - Kuusamo (IV)
Voitto Pitkanen, Ursa (Pohjois-Suomi)

At the beginning of the evening, there was a colorful aurora borealis display with a corona with various twists and turns. Great to watch! Enclosed is the evening meal.

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Half-sky auroras

23.3.2023 at 20.30 - 02.00 - Tampere (IV)
Patrick Ford, Tampereen Ursa

We headed out on kicksledges and arrived at Siilinkari right after the Rocket has launched. It was a beautiful view and the blue hue it created mixed with the increasing in strength Aurora made it quite magical. We stayed until about midnight at Siilinkari and then went back to the car where we observed quite a diffused Aurora, but after arriving home at 01:15 the Aurora was in full action again spreading 3/4 of the sky, visually bright even with street lamps pointing into our garden. #brorkiruna

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Aurora rays

23.3.2023 at 20.30 - 21.30 - Älmhult (III)
Sven Oa Svensson

STEVE. Like a bright band to the west and separated from the aurora before the eye. Pinkish in the camera. More and better pictures are available

All-sky aurora

23.3.2023 at 20.30 - 01.30 - Laitila (V)
Pirjo Koski, Porin Karhunvartijat

Wow, what a beautiful trip! In the very early evening, a "bulge" appeared in the aurora borealis on the east side, which swelled the dunes. And that's where the dunes were in the end, they were only visible for a small moment, strangely bent in the pictures, on the west side at the upper edge of the arch, which was located really high at the time. Strange pulsating horizontal pillars and aurora borealis "bulbs" appeared especially on the southeast side and were difficult to photograph. At the beginning of the evening, Korona was red, the rest of the seen green-red victorious. I personally ...

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All-sky aurora

23.3.2023 at 20.26 - 21.08 - Kokkola (V)
Tommy Lågland, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

A few views on 23.3.2023 and the raw materials for these were exposed on 20.26-21.08. The launch of the Bror rocket seemed quite certain for the first time, and a possible opening to the clouds opened at the end of a cloudy day completely unexpectedly. The cloudy sky was followed with a bit of concern as we drove towards the northern shore. There was a partial opening in the northern direction, but there was also a wide band of uniform clouds. The uncertainty was further increased by the fact that the perception of Kiruna's position against the horizon was quite large and the height of tho...

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All-sky aurora

23.3.2023 at 20.24 - 20.30 - Kemijärvi (IV)
Jarkko Koskela

From the direction of Kemijärvi to Pyhätunturi, rwvontuli started to appear. There was no idea to stop, but in the sky we could see strange (to us) point-like (balls) rwvontuli. They were visible for about 5 minutes and were green to bluish in color. After 10 minutes the sky was full of more traditional aurora borealis. A phone as a camera. found out the reason: https://www.kaleva.fi/oulun-taivaalla-nahtiin-ainutlaautinen-valoilmio-a/5428202

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Half-sky auroras

23.3.2023 at 20.20 - 21.30 - Lieto (IV)
Matti Helin, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

In addition to the rocket launch, there was the Moon, Venus and really beautiful northern lights in the sky. Already on the spot, I looked at the southern edge of the aurora borealis, which looked very Seian, where dunes could form. And there were some in the pictures! Although, they didn't last very many minutes. But clear and special, like folded ones. Did the rocket have something to do with it? In addition, in the east you could see sar. Unfortunately, the location was such that light pollution was a problem, and Sarria could not be photographed very well. In addition, the huge amount ...

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Half-sky auroras

23.3.2023 at 20.20 - 00.00 - Taivassalo (IV)
Juuso Nurmio, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

It was great again, but the fog came and after ten o'clock we haven't seen much. A bit before eleven, however, kajo has been seen even through the fog/clouds. At first I suspected some kind of disturbance, but apparently the activity has increased just at that time, so it must be the northern lights.

