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Aurora over Scotland (30 files)

Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights displays photographed taken over Aberdeeshire in Scotland since 1989 covering some 350 events with arc, rays, coronas with a wide rnage of shapes and colours

Deeside Aurora au9348ajhp
Aurora Borealis Scotland ray Plough clouds 1993 autumn display Deeside Aberdeenshire taken on the evening of 20th September, 1993 at Crooktree, 25 miles west of Aberdeen looking mainly north from the cottage to left of a gean tree which is aligned to magnetic North. The very faint display started just after 21.40hrs BST with a few occasional beams but extensive cloud interference until 23.35. This photo was taken at 21.52hrs with suggestion of strong ray on the left amonsgt the clouds on the low horizon but nice position of the Plough like a question mark on its side and clearly fulfilling the Big Dipper description more common in the USA and a useful autumn marker for UK Aurora displays. The photo was scanned from a 35mm colour slide film, Fuji RSP 11 rated at 1600asa rating using a Nikon FM2, 24mm f2.8 lens wide open at around 20 seconds.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, British, North, Northern, East, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Aurora Borealis, Aurora, Borealis, display, winter, Torphins, The Plough, Big Dipper, Ursa, Major, Rays, Northern Lights, Merry Dancers, 1993, September, landscape, photos, photographs, experiment, green, filter, sunspots, solar, flares, CME, electrons, photons, storms, energy, sun, stars, oxygen, nitrogen, purple, gas, Van Allen, belt, ionosphere, flares, space, molecules, magnetic, disturbance, magnetometers, belts, radiation, yellow, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, colours, colors, celestial, clouds, nature, dark, nights, night-time, slide, scanned, Fuji, RSP11, 1600asa, exposed, time, long, gean, trees, North, Pole, Star

Deeside Aurora au9347ajhp
Aurora Borealis Scotland arc active rays clouds display Deeside Aberdeenshire taken on the evening of 20th September, 1993 at Crooktree, 25 miles west of Aberdeen looking mainly north from the cottage to left of a gean tree which is aligned to magnetic North. The very faint display started just after 21.40hrs BST with a few occasional beams but extensive cloud interference until 23.35. This photo was taken at 21.50hrs with stronger rays on the low horizon but nice position of the Plough above like a question mark on its side and clearly fulfilling the Big Dipper description more common in the USA and a useful autumn marker for UK Aurora displays. The photo was scanned from a 35mm colour slide film, Fuji RSP 11 rated at 1600asa rating using a Nikon FM2, 24mm f2.8 lens wide open at around 20 seconds.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, British, North, Northern, East, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Aurora Borealis, Aurora, Borealis, display, winter, Torphins, The Plough, Big Dipper, Ursa, Major, Rays, Northern Lights, Merry Dancers, 1993, September, landscape, photos, photographs, experiment, green, filter, sunspots, solar, flares, CME, electrons, photons, storms, energy, sun, stars, oxygen, nitrogen, purple, gas, Van Allen, belt, ionosphere, flares, space, molecules, magnetic, disturbance, magnetometers, belts, radiation, yellow, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, colours, colors, celestial, clouds, nature, dark, nights, night-time, slide, scanned, Fuji, RSP11, 1600asa, exposed, time, long, gean, trees, North, Pole, Star

Deeside Aurora au9343ajhp
Aurora Borealis Scottish Ursa Major Plough clouds display Deeside Aberdeenshire taken on the evening of 20th September, 1993 at Crooktree, 25 miles west of Aberdeen looking mainly north from the cottage to left of a gean tree which is aligned to magnetic North. The very faint display started just after 21.40hrs BST with a few occasional beams but extensive cloud interference until 23.35. This photo was taken at 21.40hrs with suggestion of rays on the low horizon but nice position of the Plough like a question mark on its side and clearly fulfilling the Big Dipper description more common in the USA and a useful autumn marker for UK Aurora displays. The photo was scanned from a 35mm colour slide film, Fuji RSP 11 rated at 1600asa rating using a Nikon FM2, 24mm f2.8 lens wide open at around 20 seconds.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, British, North, Northern, East, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Aurora Borealis, Aurora, Borealis, display, winter, Torphins, The Plough, Big Dipper, Ursa, Major, Rays, Northern Lights, Merry Dancers, 1993, September, landscape, photos, photographs, experiment, green, filter, sunspots, solar, flares, CME, electrons, photons, storms, energy, sun, stars, oxygen, nitrogen, purple, gas, Van Allen, belt, ionosphere, flares, space, molecules, magnetic, disturbance, magnetometers, belts, radiation, yellow, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, colours, colors, celestial, clouds, nature, dark, nights, night-time, slide, scanned, Fuji, RSP11, 1600asa, exposed, time, long, gean, trees, North, Pole, Star

Deeside Aurora au93415ajhp
Aurora Borealis activity Scotland Ursa Major clouds cover 1993 autumn display Deeside Aberdeenshire taken on the evening of 20th September, 1993 at Crooktree, 25 miles west of Aberdeen looking mainly north from the cottage to left of a gean tree which is aligned to magnetic North. The very faint display started just after 21.40hrs BST with a few occasional beams but extensive cloud interference until 23.35. This photo was taken at 23.35hrs with suggestion of strong ray on the left amonsgt the clouds on the low horizon but nice position of the Plough like a question mark on its side and clearly fulfilling the Big Dipper description more common in the USA and a useful autumn marker for UK Aurora displays. The photo was scanned from a 35mm colour slide film, Fuji RSP 11 rated at 1600asa rating using a Nikon FM2, 24mm f2.8 lens wide open at around 20 seconds.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, British, North, Northern, East, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Aurora Borealis, Aurora, Borealis, display, winter, Torphins, The Plough, Big Dipper, Ursa, Major, Rays, Northern Lights, Merry Dancers, 1993, September, landscape, photos, photographs, experiment, green, filter, sunspots, solar, flares, CME, electrons, photons, storms, energy, sun, stars, oxygen, nitrogen, purple, gas, Van Allen, belt, ionosphere, flares, space, molecules, magnetic, disturbance, magnetometers, belts, radiation, yellow, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, colours, colors, celestial, clouds, nature, dark, nights, night-time, slide, scanned, Fuji, RSP11, 1600asa, exposed, time, long, gean, trees, North, Pole, Star

