Ive always wanted to see the Aurora Borealis, in the past Ive thought about travelling to Norway or Iceland, as I hear they are quite regular visitors to those parts of the world, but as usual life and money gets in the way of these things and it's always something to put off for another year.So I was pretty excited when I heard that the Sun had recently got a wee bit overheated and was firing some super Solar energy juice our way, meaning the Lights would be heading to more Southerly parts than normal.
We have had some spectacularly clear nights of late up here and Ive been out during most of them, stargazing with a few beers in the back garden or taking shots into the wee small hours, so I was hoping for much of the same when the light show came to town... err, not so much! What we got was a classic cloudy night in Edinburgh along with some lovely light pollution to contend with. I was hoping I could drive away from the city, but family commitments meant that would'nt be possible, so for this show I was stuck in the garden, clinging on to what little green streaks in the sky I could and hoping that there would be a break in the clouds so I could glimpse the dancing green beauties doing their thing at full tilt.It wasnt to be, the blanket of cloud obscured the show until the dazzling green light died away, but at its most intense, I managed to capture this not very overwhelming image of the Northern Lights, above Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh castle and the City of Edinburgh.Not an amazing effort being that it looks like a big green cloud but hey, this is Aurora Borealis Scottish style!
But pleasures are like poppies spread,
You sieze the flower, its bloom is shed;
Or like the snow falls in the river,
A moment white--then melts for ever;
Or like the borealis race,
That flit ere you can point their place;
Robert Burns - Excerpt from Tam o' Shanter
Cheers for now
Sean
