There are people that travel abroad and spend insane amounts of money to see the aurora, and they never see it like that! Absolutely stunning. I did GCSE astronomy as I've always had an interest in the night sky but I've never seen the aurora and missed the chance this weekend. Absolutely amazing!
Thanks so much for sharing these fantastic images. Your channel is a place I can visit to learn, and live vicariously. We rise at 05:30 on a working day, so by sunset last night I was struggling to stay awake. However, once it was dark, armed with a camera and bat detector, I went out to light up a white sheet on our washing line. We stared at the sky and I observed the 'trap' too. Nothing. No Aurora. No moths, or bats, not even a pesky midge. I wandered in the long grass but didn't appear to disturb anything. Shame I'm not a slug enthusiast, there were several species on the wall of the house. A local had seen the Aurora on Friday, but a friend stayed up last night and was also disappointed. I prodded the compost heap today, it is teeming with worms and woodlice. I noted a fourth species for my list; good old Philoscia muscorum. Some compensation.
Stunning footage. We were lucky to see it in our back garden (even with streetlighting) and could even make out some of the colour. It would have been overhead at the time as you mention in the video. Had I realised earlier in the evening we'd have gone somewhere with a better view! I didn't manage to get any meaningful photos, so this series is fantastic to see. Thank you.
Hi Trevor Absolutely stunning, I was sat by Sawley Cut Friday night and watched the most spectacular sun set and went to bed at 10pm missing all this and only the following morning did my brother send me two pics. I waited Saturday night hoping for a replay and at 8pm realised there would be no chance as too cloudy. I read that still pics were the best way to capture the lights or with a 3 second or so exposure, would slo mo have worked 🤔 I will save this video to my playlists of Special things, nature and the sky, thanks for sharing what I missed. ❤
Thank you Richard. Yes, I'm afraid it doesn't always work out. I can't tell you how many times over the last 40 years, I've gone out to a dark sky site to look for a glimpse of the Aurora (and with Dilys when she was alive too) only to see nothing. And yes, cameras do show it better than seen with the naked eye Richard, especially if you can leave the shutter open for a few seconds. My phone produced fair images, but nothing compared to the GoPro 11, with 15 and 20 second exposures. The photographs unfortunately lost some of their quality though, when uploaded to UA-cam. Thanks for commenting 🙂
@@theramblingentomologist hi Trevor thanks for clarifying, hence the borrowed go pro 👍 My brother went on a cruise last year to Iceland to see the lights and saw nothing, he went to Spain on Friday do missed this too. Maybe there will be another chance, there is an aurora app that predicts the likely hood. Great video, I was mesmerised 😊
Thank you. Obviously the transfer to UA-cam means that the photos have lost a little from the originals, but I think it's all come over well in the end.
You did a great job to record it. It must have been so exciting. I am living south of Perth in Western Australia and we had the lights here too. It’s never happened before here. What a wonderful thing.
@@theramblingentomologist I wanted to share a piece of music that I recently composed and recorded that I called “Geomagnetica.” I’ve been enthralled by Auroras and I wanted to record a piece of music to evoke a feeling of awe. Please enjoy. ua-cam.com/video/suca2vxysEE/v-deo.htmlsi=Qq3KnTso69B_xoNS
Amazing thank you Trevor. I seen my first Hummingbird Hawk-moth on the 10th of May in my garden, to be honest I didn't think they arrived so early. What is the earliest you have seen one? You have a lot more experience in looking for them than me. Lol
I'll have to look that up to be honest, but certainly have May records, though more end of May I think. They do overwinter here now though, and April records are getting more frequent.
I live in the Scottish borders and have seen this on a few occasions but not as good as your sighting. I also sense your sadness as my husband used to be there too. By the way did you find the beetle that you were looking for at the time.
I did Jenny and was going to include it in the video, but it's there for another video, and I could do with some better footage. So sorry to hear about your husband. It's difficult when you both shared or experienced everything together, and then it's just you.
bit disappointing tbh. can you speed the footage up 10 x please, like it is on every single film of it ever shown on the tv. sorry, its just one of my little annoyances. this amazing phenomena has to be sped up, with appropriate music added, because apparently how it is is not good enough. ive always thought this odd as the speed something happens is one of its most important characteristics. although saying that, i like to think there might some very disappointed johana lumleys who travel all the way to the arctic on one of those cake like pleasure boats and see the aurora borialis at its proper, technologically unimproved speed. sometimes, just sometimes, it would be nice to see a peregrine or cheetah hunting at normal speed too.
Think you've captured that well. Once in a lifetime event. Cheers
There are people that travel abroad and spend insane amounts of money to see the aurora, and they never see it like that! Absolutely stunning. I did GCSE astronomy as I've always had an interest in the night sky but I've never seen the aurora and missed the chance this weekend. Absolutely amazing!
I'm sorry you missed it. It was a very special moment, as you can probably tell from the video.
Thanks so much for sharing these fantastic images. Your channel is a place I can visit to learn, and live vicariously.
We rise at 05:30 on a working day, so by sunset last night I was struggling to stay awake. However, once it was dark, armed with a camera and bat detector, I went out to light up a white sheet on our washing line. We stared at the sky and I observed the 'trap' too. Nothing. No Aurora. No moths, or bats, not even a pesky midge. I wandered in the long grass but didn't appear to disturb anything. Shame I'm not a slug enthusiast, there were several species on the wall of the house.
