The auroras shone brightly enough to be visible in a sky dominated by the full Moon. Here are a few images from April 02 with timestamps in UTC. Details: Canon 650D, 8mm fisheye lens.
Full Moon and Bright Auroras. April 02, 2026.
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CME – Aurora Borealis,-untypical STEVE. March 20-21, 2026.
Nice auroral activity in between the clouds, wind and precipitation. A faint but distinct pink STEVE structure appeared in the eastern sky during an intense auroral outbreak after a CME impact. It was visible only from 22:08 to 22:11 before clouds returned. The images show a clear mauve/pink hue distinct from the surrounding green and violet aurora. This represents an atypical but confirmed STEVE variant. A few images. Details: Canon 650D/RP, fisheye lenses. Various iso and exposure settings. Location: Ørsta, Norway.
CIR impact. A nice auroral display. February 14-15, 2026.
During the CIR-impact on February 14-15, 2026, there was an instance of what looked like RAGDA to the south. A few images from local time 22:31 to 22:36 (or 21:31 to 21:36 UTC, if you wish). Following the RAGDA phenomenon a SAR-arc appeared, it lingered on, here photographed at local time 23:00 (UTC 22:00).
Details: Canon 650D, fisheye lens.
RAGDA
SAR-arc
Aurora borealis. February 10, 2026.
Nice colorful auroral curtains over the valley on February 10, 2026. Here are a few images with timestamps in UTC. Details: Canon 650D, 8mm fisheye lens. Iso: 1600
Auroral Dunes / The Dunes. January 23, 2026.
On 23 January 2026, around 02:08 local time (01:08 UTC) to 02:41 (01:41 UTC) I observed horizontally aligned wave‑like structures in the green aurora, near
the north-eastern horizon.The visibility of the Dunes / Auroral Dunes, varied due to pillars and diffuse aurora present during the interval.
Falcon 9 – Upper-Stage Burn over Norway. January 25, 2026.
The reddish glow is caused by sunlight scattering in the rapidly expanding
exhaust plume at orbital altitude. At this moment, the rocket stage
was in Earth’s shadow while the plume remained sunlit, creating a high-altitude
optical display visible across much of Northern Europe.
A red spot over the valley (at about 19:45 local time), it was caused by a Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX. Location: Ørsta, Norway. Details: Canon 650D, fisheye lens (8mm).
Aurora. January 23, 2026.
Subauroral Proton Aurora over Norway. January 21, 2026.
From about 17:04 UTC (18:04 local time) to 17:35 (18:35 local time) I photographed faint, diffuse green patches low on the southern horizon from Ørsta, Norway.
There were no other form of aurora present. They pulsed/appeared and disappeared continuously.
Initially there was a double banded structure, that later formed into a more elongated and diffuse structure. Most likely as a consequense
as the EMIC-driven precipitation diminished. The double-stucture phase lasted for about for about 7 minutes (17:04 to 17:11 UTC).
Please, find timestamp on images to show their development.
Details: Canon RP, 7.5mm fisheye-lens. Iso: 5000. Exposure: 2. seconds. Canon 650D, 8mm fisheye lens (three lowermost images).
This was the last pulsation of the IPA.
Aurora Borealis. January 19, 2026.
An intense auroral storm. Unfortunately, as seen from this location (Ørsta, Norway) interfered by clouds. Details: Canon 650D/RP and fisheye lenses. Please, find time on images.
SAR arc. November 24, 2025.
A stable red arc was visible low in the southern sky from about 19:00 to 20:05. The arc showed no noticeable motion or auroral dynamics and remained uniform throughout the observation period. Its pure red emission, consistent with the 630.0 nm O I line, and its long‑lasting, featureless structure are characteristic of a Subauroral Red (SAR) arc. No green aurora or substorm activity was present in the same region at the time
