A “double-layered” Moon Dog (paraselene) display captured precisely at the moment of the moon’s Last Quarter phase (48.5% illumination). The image was taken at UTC 2026-09-03 22:01 (00:01 local time, Sept 4) in Ørsta, Norway.
There was a Red Arc lingering in the western sky from about 20:38 – 21:02 UTC. It was followed by a beautiful display of aurora corona.
Beautiful aurora corona overhead. These are most commonly seen in Northern-Norway, but these were observed from Ørsta, Norway (62nd Lat. N). Details: Canon 650D, 8mm fisheye-lens.
According to NASA’s MERRA-2 climate model, the temparature in the stratosphere was sufficiently low (on January 31, 2025) to form Polar Stratospheric Clouds. In the western sky after Sunset there was something I reckon was PSC clouds. Location: Ørsta, Norway. Photo details: Canon 800D, Sigma 50-500mm lens.
As the bright moon was about to rise, I noticed an Upper tangent arc above the mountainside. A brief, and mild display of the northern lights occured, and colored the wintry scene. A few images of the display displayed below. Photo details: Canon 650D, Samyang 8mm fisheye-lens.
Solnedgang den. 27. mars 2023. Sola går ned bak Helgehornet i Ørsta. Sunset Ørsta, Norway.