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All-sky aurora

23.3.2023 at 20.19 - 22.03 - Ikaalinen, Sisättö (IV)
Heidi Rikala, Ursa (Helsinki)

Absolutely insanely beautiful aurora borealis in the whole sky! I think there were also dunes. The glow of barium clouds was visible for a long time in the sky. The pink corona was visible for a long time and the green corona was also visible. The camera recorded wonderful colors - I think I couldn't distinguish anything but green. I felt that could this be real at all.. There were the northern lights looming when I went to sleep.

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Active aurora band

23.3.2023 at 20.00 - 22.00 - Riihimäki (III)
Vesa Toropainen

Predictions and information about the Swedish barium rockets made them go to the observation site. There was no need to be disappointed when a couple of rocket balls emerged from behind the clouds and created (?) blue and purple aurora lights as far as the eyes could see. The forms were mainly active belts and sometimes high rays rising above the zenith. In the end, red was also included.

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Quiet aurora arc

22.3.2023 at 01.45 - 02.15 - Puolanka (II)
Tapio Lahtinen, Tampereen Ursa

I booked a cabin in Puolanga mostly for skiing purposes. However, the time was such (spring equinox) that the aurora borealis would occur more easily. Well, nothing miraculous was promised, but last night when I woke up, looking out the window, I still saw a reposcar. So I put on warm clothes and went outside to photograph and admire. Worth it. I can't remember the last time I saw clear green in the northern lights. As a dot on the i, I still saw a moderately bright shooting star. The last photo is the first and was taken with a cell phone camera from the inside through the window.

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Quiet aurora band

22.3.2023 at 01.20 - 03.00 - Vaasa (II)
Timo Alanko, Vaasan Andromeda

Little activity in the night timelapse.

Quiet aurora arc

21.3.2023 at 23.30 - 03.30 - Kurikka, Jurva (II)
Timo Nevala, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

Update from the night before , the picture is almost the same. Although the northern lights were visible for longer now, and on the other hand, there were more clouds ahead, and I can't say for sure if the arc that was low was at some point from calm to perhaps more restless. In addition to the northern lights, I followed the space weather of the Finnish Meteorological Institute. At the measuring stations in the south, the magnetic activity did not fluctuate much above zero, and the "humps" were not red even in Lapland. Nevertheless, the sky was green with the northern lights. And it wasn&...

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Quiet aurora arc

21.3.2023 at 23.15 - 23.27 - Kajaani (II)
Taisto Komulainen

For a while, the northern lights blazed in the night, I photographed in Kajaani, Paltaniemi, on the ice of Lake Oulu in a bit of frost

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Auroras seen through breaks in the clouds

21.3.2023 at 22.16 - 22.25 - Keitele (II)
Tuija Liunala, Ursa (Itä-Suomi)

first I saw a green plant and then a "bundle of rays" green color pale and bright.

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Quiet aurora arc

21.3.2023 at 22.00 - 23.30 - Keitele, Porttila (II)
Tuija Liunala, Ursa (Itä-Suomi)

green fire with eyes. the red arc was only visible when captured by the camera, and the pink arc rumbled for more than 1.5 hours while I was on board.

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Active aurora band

21.3.2023 at 21.30 - 03.30 - Hankasalmi, Murtoinen (III)
Arto Oksanen, Jyväskylän Sirius

Bright aurora borealis in the early morning hours in the images of Hankasalmi observatory's automatic allsky camera. The aurora belt remained low in the northern sky all night. All night timelapse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXBtebSmno8

Quiet aurora arc

21.3.2023 at 21.00 - 23.00 - Nurmes (II)
Eero Karvinen

In many ways, very typical aurora borealis. The characteristics of the solar wind were acceptable, except the direction of the field put the brakes on as soon as possible. The northern lights in the picture were rather expressionless and only faintly visible with your own eyes. However, spring can already be seen here. The color gamut is like a rainbow, at least through the camera. Green is formed in the collisions of oxygen and energetic electrons at an altitude of about 100 km. Red is also formed from oxygen, now only the density of the gas is so low that it is possible to form red light alr...

Quiet aurora arc

21.3.2023 at 01.45 - 02.05 - Kurikka, Jurva (II)
Timo Nevala, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

I saw the aurora arc low in the north, but it started to fade before I could get the camera. The gauze above the arch was so dim that its color could not be seen with the naked eye, but in the photographs it was purple, and not green as often. The orange shapes in the picture near the horizon are clouds colored by light pollution. Compared to last week's northern lights show, tonight's northern lights were nothing...

