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Active aurora band - 15.1.2022 at 23.32 - 16.1.2022 at 00.12 Kouvola, Myllykoski Observation number 103890

Visibility III / V

Susanna Lehto

The northern lights started to explode on the color show and then calmed down. It was noticeably small When the Northern Lights started, there was a bang. exactly listened so heard these voices in a quiet place which I also expected to hear. I can't say because I haven't been able to hear the buzz before.

before the northern support was a lunar that increased before the start of the northern lights and when before the northern lights started about 23.22 the fox had faded. This was followed at the same time, but no pictures were taken when the camera was installed.

one fireball was also visible

after the northern lights special forms of clouds

picture taken with canon 1100D and basic object. that is, the 18mm on exposure time was something like 5 seconds.

I have never photographed northern lights and I am not a photographer or a hobbyist.



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