A local had seen the Aurora on Friday, but a friend stayed up last night and was also disappointed.
I prodded the compost heap today, it is teeming with worms and woodlice. I noted a fourth species for my list; good old Philoscia muscorum. Some compensation.
Stunning footage. We were lucky to see it in our back garden (even with streetlighting) and could even make out some of the colour. It would have been overhead at the time as you mention in the video. Had I realised earlier in the evening we'd have gone somewhere with a better view! I didn't manage to get any meaningful photos, so this series is fantastic to see. Thank you.
Thank you Hazel. It was a stunning event to witness. Very special.
Hi Trevor
Absolutely stunning, I was sat by Sawley Cut Friday night and watched the most spectacular sun set and went to bed at 10pm missing all this and only the following morning did my brother send me two pics.
I waited Saturday night hoping for a replay and at 8pm realised there would be no chance as too cloudy.
I read that still pics were the best way to capture the lights or with a 3 second or so exposure, would slo mo have worked 🤔
I will save this video to my playlists of Special things, nature and the sky, thanks for sharing what I missed. ❤
Thank you Richard. Yes, I'm afraid it doesn't always work out. I can't tell you how many times over the last 40 years, I've gone out to a dark sky site to look for a glimpse of the Aurora (and with Dilys when she was alive too) only to see nothing.
And yes, cameras do show it better than seen with the naked eye Richard, especially if you can leave the shutter open for a few seconds. My phone produced fair images, but nothing compared to the GoPro 11, with 15 and 20 second exposures. The photographs unfortunately lost some of their quality though, when uploaded to UA-cam.
Thanks for commenting 🙂
@@theramblingentomologist hi Trevor thanks for clarifying, hence the borrowed go pro 👍
My brother went on a cruise last year to Iceland to see the lights and saw nothing, he went to Spain on Friday do missed this too.
Maybe there will be another chance, there is an aurora app that predicts the likely hood.
Great video, I was mesmerised 😊
Yes, get the App Richard.
Wow! Great shots and made me feel i was there. The perrie dancers were seen by folk in Derbyshire but I didnt catch it from my house.
Thank you Celia.
Just brilliant 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
Thank you. Glad you liked it 😀
I went to bed earlier than normal after work and missed it all. Didn't even know it was on. Oh well... Nice footage.
Shame. There are a number of Apps you can get now, which issue alerts. Might pay to get one, as we get towards solar maximum.
saw the lights here in vancouver canada as well. spectacular!
Thank you once again Trevor,superb.
Thank you Steve. That's much appreciated.
Thank you so much for the gorgeous footage. Your commentary and the stillness convey some of the wonder of this incredible and rare phenomenon.
Thank you. Obviously the transfer to UA-cam means that the photos have lost a little from the originals, but I think it's all come over well in the end.
Just wonderful
Thank you. To actually experience it, was just wonderful and to capture some images, just capped the night off.
You did a great job to record it. It must have been so exciting. I am living south of Perth in Western Australia and we had the lights here too. It’s never happened before here. What a wonderful thing.
@@theramblingentomologist I wanted to share a piece of music that I recently composed and recorded that I called “Geomagnetica.” I’ve been enthralled by Auroras and I wanted to record a piece of music to evoke a feeling of awe. Please enjoy. ua-cam.com/video/suca2vxysEE/v-deo.htmlsi=Qq3KnTso69B_xoNS
That's amazing you saw the lights too. Sounds like it's as rare down where you are, as it is in the UK. Brilliant.
Amazing thank you Trevor.
I seen my first Hummingbird Hawk-moth on the 10th of May in my garden, to be honest I didn't think they arrived so early. What is the earliest you have seen one? You have a lot more experience in looking for them than me. Lol
I'll have to look that up to be honest, but certainly have May records, though more end of May I think. They do overwinter here now though, and April records are getting more frequent.
Just looked up the dates Andy and 30/05/17 my earliest, with other early Hummers on 01/06/17 and 03/06/11.
@@theramblingentomologist wow so these Hummingbird Hawk-moths probably did over winter, super interesting. Thanks Trevor for letting me know. 👍
Well, this time of year, I'd say your Hummer's straight in from the continent Andy.
WOW, didn't know the Aurora Borealis was on, not sure if it was seen in London?☺️
Seen as far south as Guernsey Gillian 🙂
Oh, ok. Thanks☺️👍.
Guess I was preoccupied, and missed it!
I live in the Scottish borders and have seen this on a few occasions but not as good as your sighting. I also sense your sadness as my husband used to be there too. By the way did you find the beetle that you were looking for at the time.
I did Jenny and was going to include it in the video, but it's there for another video, and I could do with some better footage.
So sorry to hear about your husband. It's difficult when you both shared or experienced everything together, and then it's just you.
bit disappointing tbh. can you speed the footage up 10 x please, like it is on every single film of it ever shown on the tv. sorry, its just one of my little annoyances. this amazing phenomena has to be sped up, with appropriate music added, because apparently how it is is not good enough. ive always thought this odd as the speed something happens is one of its most important characteristics. although saying that, i like to think there might some very disappointed johana lumleys who travel all the way to the arctic on one of those cake like pleasure boats and see the aurora borialis at its proper, technologically unimproved speed. sometimes, just sometimes, it would be nice to see a peregrine or cheetah hunting at normal speed too.
No I can't speed it up, as it's not footage but still images.