Tag Archives: Ørsta Norway

Northern Lights, a Meteor, and a Taurid on November 2, 2022.

All images taken with a Canon 650D, Vivitar 8 mm fisheye-lens. Various exposure and iso settings.

The Northern Lights. September 3, 2021.

Colorful aurora borealis above a thin layer of clouds. Photo taken (from Ørsta, Norway) on September 3rd, 2021 at about 23.41 local time. Canon 700D, Vivitar fisheye-lens.

Lightning and thunder. July 25, 2021.

Very intense lightning. Here photographed in the eastern sky.

Meteor trail and the Milky Way. September 21, 2012.

This photo shows the trail of an enduring meteor. Image was captured on September 21st, 2012 at around midnight. The greenish meteor crossed the sky while I photographed the Milky Way. At about the same time a spectacular meteor was seen over Central-Europe and the UK/Ireland. The meteor observed on the image above is not the same. But, occured in the same direction at the same time.

The meteor trail. A cropped section of the image above.

Original image. The meteor was also observed visually.

Auroral Dunes. January 22,2012.

The Dunes observed over Ørsta, Norway on January 22, 2012. These photos were taken at about UTC 19.34-19.38. Photo details: Sigma 15mm fisheye lens, Canon EOS 500D, ISO: 1600, various exposure times.