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Aurora Stories

19 Oct 2016
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Dream trip – Lusto, Finland

Sticky Post By Melanie Windridge On October 19, 2016
Out in the Lapland forest wearing all our clothes and more.

Ceri stepped out of her travel comfort zone to fulfil a dream – she went on a winter activity holiday where the prize was the northern lights.

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05 Oct 2016
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Surprising power of solar storms

Sticky Post By Melanie Windridge On October 5, 2016
Infrared emission of the atmosphere showing that much of the energy dumped into the atmosphere during a solar storm is re-radiated.

A video from NASA tells the story of a big solar storm in March 2012 and what happens to all the energy dumped into the atmosphere at these times.

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21 Sep 2016
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Photography tips from CAG

Sticky Post By Melanie Windridge On September 21, 2016

The members of Caithness Astronomy Group are avid aurora photographers and I got some composition tips when I was out photographing with them on Orkney.

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07 Sep 2016
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Tales of an aurora addict 2

Sticky Post By Melanie Windridge On September 7, 2016

Aurora addict Rosie Thompson continues her aurora story with a mini-break to Abisko and a beautiful northern lights display.

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25 Aug 2016
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Tales of an aurora addict 1

Sticky Post By Melanie Windridge On August 25, 2016

Aurora addict Rosie Thompson tells us about her numerous visits to the Arctic to see the northern lights.

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10 Aug 2016
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Getting that winning shot

Sticky Post By Melanie Windridge On August 10, 2016

This video gives a glimpse into the extreme conditions aurora photographers sometimes face to get *that* aurora shot.

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27 Jul 2016
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How NOT to photograph the aurora

Sticky Post By Melanie Windridge On July 27, 2016
Northern Lights over Orkney on a cloudy, moonlit night.

Andy Sawyers relates his story of seeing the aurora in Orkney and trying to photograph them unprepared.

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Dr Melanie Windridge - physicist, speaker, writer… with a taste for adventure

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