Aurora Corona ab0055jhp
Aurora Corona Red Oxygen Zenith explosion rays Spring Aberdeenshire Scotland taken at 23.25 hours UT on the 6th April, 2000 over Deeside some 25 miles west of Aberdeen. This event is the most major scale of display visible for as the display starts to develop and increase in power it passes southwards creating a moving zenith overhead giving the impression of looking underneath a huge crown often with multiple colours. The shape at the zenith from which rays drop to all the horizons in a 360 degree sweep can create weird shapes which are changing rapidly around the central vortex. This level of display is rare in the UK because the power levels need to be huge and are caused mainly by a CME, Coronal Mass Ejection from the Sun’s surface with the eruption aimed directly at the Earth. It is unusual for the more common Solar Wind generated displays to reach the UK let along push as far south as the Channel although sometimes they can be combined with a direct CME hit and cause large and colourful events.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, British, North, Northern, East, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Ord Fundlie, Crooktree, cottage, electric, power, lines, Torphins, Kincardine, O’Neil, April, spring, Aurora Borealis, Corona, zenith, crown, Arc, Rays, Northern Lights, Merry Dancers, landscape, format, photo, photos, photographs, slide, scanned, sunspots, solar, flares, CME, electrons, photons, storms, energy, sun, stars, Plough, Ursa, Major, Orion, Pleiades, oxygen, gas, Van Allen, belt, ionosphere, flares, space, molecules, magnetic, disturbance, magnetometers, belts, radiation, purple, red, pink, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, colours, colors, whirls, celestial, clouds, nature, dark, nights, night-time, film, scan, 35mm, Fuji, 400asa, rated, 1600asa, Nikon, FM2, Sigma, 15mm, lens, ultra-wide, fisheye, time, exposure, tripod, cable, release

Aurora Corona ab00512jhp
Aurora Borealis Corona green red wings shape sweeping Scottish British UK Deeside eastwards Aberdeenshire taken at 00.35 hours UT on the 7th April, 2000 over Deeside some 25 miles west of Aberdeen. This event is the most major scale of display visible for as the display starts to develop and increase in power it passes southwards creating a moving zenith overhead giving the impression of looking underneath a huge crown often with multiple colours. The shape at the zenith from which rays drop to all the horizons in a 360 degree sweep can create weird shapes which are changing rapidly around the central vortex. This level of display is rare in the UK because the power levels need to be huge and are caused mainly by a CME, Coronal Mass Ejection from the Sun’s surface with the eruption aimed directly at the Earth. It is unusual for the more common Solar Wind generated displays to reach the UK let along push as far south as the Channel although sometimes they can be combined with a direct CME hit and cause large and colourful events.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, British, North, Northern, East, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Ord Fundlie, Crooktree, cottage, electric, power, lines, Torphins, Kincardine, O’Neil, April, spring, Aurora Borealis, Corona, zenith, crown, Arc, Rays, Northern Lights, Merry Dancers, landscape, upright, portrait, format, photo, photos, photographs, slide, scanned, sunspots, solar, flares, CME, electrons, photons, storms, energy, sun, stars, Plough, Ursa, Major, Orion, Pleiades, oxygen, gas, Van Allen, belt, ionosphere, flares, space, molecules, magnetic, disturbance, magnetometers, belts, radiation, purple, red, pink, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, colours, colors, whirls, celestial, clouds, nature, dark, nights, night-time, film, scan, 35mm, Fuji, 400asa, rated, 1600asa, Nikon, FM2, Sigma, 15mm, lens, ultra-wide, fisheye, time, exposure, tripod, cable, release

Aurora Corona ab00418jhp
Aurora Borealis Corona Rays Plough Oxygen Gas British eastwards Aberdeenshire taken at 22.47 hoursm UT on the 6th April, 2000 over Deeside some 25 miles west of Aberdeen. This event is the most major scale of display visible for as the display starts to develop and increase in power it passes southwards creating a moving zenith overhead giving the impression of looking underneath a huge crown often with multiple colours. The shape at the zenith from which rays drop to all the horizons in a 360 degree sweep can create weird shapes which are changing rapidly around the central vortex. This level of display is rare in the UK because the power levels need to be huge and are caused mainly by a CME, Coronal Mass Ejection from the Sun’s surface with the eruption aimed directly at the Earth. It is unusual for the more common Solar Wind generated displays to reach the UK let along push as far south as the Channel although sometimes they can be combined with a direct CME hit and cause large and colourful events.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, British, North, Northern, East, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Ord Fundlie, Crooktree, cottage, electric, power, lines, Torphins, Kincardine, O’Neil, April, spring, Aurora Borealis, Corona, zenith, crown, Arc, Rays, Northern Lights, Merry Dancers, landscape, upright, portrait, format, photo, photos, photographs, slide, scanned, sunspots, solar, flares, CME, electrons, photons, storms, energy, sun, stars, Plough, Ursa, Major, Orion, Pleiades, oxygen, gas, Van Allen, belt, ionosphere, flares, space, molecules, magnetic, disturbance, magnetometers, belts, radiation, purple, red, pink, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, colours, colors, whirls, celestial, clouds, nature, dark, nights, night-time, film, scan, 35mm, Fuji, 400asa, rated, 1600asa, Nikon, FM2, Sigma, 15mm, lens, ultra-wide, fisheye, time, exposure, tripod, cable, release

