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Some of the Best in the Aurora Borealis Skies

by Della Kilroy (dellak)

27 January 2012, 16:36 GMT

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Image: Digital Landscape

This week one of the biggest geomagnetic storms in six years hit earth. The Aurora Borealis or northern lights cast an eerie glow over the skies of County Donegal, the northern-most part of Ireland, setting the skies alight. This weeks ‘Some of the Best’ takes a look at a few of our favorite images and videos from the event.

This video uploaded by Astronomy Ireland explains why the Northern Lights have cast their spell on the skies of Donegal.

RTE News captured and collected some of the stunning scenes on Tuesday night. Have a look.

From RTENewsNow

Locals and visitors took to Twitter, uploading their memorable images of the colour changing sky.

@toni_doang
toni liu Aurora Borealis Above Donegal Yesterday (Efek Badai Matahari) http://t.co/VwsUEZ6m
Jan 25 via web Favorite Retweet Reply

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Image: @toni_doang

This stunning image was reportedly taken at Malin Head, County Donegal, around 10:30 pm and was posted on Twitter by @kimmixa.

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Image: Gregory Clarke

@digitlandscape
Paul The magnificant Aurora Borealis over Donegal. http://t.co/K1Uag4eG
Jan 25 via web Favorite Retweet Reply

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This impressive image was snapped in Inishowen, County Donegal.

@liam_hirrell
Liam Hirrell Aurora over Donegal hills #aurora #inishowen #donegal http://t.co/Elk3Rn3g
Jan 22 via Photos on iOS Favorite Retweet Reply

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Image: @liam_hirrell

This photo was taken by Mark Nolan in Ballyliffin, Co Donegal

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Image: Mark Nolan

A stunning time lapse of the sky over Fanad Head can be found in the link below:

@DonegalSkies
Brendan Alexander Timelapse of last nights #Aurora Over #Donegal http://t.co/ISXdnm6y
Jan 23 via Flickr Favorite Retweet Reply

Additional images can also be found by clicking the link below:

@paulaspden
Paul Aspden Amazing photo of Aurora Borealis from last night http://t.co/C9E91Pry
Jan 23 via Twitter for iPhone Favorite Retweet Reply

So what did the Aurora Borealis look like from further afield? This beautiful time lapse sequence features Canadian skies and was captured on January the 24th.

Aurora Borealis Time-Lapse from Jesse Thompson on Vimeo.

Don’t worry if you missed the lights show last night, the Aurora Borealis is forecast to be visible over Donegal again tonight. A full description of where and when to view the northern lights can be found here as well as Aurora forecasts, which are updated by the minute. Here are a few other tips according to the site:

Auroras are difficult to predict with precision. They have stops and starts (known as sub-storms). If you are out there, you need to be patient and lucky… Get away from the city lights and let your eyes adjust to the darkness. The further away from those earth based light sources the better for seeing the Northern Lights. Full moons hurt because they increase ambient light and darkness is best for viewing.

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