Featured photo by Elaine McInaw in Mountcharles
An amazing view of the Northern Lights was visible across many parts of Donegal last night (Monday).
Many people across the county, north and south, were fortunate to catch a snap of the spectacular display.
Normally associated with wintertime, the light show is visible more often during this time of enhanced solar activity. Last night’s green and purple pillars were observed after a particularly strong G4 geomagnetic storm.
Emmalouise Walker –
Dunkineely Donegal
Many parts of the world enjoyed the strongest lights since May’s spellbinding display.
Others were lucky to see the Northern lights along with the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, creating even more amazing scenes. Did you spot both?
Photo by John Cahalin
Inver, donegal
The Met Office in the UK predicts that ongoing Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) influence will wane slowly through Tuesday 13th Aug. “Another CME enhancement is possible early 13 Aug, this will bring a chance of visible aurora to Scotland and parts of Northern England overnight. During 14 Aug activity should return back to background levels,” they said.
Donegal stargazers often share the same level of display as Scotland and Northern England, due to our northerly location and the advantage of our dark skies.
In Donegal, the lights can usually be seen best from the north coast, which has the advantage of facing the clear Atlantic and being furthest away from lit-up areas. The advice is to look for a glow in the north. The amazing scenes can be visible to the naked eye as a glow on the northern horizon, and with the right camera settings, the colour can be picked up with stunning results.
See more beautiful photos shared by Donegal Daily readers after last night’s show:
Photo by Elaine McInaw in Mountcharles
Yvonne Kirkham – Dungloe, Donegal
Malin Head – photo by Joanne Mcneely
Photo by Eileen Doherty