Aurora Corona ab00414jhp
Aurora Borealis Corona zenith shape eerie abstract Oxygen Gas Scottish Deeside eastwards Aberdeenshire taken at 23.49 hours UT on the 6th April, 2000 over Deeside some 25 miles west of Aberdeen. This event is the most major scale of display visible for as the display starts to develop and increase in power it passes southwards creating a moving zenith overhead giving the impression of looking underneath a huge crown often with multiple colours. The shape at the zenith from which rays drop to all the horizons in a 360 degree sweep can create weird shapes which are changing rapidly around the central vortex. This level of display is rare in the UK because the power levels need to be huge and are caused mainly by a CME, Coronal Mass Ejection from the Sun’s surface with the eruption aimed directly at the Earth. It is unusual for the more common Solar Wind generated displays to reach the UK let along push as far south as the Channel although sometimes they can be combined with a direct CME hit and cause large and colourful events.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, British, North, Northern, East, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Ord Fundlie, Crooktree, cottage, electric, power, lines, Torphins, Kincardine, O’Neil, April, spring, Aurora Borealis, Corona, zenith, crown, Arc, Rays, Northern Lights, Merry Dancers, landscape, format, photo, photos, photographs, slide, scanned, sunspots, solar, flares, CME, electrons, photons, storms, energy, sun, stars, Plough, Ursa, Major, Orion, Pleiades, oxygen, gas, Van Allen, belt, ionosphere, flares, space, molecules, magnetic, disturbance, magnetometers, belts, radiation, purple, red, pink, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, colours, colors, whirls, celestial, clouds, nature, dark, nights, night-time, film, scan, 35mm, Fuji, 400asa, rated, 1600asa, Nikon, FM2, Sigma, 15mm, lens, ultra-wide, fisheye, time, exposure, tripod, cable, release

Aurora Corona ab00413jhp
Aurora Borealis Corona zenith shape changing wings abstract Scotland UK Deeside eastwards Aberdeenshire taken at 23.48 hours UT on the 6th April, 2000 over Deeside some 25 miles west of Aberdeen. This event is the most major scale of display visible for as the display starts to develop and increase in power it passes southwards creating a moving zenith overhead giving the impression of looking underneath a huge crown often with multiple colours. The shape at the zenith from which rays drop to all the horizons in a 360 degree sweep can create weird shapes which are changing rapidly around the central vortex. This level of display is rare in the UK because the power levels need to be huge and are caused mainly by a CME, Coronal Mass Ejection from the Sun’s surface with the eruption aimed directly at the Earth. It is unusual for the more common Solar Wind generated displays to reach the UK let along push as far south as the Channel although sometimes they can be combined with a direct CME hit and cause large and colourful events.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, British, North, Northern, East, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Ord Fundlie, Crooktree, cottage, electric, power, lines, Torphins, Kincardine, O’Neil, April, spring, Aurora Borealis, Corona, zenith, crown, Arc, Rays, Northern Lights, Merry Dancers, landscape, format, photo, photos, photographs, slide, scanned, sunspots, solar, flares, CME, electrons, photons, storms, energy, sun, stars, Plough, Ursa, Major, Orion, Pleiades, oxygen, gas, Van Allen, belt, ionosphere, flares, space, molecules, magnetic, disturbance, magnetometers, belts, radiation, purple, red, pink, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, colours, colors, whirls, celestial, clouds, nature, dark, nights, night-time, film, scan, 35mm, Fuji, 400asa, rated, 1600asa, Nikon, FM2, Sigma, 15mm, lens, ultra-wide, fisheye, time, exposure, tripod, cable, release

Aurora Corona ab0028jhp
Aurora Corona Red Green Oxygen Zenith flower Spring Aberdeenshire Scottish taken at 20.10 hours UT on the 6th April, 2000 over Deeside some 25 miles west of Aberdeen. This event is the most major scale of display visible for as the display starts to develop and increase in power it passes southwards creating a moving zenith overhead giving the impression of looking underneath a huge crown often with multiple colours. The shape at the zenith from which rays drop to all the horizons in a 360 degree sweep can create weird shapes which are changing rapidly around the central vortex. This level of display is rare in the UK because the power levels need to be huge and are caused mainly by a CME, Coronal Mass Ejection from the Sun’s surface with the eruption aimed directly at the Earth. It is unusual for the more common Solar Wind generated displays to reach the UK let along push as far south as the Channel although sometimes they can be combined with a direct CME hit and cause large and colourful events.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, British, North, Northern, East, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Ord Fundlie, Crooktree, cottage, electric, power, lines, Torphins, Kincardine, O’Neil, April, spring, Aurora Borealis, Corona, zenith, crown, Arc, Rays, Northern Lights, Merry Dancers, landscape, format, photo, photos, photographs, slide, scanned, sunspots, solar, flares, CME, electrons, photons, storms, energy, sun, stars, Plough, Ursa, Major, Orion, Pleiades, oxygen, gas, Van Allen, belt, ionosphere, flares, space, molecules, magnetic, disturbance, magnetometers, belts, radiation, purple, red, pink, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, colours, colors, whirls, celestial, clouds, nature, dark, nights, night-time, film, scan, 35mm, Fuji, 400asa, rated, 1600asa, Nikon, FM2, Sigma, 15mm, lens, ultra-wide, fisheye, time, exposure, tripod, cable, release

