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Reflection rainbow in Tornio

15.10. A piece of reflection rainbow rises from the base of the primary rainbow in this picture, that Tuula Sillanpää took at Tornio River on 13 October. This year, the reflection rainbows have been scarce. The first sighting in Skywarden came no earlier than the end of August, and Sillanpää's observation now is only the third. However, there is still time, the latest case in Warden's statistics is from November, and nothing in principle prevents sightings in December in areas where there is open water.

Reflection rainbows 2021 »

Fireball swept across the northern lights

14.10. The drab October cloud cover eased its grip on the night of 12/13, when suitably also northern lights were visible. One of those out with camera was Jari Ylinampa, who got lucky with a fireball shooting across the video he took in Rovaniemi. Here are three screenshots, but it is worth checking the actual footage from Ylinampa’s observation.

Northern lights on the 12/13. night of October »

Milky Way with pen and paper

10.10. Inspired by the Ursa Bongaa 100 challenge, Pekka Rautajoki drew the Milky Way. This was the challenge number 54, a really dark starry sky. "It is always nice to scan with binoculars the abundance of stars and the star clusters at the plane of our home galaxy, but it is still most impressive to look at the cosmos opening over the dark countryside with the naked eye", tells Rautajoki.

Rautajoki's Drawings »

A map of Pieksämäki appeared in the sky

5.10. Reflections of outdoor lights in ice clouds high up created last night a map of Pieksämäki in the sky. The phenomenon was photographed with a compact camera by Timo Kantola after he first noticed it from his fireball camera images. “With the naked eye these were barely noticeable,” Kantalo says. From the sky map one can distinguish, for example, the city main street, railway area and the yellow lights illuminated national road 23.

Kantola's observation »

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Starscape image

Starscape image

13.10.2021 at 20.51 - Laitila (III)
Riku Poskiparta, Porin Karhunvartijat

We went with the hostess once again for an evening ride, this time to Laitila Black Lake. We stepped onto the beach to see how the Milky Way would look right. Well, it was visible. My wife already had camera stacks with me by the beach, but I still have it in the car, so the tripod ... the camera is always in my pocket. quickly get a tripod from the car that just didn’t have time for the scenery to change, didn’t have time and grabbed the best picture I’ve ever taken on my cell phone.

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Fogbow

Fogbow

14.10.2021 at 11.30 - 11.45 - Nurmijärvi (IV)
Johanna Vaurio-Teräväinen

On a foggy morning, a clear fog arc on the edge of the foggy area

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Several halo forms

Several halo forms

14.10.2021 at 14.44 - 14.58 - Hanko (III)
Nyman Pirjo

This halo phenomenon was seen on 14.10.2021 in the Hanko sky above the sun at approximately 14.44 - 14.58. Could it be an arc of a zenithal environment or some other arc? For the first time I saw such a halo. Pretty special sight. A small side hall of the sun appeared at almost the same time.

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Primary reflection rainbow

Primary reflection rainbow

13.10.2021 at 09.50 - Tornio, Itäranta (IV)
Tuula Sillanpää

A different rainbow was visible above the Tornio River..as if there were reflections of the arch on the side.

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Half-sky auroras

Half-sky auroras

12.10.2021 at 22.00 - 01.15 - Pelkosenniemi ja Savukoski (IV)
Anu Tossavinen

Encouraged by forecasts (both weather and Northern Lights), the car trip to a clear area rewarded with a myriad of images. Shapes and colors changed almost all the time. Pictures 1-3 Suvanto, Pelkosenniemi and pictures 4-5 Savukoski approx. 00.45-01.15.

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Auroras seen through breaks in the clouds

Auroras seen through breaks in the clouds

13.10.2021 at 00.00 - 01.25 - Taipalsaari (III)
Terhi Törmälä

Even though the weather was foggy and rainy in Lappeenranta and the surrounding areas, I had to go on a "desperate trip" with the camera. Well, it wasn't. On Taipalsaari in Suur-Saimaa from two different points. The first was taken at 0.47 and the second at 1.17.

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Active aurora band

Active aurora band

12.10.2021 at 22.05 - Sievi (III)
Jari Ylioja

Something for a long time but because of these I had to move from under the clouds to Sievi,

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A fireball at night, as bright as a cresent moon

12.10.2021 at 22.40 - Rovaniemi (III)
Jani Ylinampa

When shooting the Northern Lights, a fireball happened to Sony's video.

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Moon

Moon

13.10.2021 at 18.34 - Porvoo, Sondby (IV)
Jorma Koski, Ursa (Helsinki)

The moon appeared for a long time. The crescent moon emerged behind the clouds of the southern horizon in orange.

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Active aurora band

Active aurora band

12.10.2021 at 22.30 - Hankasalmi, Murtoinen (III)
Arto Oksanen, Jyväskylän Sirius

The bright northern lights were badly left behind the clouds, but as the sky became clear for a moment, in addition to the high northern lights of the northern sky, a red northern lights belt moving rapidly southward appeared in the zenith. SAR? All night timelapse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K3t70r5gUc

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