Active aurora band

21.3.2023 at 01.45 - 02.00 - Kuhmo, Niemiskylä (III)

The other night was really bright. Last night was not so bright, but by chance I woke up right at the time of rest. A dim, almost gauze-like arch, then a short-lived belt, just in time to get the camera and half-asleep to snap a few pictures through the window. Harsok also faded to almost nothing by two o'clock.

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Active aurora band

16.3.2023 at 02.00 - 02.30 - Liperi (III)
Ville Pirttilahti, Joensuun Seulaset

I woke up in the night around 02 and decided to look to see if the sky was open for testing the camera. Yes it was :)

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Active aurora band

16.3.2023 at 01.17 - Jyväskylä (III)
Vesa Vasankari, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

Northern lights in the northern sky as seen from Jyväskylä. During the event, I myself was in the country of Unte, but my video camera, which is mainly on duty for fireballs, naturally also recorded repos. This episode seemed to have been so intense, at least through the camera's low-light function, that I decided to capture a clip of it - and see it here as well. I have "tinted" the video from the original black and white. In addition, I have manually sped up the clip by a good minute to the visible length, filming from the mobile phone screen. The acceleration is therefore done by draggi...

Half-sky auroras

16.3.2023 at 01.00 - 01.25 - Ulvila (IV)
Juha Ojanperä, Porin Karhunvartijat

Quite spectacular, almost the entire sky aurora borealis, more pictures and a more detailed observation later

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Half-sky auroras

16.3.2023 at 01.00 - Eura (IV)

One of my dreams finally came true. A little bad picture, but fine for me Get to photograph the Aurora Borealis in the constellation Otava. :) Edit: Added one picture with a dark spot in the corona. This picture makes me cringe about the phenomenon.

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Half-sky auroras

16.3.2023 at 01.00 - 01.45 - Kuhmoinen (IV)
Ilkka Taponen, Ursa (Etelä-Suomi)

Bright northern lights. More than half the sky to Leijona. Corona in Otava. The color for the eyes is light green, red only in the picture. Rapidly flashing spots and belts. Photo on the phone a little after the brightest moment in the direction north and northeast.

All-sky aurora

16.3.2023 at 01.00 - 02.00 - Jyväskylä (IV)
Petri Tikkanen, Jyväskylän Sirius

Every time I wake up at night, I glance at the Jyväskylä Sirius All-Sky cameras from my phone. Last night, I had to get out of bed and take my camera to the nearby park to shoot. As the sunspot maximum approaches, these amazing aurora borealis are becoming more and more frequent! Canon 650D Sigma 10mm f/2.8 1s f/2.8 ISO 3200

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Half-sky auroras

16.3.2023 at 00.55 - 01.30 - Joutsa (IV)
Sirpa Malinen

I was already going to sleep when I glanced at the views of the aurora cameras, and I had to put on my clothes and sneak behind the house. First without a camera, but I had to get it too, and being a little poorly prepared, the settings are partly in that direction. More than half the sky aurora borealis, which were relatively vivid. A few brighter moments and a dimmer corona. I died down towards 01:30, when I decided to go to sleep.

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Quiet aurora arc

16.3.2023 at 00.50 - 01.46 - Kouvola, Inkeroinen (II)

ensimmäistä kertaa laitan ja epäilen olevan tänne kuuluva esiintymä. kertokaa toki mitä mietlä olette. (en ikinä enne nähnyt tuollaista revontulen poikasta? ) katseluaika on mitä jaksoin virua ulkona. (kuva ''vanhalla'' kännykälläni kun en muuta omista)

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Half-sky auroras

16.3.2023 at 00.50 - 01.30 - Mäntyharju (IV)
Jukka Kytömäki

Fine and fast-moving reposes above the zenith. A lot of red in the crowd. Pictures in shooting order. Picture 7 is to the north and picture 8 is to the south.

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