Aurora Cairn O Mount au617120jhp
Scotland Aurora Borealis maximum bright strong display winter hills Boxing Day December Cairn O’Mount 1989 taken from just below the Cairn O’Mount on its North face and which looks northwards towards Deeside. This photo is from the fourth Aurora Display I photographed after my first one in September and the arc started to develop from 22.00 hrs UT onwards. I felt that the summit of the Cairn would be a good vantage point and offer uncluttered views northwards. It was a good light pollution free viewpoint but apart from an occasional passing car, headlights a headache during an exposure, I soon realised that it was along way to go and of course further south of and way from any displays. In some of the photos there are two small lights on the horizon which I reckoned were from a farm on the Hill of Fare several miles to the north. The single dark pole is a snow pole and on the side of the nearby hillside are snow fences. This display was a classic in terms of an Arc, waxing and waning until it reached a point of no return when single and then multiple burst upwards from the arc as well as moving quite rapidly from right to left; East to West. Generally the colour was a pale whitish/yellow colour with a hint of red in some of the rays.

The project to photograph an Aurora came after a missed opportunity earlier in the year in March with what became known as the Big Aurora, a full Corona over Deeside. I had got the idea of trying to photograph a display following on from my success in 1986 of capturing Halley’s Comet thanks to the support of the Astronomy Ian Shepherd at the Edinburgh Observatory. I had heard about the Big Aurora but had missed the display buried away in my darkroom processing B&W photos for the local newspaper. Ian suggested I contact John MacNicol, President of the Aberdeen Astronomy Society and he eventually tipped me off about the first display I saw. Later tips helped until I started to park at a favourite viewpoint every clear night over the forthcoming years, the days before the Internet, and just watch the night sky.

I took Fuji RHP 400asa and RSP 11, rated at 1600ASA, the fastest available at the time in 35mm slide film of which this photo is an example and I tried both as well as bracketing exposures around the 20 second mark based on my experiences with photographing the Comet and aware that exposures much longer than that incurred the affect of star trail so instead of sharp dots for stars they became lines. Instead of a telephoto lens as per the Comet, for Aurora I used my widest lens, a Nikkor 28mm with a f2.8 widest aperture. Push processing the slide film at the Fuji lab by two stops to the equivalent of 1600asa I found that an exposure around 20 second eventually gave the best results for best colour saturation and exposure and giving the maximum control of grain without it appearing washed out from underexposure. This basic arrangement eventually worked best when I moved to a DSLR Fuji S2 in 2003 with an ISO of 1600 giving comparable results to the ASA equivalent and the noise factor was akin to the grain of slide film. As I shot my general landscape work using Fuji I stayed with it for the Aurora although Kodak film was acceptable in quality and results. I felt that the Fuji film handled the reds and greens better anyway and these are in practice the primary colours of Aurora displays when oxygen is excited by the incoming electrons.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, British, North, Northern, East, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Glen, Dye, Cairn, O’Mount, road, Heatheryhaugh, Clachnaben, Aurora, Borealis, Arc, Rays, Northern, Lights, Merry Dancers, landscape, photos, photographs, sunspots, solar, flares, CME, electrons, photons, storms, energy, sun, stars, oxygen, gas, Van, Allen, belt, ionosphere, flares, space, molecules, magnetic, disturbance, magnetometers, belts, radiation, purple, red, green, yellow, pink, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, colours, colors, moon, whirls, celestial, clouds, nature, dark, nights, night-time, forest, 1989, September, December, Boxing, Day, slide, film, Fuji, RHP, RSP11, 400asa, 1600asa, 35mm, time, exposure, Nikon, FM2, wide, angle, lens, 28mm, 24mm, f2.8, scanned, scan, earliest, first, captured

Aurora Cairn O Mount au617119jhp
Scotland Aurora Borealis Boxing Day December rays bright Cairn O’Mount 1989 taken from just below the Cairn O’Mount on its North face and which looks northwards towards Deeside. This photo is from the fourth Aurora Display I photographed after my first one in September and the arc started to develop from 22.00 hrs UT onwards. I felt that the summit of the Cairn would be a good vantage point and offer uncluttered views northwards. It was a good light pollution free viewpoint but apart from an occasional passing car, headlights a headache during an exposure, I soon realised that it was along way to go and of course further south of and way from any displays. In some of the photos there are two small lights on the horizon which I reckoned were from a farm on the Hill of Fare several miles to the north. The single dark pole is a snow pole and on the side of the nearby hillside are snow fences. This display was a classic in terms of an Arc, waxing and waning until it reached a point of no return when single and then multiple burst upwards from the arc as well as moving quite rapidly from right to left; East to West. Generally the colour was a pale whitish/yellow colour with a hint of red in some of the rays.

The project to photograph an Aurora came after a missed opportunity earlier in the year in March with what became known as the Big Aurora, a full Corona over Deeside. I had got the idea of trying to photograph a display following on from my success in 1986 of capturing Halley’s Comet thanks to the support of the Astronomy Ian Shepherd at the Edinburgh Observatory. I had heard about the Big Aurora but had missed the display buried away in my darkroom processing B&W photos for the local newspaper. Ian suggested I contact John MacNicol, President of the Aberdeen Astronomy Society and he eventually tipped me off about the first display I saw. Later tips helped until I started to park at a favourite viewpoint every clear night over the forthcoming years, the days before the Internet, and just watch the night sky.

