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Aurora borealis again

Space stuff
2026 | Cork, Ireland
Not a common occasion to have auroras so bright that they can compete well with city lights. Cork city emits plenty of light pollution, but the photons sent from proton collisions in the upper atmosphere didn’t care one bit.
 
Also, if you were walking around Capwell Road and South Douglas Road on the evening of the 19th of January 2026 and got a fright from an excited person cycling around yelling: “THE NORTHERN LIGHTS ARE ON!!”, I apologise for the disruption of your seemingly peaceful night.

View towards the northside from Tramore Valley Park.

At some point, wispy green hues, extending to the southern night sky covering the constellation Orion, were momentarily so bright that it illuminated my hand as I was looking at the latter. Epic!

View towards the south with the star constellation Orion in the centre.

I’m not informed enough to be talking in-depth about such mind-blowing space phenomena, so I’ll leave these pics and the botched timelapse as is without any deeper nor enlighteningly comments.
 
But I highly recommend getting an app or following a website that sends notifications every time there’s a promising space weather forecast.