LAST NIGHT'S BEAUTIFUL AURORA BOREALIS DISPLAY. IT WAS A STUNNING DISPLAY, VISIBLE ACROSS THE UK. EVEN VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE AT POINTS! 🙀💚💜💙✨️ - 29-30/10/25
Wow, what a night! Following our solar update a few days ago we were expecting a one-two punch with a small CME and the coronal hole stream to arrive these last few days, so we were watching the satellite data with a keen eye for those initial signs.
The solar wind from the coronal hole stream arrived a couple of days ago and has provided some nice aurora flurries over the last couple of nights, but last night was something special.
After giving a heads up for the aurora on here, we gathered our camera equipment, checked the cloud radars and zoomed out on the aurora chase.
There was a lovely display early in the evening as soon as darkness fell. However, this burst soon dwindled. So we went on a little adventure to try and capture the comet again, then back to the coast to chase the aurora. The aurora had died down a little since the earlier burst, but we persevered and set up multiple cameras.
Given the skies were absolutely beautiful and clear we decided to set up for a bit of deep sky astrophotography too, shooting NGC 2237 a.k.a. the Rosette Nebula (which also looks a bit like a skull, a perfect target for the lead up to Halloween) and Luna enjoyed playing in the field.
At around 21.30 we noticed the interplanetary magnetic field polarity flipped South and we put the alert out that we could potentially see the aurora developing again in the next hour or so if it holds.
Low and behold, at around 22:45 the real time magnetometers plummeted and it was game on! The aurora truly burst into life! We made sure to alert everybody and excitedly set up our fifth camera!
We were treated to an absolutely gorgeous aurora display with greens, pinks and lots of structure. However, at this stage it was mostly visible on the cameras.
To our delight, by around 23:30 the display ramped up even further, became incredibly bright and we could see the aurora dancing, easily visible to the naked eye! There was a vivid beautiful green arc, strong pink rays and columns dancing side to side and stretching up towards the plough. Such an incredible display to witness.
On our travels throughout the night, we also saw lots of wildlife including lots of bunnies, heard lots of owls calling and we even saw a little badger too!
The wind was incredibly strong, however this helped in clearing the clouds a little to reveal beautiful views of the star-studded sky, the dancing aurora and the gorgeous planets.
While on the cliffs, we enjoyed the sounds of the wind roaring, the owls calling and the sea all around us. However, it was little a bit cold! In fact on the way home, we even saw a truck gritting the road.
By around 6am the skies started to brighten as morning twilight set in ahead of the sunrise, painting the Eastern skies in beautiful pastel oranges and blues. At this point we decided to pack up and head home. The skies looked absolutely gorgeous though with the dazzling planet Venus rising and the clouds starting to catch the Sun, painted in beautiful pinks. It was wonderful to hear lots of birds singing to welcome in the morning too. What an amazing night we had. 😍
It was a long night, a little cold and very windy, but well worth it. Another wonderful display to see in the new aurora season! Hopefully one of many more to come.
The solar wind stats are still looking elevated at the time of writing this post, however the bright Moon is high up in the sky in the earlier portion of the evening which will cause some natural light pollution interference. Unfortunately, the bz component of the interplanetary magnetic field is trending North and much of the UK is forecast clouds in the early part of the evening. Although, with the current elevated stats, if the polarity of the interplanetary magnetic field does shift South there may be a chance of more Aurora this evening too! However, you can never be sure because things can change minute by minute. Hopefully the bz stabilises South again.
Please follow our solar and aurora post for up to date/accurate Aurora alerts. We always make sure to keep an eye on things throughout the night and alert you if things are looking promising to give you all the best chance possible of seeing and catching photographs of the aurora yourselves. 💚💜💙
We had four cameras plus a phone shooting at one point. We captured some time-lapse footage of the Aurora too! We captured thousands of photographs with our mirrorless cameras shooting throughout the night, but we've selected one to share for now. We hope you like it. 💖
If you managed to capture any photographs yourself, please feel free to share below or tag astro dog. We'd love to see any photographs you captured, and as always, if you go out to enjoy the night skies anytime soon, we wish you good luck and clear skies. ✨️
P.S. Prints of our photography are available upon request. 📷