I took Fuji RHP 400asa and RSP 11, rated at 1600ASA, the fastest available at the time in 35mm slide film of which this photo is an example and I tried both as well as bracketing exposures around the 20 second mark based on my experiences with photographing the Comet and aware that exposures much longer than that incurred the affect of star trail so instead of sharp dots for stars they became lines. Instead of a telephoto lens as per the Comet, for Aurora I used my widest lens, a Nikkor 28mm with a f2.8 widest aperture. Push processing the slide film at the Fuji lab by two stops to the equivalent of 1600asa I found that an exposure around 20 second eventually gave the best results for best colour saturation and exposure and giving the maximum control of grain without it appearing washed out from underexposure. This basic arrangement eventually worked best when I moved to a DSLR Fuji S2 in 2003 with an ISO of 1600 giving comparable results to the ASA equivalent and the noise factor was akin to the grain of slide film. As I shot my general landscape work using Fuji I stayed with it for the Aurora although Kodak film was acceptable in quality and results. I felt that the Fuji film handled the reds and greens better anyway and these are in practice the primary colours of Aurora displays when oxygen is excited by the incoming electrons.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, British, North, Northern, East, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Glen, Dye, Cairn, O’Mount, road, Heatheryhaugh, Clachnaben, Aurora, Borealis, Arc, Rays, Northern, Lights, Merry Dancers, landscape, photos, photographs, sunspots, solar, flares, CME, electrons, photons, storms, energy, sun, stars, oxygen, gas, Van, Allen, belt, ionosphere, flares, space, molecules, magnetic, disturbance, magnetometers, belts, radiation, purple, red, green, yellow, pink, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, colours, colors, moon, whirls, celestial, clouds, nature, dark, nights, night-time, forest, 1989, September, December, Boxing, Day, slide, film, Fuji, RHP, RSP11, 400asa, 1600asa, 35mm, time, exposure, Nikon, FM2, wide, angle, lens, 28mm, 24mm, f2.8, scanned, scan, earliest, first, captured

Aurora Cairn O Mount au617118jhp
Scottish Aurora Borealis display Boxing Day west rays Cairn O’Mount 1989 taken from just below the Cairn O’Mount on its North face and which looks northwards towards Deeside. This photo is from the fourth Aurora Display I photographed after my first one in September and the arc started to develop from 22.00 hrs UT onwards. I felt that the summit of the Cairn would be a good vantage point and offer uncluttered views northwards. It was a good light pollution free viewpoint but apart from an occasional passing car, headlights a headache during an exposure, I soon realised that it was along way to go and of course further south of and way from any displays. In some of the photos there are two small lights on the horizon which I reckoned were from a farm on the Hill of Fare several miles to the north. The single dark pole is a snow pole and on the side of the nearby hillside are snow fences. This display was a classic in terms of an Arc, waxing and waning until it reached a point of no return when single and then multiple burst upwards from the arc as well as moving quite rapidly from right to left; East to West. Generally the colour was a pale whitish/yellow colour with a hint of red in some of the rays.

The project to photograph an Aurora came after a missed opportunity earlier in the year in March with what became known as the Big Aurora, a full Corona over Deeside. I had got the idea of trying to photograph a display following on from my success in 1986 of capturing Halley’s Comet thanks to the support of the Astronomy Ian Shepherd at the Edinburgh Observatory. I had heard about the Big Aurora but had missed the display buried away in my darkroom processing B&W photos for the local newspaper. Ian suggested I contact John MacNicol, President of the Aberdeen Astronomy Society and he eventually tipped me off about the first display I saw. Later tips helped until I started to park at a favourite viewpoint every clear night over the forthcoming years, the days before the Internet, and just watch the night sky.

I took Fuji RHP 400asa and RSP 11, rated at 1600ASA, the fastest available at the time in 35mm slide film of which this photo is an example and I tried both as well as bracketing exposures around the 20 second mark based on my experiences with photographing the Comet and aware that exposures much longer than that incurred the affect of star trail so instead of sharp dots for stars they became lines. Instead of a telephoto lens as per the Comet, for Aurora I used my widest lens, a Nikkor 28mm with a f2.8 widest aperture. Push processing the slide film at the Fuji lab by two stops to the equivalent of 1600asa I found that an exposure around 20 second eventually gave the best results for best colour saturation and exposure and giving the maximum control of grain without it appearing washed out from underexposure. This basic arrangement eventually worked best when I moved to a DSLR Fuji S2 in 2003 with an ISO of 1600 giving comparable results to the ASA equivalent and the noise factor was akin to the grain of slide film. As I shot my general landscape work using Fuji I stayed with it for the Aurora although Kodak film was acceptable in quality and results. I felt that the Fuji film handled the reds and greens better anyway and these are in practice the primary colours of Aurora displays when oxygen is excited by the incoming electrons
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, British, North, Northern, East, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Glen, Dye, Cairn, O’Mount, road, Heatheryhaugh, Clachnaben, Aurora, Borealis, Arc, multiple, Rays, Northern, Lights, Merry Dancers, landscape, photos, photographs, sunspots, solar, flares, CME, electrons, photons, storms, energy, sun, stars, oxygen, gas, Van, Allen, belt, ionosphere, flares, space, molecules, magnetic, disturbance, magnetometers, belts, radiation, purple, red, green, yellow, pink, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, colours, colors, moon, whirls, celestial, clouds, nature, dark, nights, night-time, forest, 1989, September, December, Boxing, Day, slide, film, Fuji, RHP, RSP11, 400asa, 1600asa, 35mm, time, exposure, Nikon, FM2, wide, angle, lens, 28mm, 24mm, f2.8, scanned, scan, earliest, first, captured

Aurora Cairn O Mount au617117jhp
Scotland Aurora Borealis moving ray red headlights Boxing Day Aberdeenshire December Cairn O’Mount 1989 taken from just below the Cairn O’Mount on its North face and which looks northwards towards Deeside. This photo is from the fourth Aurora Display I photographed after my first one in September and the arc started to develop from 22.00 hrs UT onwards. I felt that the summit of the Cairn would be a good vantage point and offer uncluttered views northwards. It was a good light pollution free viewpoint but apart from an occasional passing car, headlights a headache during an exposure, I soon realised that it was along way to go and of course further south of and way from any displays. In some of the photos there are two small lights on the horizon which I reckoned were from a farm on the Hill of Fare several miles to the north. The single dark pole is a snow pole and on the side of the nearby hillside are snow fences. This display was a classic in terms of an Arc, waxing and waning until it reached a point of no return when single and then multiple burst upwards from the arc as well as moving quite rapidly from right to left; East to West. Generally the colour was a pale whitish/yellow colour with a hint of red in some of the rays.

