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Post by johnmason on Jul 20, 2009 3:37:42 GMT
Hi folks,
Splendid display here that only faded with the dawn. For once, the cloud that has been the bane of the oberserver of late kept at bay. Walked out of town to the local golf-course at 0300 to get onto higher ground away from lights. Lots of undulating threads, herringbones and ripples. Was well worth the antisocial hours!
Cheers - John
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Post by Oscar van der Velde on Jul 20, 2009 4:05:24 GMT
I just observed NLC here in northeastern Spain this morning of July 20st, and finally a reasonable display (not any doubt this time). Pictures later, with a nice moon. This time the IAP webcam at Pic du Midi did not show much, if anything a possible band at 3:20 UT, and Calar Alto was cloudy.
Oscar
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Post by johnmason on Jul 20, 2009 7:03:30 GMT
Excellent timelapse there!
The display I saw was very similar to your third photo - my images show much the same thing.
Cheers - John
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Post by markt on Jul 20, 2009 7:17:53 GMT
Great images and reports both Johns! I looked on the evening side of midnight and didn't see anything. Unfortunately on the morning side I was tucked up fast asleep in the land of nod. Oh well...
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Post by dgrutherford on Jul 20, 2009 7:37:05 GMT
Morning all,
Just back from down south visitng the grandchildren. Managed one sighting last week which I wasn't expecting. Saw last night's display early but had faded by 0040 (BST - 234UT). Must have re-appeared later in the night.
Dave Rutherford
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Post by johnmason on Jul 20, 2009 11:51:09 GMT
That's an interesting observation: having set the alarm a few times in June after a bright evening display only to be disappointed, the pre-dawn period was certainly the time last night, with the best conditions just before the fade-out (incidentally, best for photography too as less motion-blur from the passing clouds).... Here's a typical shot showing the scale and texture of this fantastic display   Cheers - John |
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Post by drewster327 on Jul 21, 2009 12:58:55 GMT
That 1st one with the whale form is amazing and erie a bit.
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Post by PeteG on Jul 21, 2009 13:24:00 GMT
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Post by PeteG on Jul 21, 2009 14:50:19 GMT
John,
The Cloud Appreciation Society would love it as one the clouds that look like things...
Pete
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Post by PeteG on Jul 21, 2009 17:29:59 GMT
that's outrageous!
Did they ask you first or just use members photos as they wanted?
Pete
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Post by markwalters on Jul 21, 2009 18:04:19 GMT
Fantastic shots on here, looks like I missed the most detailed one of the year for Wales  Nothing here the evening before..... Mark |
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Post by PeteG on Jul 21, 2009 18:25:59 GMT
No, they did ask for permission first, and I agreed. But it is ultimately a rubbish thing whereby they make money out of what they appear to treat as 'groupies', dumb enough to provide images for free. They've got to the kind of commercial enterprise where I wouldn't bother with them again, to be honest. J. it seems to be the in thing these days. The National Trust are on a huge copyright grab at the moment and three of my stock libraries will no longer take images of Avebury from me (which is a huge majority of my work) copyrightaction.com/forum/national-trust-picture-yourself-competitionPete |
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Post by Oscar van der Velde on Jul 23, 2009 12:04:57 GMT
Here the images I took from Spain:     There appeared to be a motion in the NLC to approximately the northwest. Oscar |
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Nothing here the evening before.....