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Moon

28.5.2023 at 22.26 - Kurikka (V)
Marko Myllyniemi, Lakeuden Ursa

The half moon was nicely visible in the darkening evening sky.

Images: 4 pcs

One halo form

28.5.2023 at 22.08 - Ilmajoki (I)
Marko Myllyniemi, Lakeuden Ursa

Coming from Ilmajoki, on the left side of the Sun, you could see a bright and colorful side sun, captured from the car.

Several halo forms

27.5.2023 at 18.33 - 19.20 - Kurikka (II)
Marko Myllyniemi, Lakeuden Ursa

In the evening, upper clouds began to appear in the sky, where at first only the second ring was visible. At some point I noticed that the sky also shows the curve of the zenith environment, so I decided at that point to get a tripod and a fisheye lens from inside. The processed images also revealed a 46° ring. Figure 3 BG processed, Figure 5 USM processed and Figure 6 USM+BG processed.

Images: 6 pcs

Sun

27.5.2023 at 08.57 - Kurikka (V)
Marko Myllyniemi, Lakeuden Ursa

In the morning, I put the coffee to drip, and in the meantime I would go around photographing the Sun with its numerous specks.

Moon

26.5.2023 at 14.41 - Kurikka (III)
Marko Myllyniemi, Lakeuden Ursa

In connection with Friday's solar photography, a crescent moon was also photographed from the daytime sky before the cloud seen in the bonus photo rolled in to cover the shooting location.

Images: 2 pcs

Sun

26.5.2023 at 14.38 - Kurikka (V)
Marko Myllyniemi, Lakeuden Ursa

The sun was quite a beautiful sight today with numerous specks.

Sun

25.5.2023 at 11.19 - Ilmajoki (V)
Marko Myllyniemi, Lakeuden Ursa

After a rainy night and morning, during the morning the sky cleared enough that even Aurinko was able to photograph.

Several halo forms

24.5.2023 at 09.14 - Kurikka (II)
Marko Myllyniemi, Lakeuden Ursa

I updated the photos of the observation, because I noticed at the computer that in addition to the double ring and the one above, the photos also show the side sun and the horizon ring. Figure 2 USM processed.

Images: 3 pcs

Sun

24.5.2023 at 08.12 - Kurikka (V)
Marko Myllyniemi, Lakeuden Ursa

After a couple of more or less cloudy days, the Sun was shining brightly, so I went out for a walk with the "sun camera". There are quite a lot of specks on the surface.

One halo form

22.5.2023 at 10.03 - Kurikka (I)
Marko Myllyniemi, Lakeuden Ursa

Basic pretzels in the upper cloudiness of the morning.

Sun

21.5.2023 at 09.29 - Kurikka (V)
Marko Myllyniemi, Lakeuden Ursa

The morning Sun with its numerous specks was quite spectacular to watch and photograph. The atmosphere was also quite calm, so I didn't have to reject very many pictures due to the heat wave. At the same time, I also dabbled a little in dyeing wood (picture 2).

Images: 2 pcs

Sun

20.5.2023 at 11.57 - Kurikka (V)
Marko Myllyniemi, Lakeuden Ursa

One rather large spot and three groups of smaller spots were visible in the sun today.

Pollen corona

20.5.2023 at 11.55 - Kurikka (II)
Marko Myllyniemi, Lakeuden Ursa

Birch flowering continues strongly, so the pollen ring is still moderately visible. I should probably get a flag pole to get a sun visor suitable for this purpose... ;-)

Images: 4 pcs

Several bright halo forms

18.5.2023 at 13.11 - Kurikka (III)
Marko Myllyniemi, Lakeuden Ursa

In the afternoon, the clouds started to break for a while, so I decided to take a little walk in the garden, pottering around. At some point, both lower and upper clouds started pushing in front of the Sun again, and in that context the moderately bright 22°r, 22°ysk and 22°ask appeared. I started shooting again with a mobile phone and the Open Camera program (for RAW images), and then later I got a tripod and a fisheye lens to complete the images (mainly now in case of possible other halo forms). The first couple of pictures are taken with a mobile phone (main camera and wide-angle camera), t...

Images: 8 pcs

Several bright halo forms

15.5.2023 at 17.32 - 19.45 - Kurikka (III)
Marko Myllyniemi, Lakeuden Ursa

I was cleaning the pine trees in the backyard from dry branches, when I noticed that the upper clouds of an approaching weather front had crept into the sky unnoticed, creating a versatile halo play around the Sun. The brightest were 22°r, 22° ysk and sauri, and at some point also zyk. Traces of the 46° ring were also visible, mostly in the BG version of the quad (picture 5). Within a couple of hours, the entire halo show shrank to a bright 22° ring (the last image at the end of the observation). All images converted from cell phone RAW images.

Images: 8 pcs • Comments: 2 pcs

Sun

14.5.2023 at 10.03 - Kurikka (III)
Marko Myllyniemi, Lakeuden Ursa

The camera had "left behind" pictures of the Sun from a week ago, so let's upload them now. Quite a lot of small spots visible.

Pollen corona

13.5.2023 at 12.47 - Kurikka (III)
Marko Myllyniemi, Lakeuden Ursa

In the middle of yard work, I noticed a birch pollen ring visible around the Sun, so I quickly dug out my cell phone (because of the approaching clouds) and took a few pictures with the Open Camera software (with OC you can get RAW photos) before the Sun disappeared behind the clouds. The images are therefore converted from RAW and cropped "closer". Second image BR processed.

Images: 2 pcs

Sun

13.5.2023 at 08.48 - Kurikka (IV)
Marko Myllyniemi, Lakeuden Ursa

Saturday morning was quite sunny, so I had plenty of time to capture the speckled pictures early in the morning.

Sun

12.5.2023 at 08.55 - Kurikka (V)
Marko Myllyniemi, Lakeuden Ursa

The weekend starts nicely sunny and warm with sunspots.

Sun

11.5.2023 at 09.05 - Kurikka (V)
Marko Myllyniemi, Lakeuden Ursa

The sun with its spots and faculae was quite nicely visible today in the cloudless morning sky.

Search result contains observations from time period 1.1.2000 klo 00.00 - 29.5.2023 klo 7.56.