The project to photograph an Aurora came after a missed opportunity earlier in the year in March with what became known as the Big Aurora, a full Corona over Deeside. I had got the idea of trying to photograph a display following on from my success in 1986 of capturing Halley’s Comet thanks to the support of the Astronomy Ian Shepherd at the Edinburgh Observatory. I had heard about the Big Aurora but had missed the display buried away in my darkroom processing B&W photos for the local newspaper. Ian suggested I contact John MacNicol, President of the Aberdeen Astronomy Society and he eventually tipped me off about the first display I saw. Later tips helped until I started to park at a favourite viewpoint every clear night over the forthcoming years, the days before the Internet, and just watch the night sky.

I took Fuji RHP 400asa and RSP 11, rated at 1600ASA, the fastest available at the time in 35mm slide film of which this photo is an example and I tried both as well as bracketing exposures around the 20 second mark based on my experiences with photographing the Comet and aware that exposures much longer than that incurred the affect of star trail so instead of sharp dots for stars they became lines. Instead of a telephoto lens as per the Comet, for Aurora I used my widest lens, a Nikkor 28mm with a f2.8 widest aperture. Push processing the slide film at the Fuji lab by two stops to the equivalent of 1600asa I found that an exposure around 20 second eventually gave the best results for best colour saturation and exposure and giving the maximum control of grain without it appearing washed out from underexposure. This basic arrangement eventually worked best when I moved to a DSLR Fuji S2 in 2003 with an ISO of 1600 giving comparable results to the ASA equivalent and the noise factor was akin to the grain of slide film. As I shot my general landscape work using Fuji I stayed with it for the Aurora although Kodak film was acceptable in quality and results. I felt that the Fuji film handled the reds and greens better anyway and these are in practice the primary colours of Aurora displays when oxygen is excited by the incoming electrons
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, British, North, Northern, East, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Glen, Dye, Cairn, O’Mount, road, Heatheryhaugh, Clachnaben, Aurora, Borealis, Arc, Rays, Northern, Lights, Merry Dancers, landscape, photos, photographs, sunspots, solar, flares, CME, electrons, photons, storms, energy, sun, stars, oxygen, gas, Van, Allen, belt, ionosphere, flares, space, molecules, magnetic, disturbance, magnetometers, belts, radiation, purple, red, green, yellow, pink, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, colours, colors, moon, whirls, celestial, clouds, nature, dark, nights, night-time, forest, 1989, September, December, Boxing, Day, slide, film, Fuji, RHP, RSP11, 400asa, 1600asa, 35mm, time, exposure, Nikon, FM2, wide, angle, lens, 28mm, 24mm, f2.8, scanned, scan, earliest, first, captured

Aurora Cairn O Mount au617115jhp
Scotland Northern Lights multiple rays arc red yellow display 1989 Boxing Day December Cairn O’Mount taken from just below the Cairn O’Mount on its North face and which looks northwards towards Deeside. This photo is from the fourth Aurora Display I photographed after my first one in September and the arc started to develop from 22.00 hrs UT onwards. I felt that the summit of the Cairn would be a good vantage point and offer uncluttered views northwards. It was a good light pollution free viewpoint but apart from an occasional passing car, headlights a headache during an exposure, I soon realised that it was along way to go and of course further south of and way from any displays. In some of the photos there are two small lights on the horizon which I reckoned were from a farm on the Hill of Fare several miles to the north. The single dark pole is a snow pole and on the side of the nearby hillside are snow fences. This display was a classic in terms of an Arc, waxing and waning until it reached a point of no return when single and then multiple burst upwards from the arc as well as moving quite rapidly from right to left; East to West. Generally the colour was a pale whitish/yellow colour with a hint of red in some of the rays.

The project to photograph an Aurora came after a missed opportunity earlier in the year in March with what became known as the Big Aurora, a full Corona over Deeside. I had got the idea of trying to photograph a display following on from my success in 1986 of capturing Halley’s Comet thanks to the support of the Astronomy Ian Shepherd at the Edinburgh Observatory. I had heard about the Big Aurora but had missed the display buried away in my darkroom processing B&W photos for the local newspaper. Ian suggested I contact John MacNicol, President of the Aberdeen Astronomy Society and he eventually tipped me off about the first display I saw. Later tips helped until I started to park at a favourite viewpoint every clear night over the forthcoming years, the days before the Internet, and just watch the night sky.

