Graeme Whipps Photography

Graeme Whipps Photography Night sky and landscape photography, mainly from Scotland, including aurora and noctilucent clouds.

Some bright noctilucent clouds last night, visible from around 2230 BST to the north, extending overhead and to the sout...
27/07/2026

Some bright noctilucent clouds last night, visible from around 2230 BST to the north, extending overhead and to the southwest. This is the brightest display I’ve seen this summer, although I haven't been looking all that hard, and don’t tend to stay up that late, now I’m not doing shifts. The nights are starting to draw in again, so shouldn’t be that long before auroras become visible once again over northern Scotland. Looking forward to next month's solar eclipse, which will be followed by the annual display of the Perseid meteors.

06/04/2026

Some video footage of the twilight rays from Friday night's aurora, which is not that different from what I was seeing to the eye. Taken between around 2013 and 2035 UTC.

05/04/2026

Timelapse of Friday nights display, taken between 2009 and 2208 UTC.

Panorama of last nights display. Taken at 2031 UTC, 3rd April 2026.
04/04/2026

Panorama of last nights display. Taken at 2031 UTC, 3rd April 2026.

Impressive aurora last night, especially early on in the late evening twilight. This aurora was the result of a strong s...
04/04/2026

Impressive aurora last night, especially early on in the late evening twilight. This aurora was the result of a strong solar wind following a cme impact around 1500 UTC , which increased the solar wind speed to 700-800 km/s for a time. With declining solar winds speeds and magnetic field strength into the evening, the best of the aurora was always likely to be early in the night, and the rising almost full moon just after 2100 UTC hampered the view later on as the display slowly faded.

Some pink rays last night, as the solar wind transitioned from a coronal mass ejection (CME) to a coronal hole high spee...
02/04/2026

Some pink rays last night, as the solar wind transitioned from a coronal mass ejection (CME) to a coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS). Didn't bother staying up as it was never likely to be that great to the eye, given the April full moon. Taken at 0222 UTC, 2nd April 2026.

27/03/2026

Time-lapse from our last night up in Sutherland, with the strongest aurora display of the week, reaching G2 (Kp6). Conditions were challenging with strong winds and blustery showers, so I used my heavy duty waterproof jacket to protect the camera from the worst of the rain and hail.

Taken between 2238 and 0430 UTC, 13th/14th March 2026.

24/03/2026

Brief time-lapse from last night, taken between 2011 and 2139 UTC. 23rd March 2026

Not much luck with cloud cover last night, waited patiently for the upper cloud to clear, only to have low clouds scuddi...
24/03/2026

Not much luck with cloud cover last night, waited patiently for the upper cloud to clear, only to have low clouds scudding across the northern horizon at just the wrong time 🙁. Suppose I shouldn’t complain too much, at least I got to see some of the display, and it's not as if I've been starved of auroras of late 🙂

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