Thanks very much

Thanks, and yes you could have Don

Thanks Michael, the display was so bright I reckoned it was worth trying drone video and it done a superb job, I ended up using it for much of the video going through three full batteries (each lasts under 40 mins). The four thirds sensor on the Mavic 3 really comes into its own for events like this. Yes had the coat on, we got a couple of 20c days and one day peaked at 24C, but the night of the NLCs was cool, slightly NWly breeze and Lough Fea is on high ground and exposed, the area is well known for its exceptional cold temps more than anywhere else in winter, a good place for finding icicles in the winter months. Unfortunately all of June and now half of July has/is looking stable with jet stream to the south so we are getting cooler air from north and unsettled in an annoying way and storm starved. In fact, this was the only fully clear night in a while so to get this NLC display was a miracle.

Thanks very much Bernie for watching, Alyn would have loved that display and the May 10th G5 aurora too.

@@asteroid42531mckenna Yes you are right. I still can't believe Alyn has passed.

Thank you Colleen! that's two epic and rare night sky events this year already, more could be on the way.

Thanks for watching and interesting Alyn was in your thoughts that night too, I know he would have loved this display based on his previous videos were he clearly appreciates the beauty and photogenic nature of NLCs. Definitely my 2nd best display since 2009, but its very close to my number 1, the scales could go either way.

Send us some positive vibes, and also some hot humid air with CAPE and shear, that would be nice too. We just got an epic NLC display last night which had made up for this quiet June

You make a good point Don, very similar countryside. Crazy history, who knows exactly what went on there. Thanks for watching.

Thanks for the information, I will visit again in early Spring and would love to visit at night sometime too. Good point about the pagans.

Thanks Don, yes all the G5s from May 10th/11th, and G3 and G4 from 2023

Thanks Michael.

Same here, more so to do with cloudy nights, but hoping to see at least one decent display this season.

Thanks Bernie :)

You will know them when you see them Don, especially if its a striking display. Normal clouds at night will look dark as they are not lit by the sun, even areas with LP with have the classic orange LP glow under the clouds. NLCs glow from reflected sunlight while normal weather clouds are in darkness, mainly because NLCs are 83km high, highest clouds on earth, their structure is quite distinct, at times sharp and the best displays have an alien look to them, to top this off they have a nice silvery blue colour often described as electric blue. Once you see a good display you will be able to spot them easier next time.

Thanks!

Thanks man

Thanks Conor.

Yes Don, shocking, ended up dropping five hours of rain and lightning over the same area, 100mm fell in one hour.

Yes, I'm a structure person and my mate uses a lighting trigger on his DSLR so he likes to be in dry air outside the core too to try for c-gs, hopefully with structure. Also if we drove anymore in that direction we would have descended into valleys and the mountains would block all view of the base, in total it rained over the same area for 5 hours causing flash flooding and a landslide in Donegal.

@@asteroid42531mckenna the demon topography ! something our USA mid west friends rare;y have to think about, apart from larger scale targeting like up-slope on high plains

Thanks Colleen, what a great evening, five o clock magic :)

Thanks Don, Jesus rays is the new terminology I will adopt :)

Thanks for watching Owain, a good chase day.

Thanks Shaun!

Thanks Bernie, what a night we all had.

Thanks Bernie.

Thanks

Thanks Shane.

Thanks very much man!

Thanks very much Alwyn!, I cant believe we scored with perfect clear skies for this severe event. Had it been 1 or 2 nights later it would have been ruined, it was meant to be.

Thanks very much for watching, I find it interesting you mention CrB, I was thinking the same thing while watching it live, northern crown within a corona, maybe that will be the next event to treat us in the near future, come on TCrb....

Thanks very much.

Thanks Michael, what an awesome night, within my best top 5 visual auroras since my first in 1998. A photographers dream. Sorry to hear about the clouds, but with solar maximum approaching you may get another chance in the future. Thanks for watching.

Thanks!

Thanks Don, you must have got a great show there, I'm still buzzing here, in my top 5 best auroras since 1998.

Thanks for watching! and so sorry to hear about the clouds, I'm actually amazed we got a clear night to see it as it usually goes the other way, but plenty more to come, I've a feeling we could get a few more epic aurora events yet later this year and for the next few years.

I wonder too, I think the locals are keen to keep it out of the lime light as much as possible

Thanks Colleen!

Thanks Colleen!

Thanks for watching, what a show we all had.

Thanks man!

Thanks Richard!

Some of my older videos show the pro and rudder fairly closely but I will keep it in mind again for a future flight. I dont trust my mavic 3 flying low over water but my old phantom 3 advanced was amazing at it.