I took Fuji RHP 400asa and RSP 11, rated at 1600ASA, the fastest available at the time in 35mm slide film of which this photo is an example and I tried both as well as bracketing exposures around the 20 second mark based on my experiences with photographing the Comet and aware that exposures much longer than that incurred the affect of star trail so instead of sharp dots for stars they became lines. Instead of a telephoto lens as per the Comet, for Aurora I used my widest lens, a Nikkor 28mm with a f2.8 widest aperture. Push processing the slide film at the Fuji lab by two stops to the equivalent of 1600asa I found that an exposure around 20 second eventually gave the best results for best colour saturation and exposure and giving the maximum control of grain without it appearing washed out from underexposure. This basic arrangement eventually worked best when I moved to a DSLR Fuji S2 in 2003 with an ISO of 1600 giving comparable results to the ASA equivalent and the noise factor was akin to the grain of slide film. As I shot my general landscape work using Fuji I stayed with it for the Aurora although Kodak film was acceptable in quality and results. I felt that the Fuji film handled the reds and greens better anyway and these are in practice the primary colours of Aurora displays when oxygen is excited by the incoming electrons.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, British, North, Northern, East, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Glen, Dye, Cairn, O’Mount, road, Heatheryhaugh, Clachnaben, Aurora, Borealis, Arc, Rays, Northern, Lights, Merry Dancers, landscape, photos, photographs, sunspots, solar, flares, CME, electrons, photons, storms, energy, sun, stars, oxygen, gas, Van, Allen, belt, ionosphere, flares, space, molecules, magnetic, disturbance, magnetometers, belts, radiation, purple, red, green, yellow, pink, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, colours, colors, moon, whirls, celestial, clouds, nature, dark, nights, night-time, forest, 1989, September, December, Boxing, Day, slide, film, Fuji, RHP, RSP11, 400asa, 1600asa, 35mm, time, exposure, Nikon, FM2, wide, angle, lens, 28mm, 24mm, f2.8, scanned, scan, earliest, first, captured

Aurora Cairn O Mount au617114jhp
Scotland Aurora Borealis several rays moving arc hill starting display Boxing Day December Cairn O’Mount 1989 taken from just below the Cairn O’Mount on its North face and which looks northwards towards Deeside. This photo is from the fourth Aurora Display I photographed after my first one in September and the arc started to develop from 22.00 hrs UT onwards. I felt that the summit of the Cairn would be a good vantage point and offer uncluttered views northwards. It was a good light pollution free viewpoint but apart from an occasional passing car, headlights a headache during an exposure, I soon realised that it was along way to go and of course further south of and way from any displays. In some of the photos there are two small lights on the horizon which I reckoned were from a farm on the Hill of Fare several miles to the north. The single dark pole is a snow pole and on the side of the nearby hillside are snow fences. This display was a classic in terms of an Arc, waxing and waning until it reached a point of no return when single and then multiple burst upwards from the arc as well as moving quite rapidly from right to left; East to West. Generally the colour was a pale whitish/yellow colour with a hint of red in some of the rays.

The project to photograph an Aurora came after a missed opportunity earlier in the year in March with what became known as the Big Aurora, a full Corona over Deeside. I had got the idea of trying to photograph a display following on from my success in 1986 of capturing Halley’s Comet thanks to the support of the Astronomy Ian Shepherd at the Edinburgh Observatory. I had heard about the Big Aurora but had missed the display buried away in my darkroom processing B&W photos for the local newspaper. Ian suggested I contact John MacNicol, President of the Aberdeen Astronomy Society and he eventually tipped me off about the first display I saw. Later tips helped until I started to park at a favourite viewpoint every clear night over the forthcoming years, the days before the Internet, and just watch the night sky.

I took Fuji RHP 400asa and RSP 11, rated at 1600ASA, the fastest available at the time in 35mm slide film of which this photo is an example and I tried both as well as bracketing exposures around the 20 second mark based on my experiences with photographing the Comet and aware that exposures much longer than that incurred the affect of star trail so instead of sharp dots for stars they became lines. Instead of a telephoto lens as per the Comet, for Aurora I used my widest lens, a Nikkor 28mm with a f2.8 widest aperture. Push processing the slide film at the Fuji lab by two stops to the equivalent of 1600asa I found that an exposure around 20 second eventually gave the best results for best colour saturation and exposure and giving the maximum control of grain without it appearing washed out from underexposure. This basic arrangement eventually worked best when I moved to a DSLR Fuji S2 in 2003 with an ISO of 1600 giving comparable results to the ASA equivalent and the noise factor was akin to the grain of slide film. As I shot my general landscape work using Fuji I stayed with it for the Aurora although Kodak film was acceptable in quality and results. I felt that the Fuji film handled the reds and greens better anyway and these are in practice the primary colours of Aurora displays when oxygen is excited by the incoming electrons.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, British, North, Northern, East, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Glen, Dye, Cairn, O’Mount, road, Heatheryhaugh, Clachnaben, Aurora, Borealis, Arc, Rays, Northern, Lights, Merry Dancers, landscape, photos, photographs, sunspots, solar, flares, CME, electrons, photons, storms, energy, sun, stars, oxygen, gas, Van, Allen, belt, ionosphere, flares, space, molecules, magnetic, disturbance, magnetometers, belts, radiation, purple, red, green, yellow, pink, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, colours, colors, moon, whirls, celestial, clouds, nature, dark, nights, night-time, forest, 1989, September, December, Boxing, Day, slide, film, Fuji, RHP, RSP11, 400asa, 1600asa, 35mm, time, exposure, Nikon, FM2, wide, angle, lens, 28mm, 24mm, f2.8, scanned, scan, earliest, first, captured

Aurora Cairn O Mount au617113jhp
Scottish Aurora Borealis early stage arc active Cairn O'Mount rays display Boxing Day December 1989 taken from just below the Cairn O’Mount on its North face and which looks northwards towards Deeside. This photo is from the fourth Aurora Display I photographed after my first one in September and the arc started to develop from 22.00 hrs UT onwards. I felt that the summit of the Cairn would be a good vantage point and offer uncluttered views northwards. It was a good light pollution free viewpoint but apart from an occasional passing car, headlights a headache during an exposure, I soon realised that it was along way to go and of course further south of and way from any displays. In some of the photos there are two small lights on the horizon which I reckoned were from a farm on the Hill of Fare several miles to the north. The single dark pole is a snow pole and on the side of the nearby hillside are snow fences. This display was a classic in terms of an Arc, waxing and waning until it reached a point of no return when single and then multiple burst upwards from the arc as well as moving quite rapidly from right to left; East to West. Generally the colour was a pale whitish/yellow colour with a hint of red in some of the rays.

