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moonshinegnomie

(2,922 posts)
Sun Sep 22, 2024, 10:39 AM Sep 2024

the. northern lights

we took a vacation to iceland and scotland. while in iceland there was a geomagnetic storm and an aurora display. managaed to get some good shot both on land and from a ship as we sailed to northern scotland. Had to fight extremly windy condition as i shot the siplay. (winds over 40 mph)











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the. northern lights (Original Post) moonshinegnomie Sep 2024 OP
Beautiful ellemb Sep 2024 #1
Spectacular shots! Thanks for sharing. brer cat Sep 2024 #2
These are just beautiful! Thank you, my dear moonshinegnomie, for sharing them! nt CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2024 #3
Spectacular! Great shots. Thanks for sharing. livetohike Sep 2024 #4
Outstanding! Bayard Sep 2024 #5
When I lived in Anchorage, I saw them ArkansasDemocrat1 Sep 2024 #6
the camera is much better than the naked eye for seeing them moonshinegnomie Sep 2024 #10
Magnificent! MLAA Sep 2024 #7
Stunning! SunSeeker Sep 2024 #8
The wind. mn9driver Sep 2024 #9
the wind was wild moonshinegnomie Sep 2024 #11
WOW HAB911 Sep 2024 #12
Gorgeous moonshinegnomie! Out of this world Thank You!! George McGovern Sep 2024 #13

livetohike

(23,054 posts)
4. Spectacular! Great shots. Thanks for sharing.
Sun Sep 22, 2024, 11:24 AM
Sep 2024

I’ve only seen the northern lights while visiting in Canada.

mn9driver

(4,595 posts)
9. The wind.
Sun Sep 22, 2024, 01:13 PM
Sep 2024

I spent part of a winter at the airbase. I think we had two sunny, calm mornings. The rest of the time we held on to ropes and chains to keep from getting blown away. When we lined up the airplane into the wind, we had about half of the airspeed needed to take off before we released the parking brake.

But at least the showers never ran out of hot water

moonshinegnomie

(2,922 posts)
11. the wind was wild
Sun Sep 22, 2024, 01:18 PM
Sep 2024

we took a cruise for 8 days after a few days in iceland. the ship had to cancel the first 2 ports due to winds of 55+ knots and high seas. they literally ahd to batten down the hatches over teh window in our room.
in iceland i staill had 30-40 mph winds while on shore

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