The project to photograph an Aurora came after a missed opportunity earlier in the year in March with what became known as the Big Aurora, a full Corona over Deeside. I had got the idea of trying to photograph a display following on from my success in 1986 of capturing Halley’s Comet thanks to the support of the Astronomy Ian Shepherd at the Edinburgh Observatory. I had heard about the Big Aurora but had missed the display buried away in my darkroom processing B&W photos for the local newspaper. Ian suggested I contact John MacNicol, President of the Aberdeen Astronomy Society and he eventually tipped me off about the first display I saw. Later tips helped until I started to park at a favourite viewpoint every clear night over the forthcoming years, the days before the Internet, and just watch the night sky.

I took Fuji RHP 400asa and RSP 11, rated at 1600ASA, the fastest available at the time in 35mm slide film of which this photo is an example and I tried both as well as bracketing exposures around the 20 second mark based on my experiences with photographing the Comet and aware that exposures much longer than that incurred the affect of star trail so instead of sharp dots for stars they became lines. Instead of a telephoto lens as per the Comet, for Aurora I used my widest lens, a Nikkor 28mm with a f2.8 widest aperture. Push processing the slide film at the Fuji lab by two stops to the equivalent of 1600asa I found that an exposure around 20 second eventually gave the best results for best colour saturation and exposure and giving the maximum control of grain without it appearing washed out from underexposure. This basic arrangement eventually worked best when I moved to a DSLR Fuji S2 in 2003 with an ISO of 1600 giving comparable results to the ASA equivalent and the noise factor was akin to the grain of slide film. As I shot my general landscape work using Fuji I stayed with it for the Aurora although Kodak film was acceptable in quality and results. I felt that the Fuji film handled the reds and greens better anyway and these are in practice the primary colours of Aurora displays when oxygen is excited by the incoming electrons.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, British, North, Northern, East, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Glen, Dye, Cairn, O’Mount, road, Heatheryhaugh, Clachnaben, Aurora, Borealis, Arc, Rays, Northern, Lights, Merry Dancers, landscape, photos, photographs, sunspots, solar, flares, CME, electrons, photons, storms, energy, sun, stars, oxygen, gas, Van, Allen, belt, ionosphere, flares, space, molecules, magnetic, disturbance, magnetometers, belts, radiation, purple, red, green, yellow, pink, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, colours, colors, moon, whirls, celestial, clouds, nature, dark, nights, night-time, forest, 1989, September, December, Boxing, Day, slide, film, Fuji, RHP, RSP11, 400asa, 1600asa, 35mm, time, exposure, Nikon, FM2, wide, angle, lens, 28mm, 24mm, f2.8, scanned, scan, earliest, first, captured

Aurora Cairn O Mount au617111jhp
Scotland Aurora Borealis arc start display Aberdeenshire Jim Henderson Photograph Boxing Day December Cairn O’Mount 1989 taken from just below the Cairn O’Mount on its North face and which looks northwards towards Deeside. This photo is from the fourth Aurora Display I photographed after my first one in September and the arc started to develop from 22.00 hrs UT onwards. I felt that the summit of the Cairn would be a good vantage point and offer uncluttered views northwards. It was a good light pollution free viewpoint but apart from an occasional passing car, headlights a headache during an exposure, I soon realised that it was along way to go and of course further south of and way from any displays. In some of the photos there are two small lights on the horizon which I reckoned were from a farm on the Hill of Fare several miles to the north. The single dark pole is a snow pole and on the side of the nearby hillside are snow fences. This display was a classic in terms of an Arc, waxing and waning until it reached a point of no return when single and then multiple burst upwards from the arc as well as moving quite rapidly from right to left; East to West. Generally the colour was a pale whitish/yellow colour with a hint of red in some of the rays.

The project to photograph an Aurora came after a missed opportunity earlier in the year in March with what became known as the Big Aurora, a full Corona over Deeside. I had got the idea of trying to photograph a display following on from my success in 1986 of capturing Halley’s Comet thanks to the support of the Astronomy Ian Shepherd at the Edinburgh Observatory. I had heard about the Big Aurora but had missed the display buried away in my darkroom processing B&W photos for the local newspaper. Ian suggested I contact John MacNicol, President of the Aberdeen Astronomy Society and he eventually tipped me off about the first display I saw. Later tips helped until I started to park at a favourite viewpoint every clear night over the forthcoming years, the days before the Internet, and just watch the night sky.

I took Fuji RHP 400asa and RSP 11, rated at 1600ASA, the fastest available at the time in 35mm slide film of which this photo is an example and I tried both as well as bracketing exposures around the 20 second mark based on my experiences with photographing the Comet and aware that exposures much longer than that incurred the affect of star trail so instead of sharp dots for stars they became lines. Instead of a telephoto lens as per the Comet, for Aurora I used my widest lens, a Nikkor 28mm with a f2.8 widest aperture. Push processing the slide film at the Fuji lab by two stops to the equivalent of 1600asa I found that an exposure around 20 second eventually gave the best results for best colour saturation and exposure and giving the maximum control of grain without it appearing washed out from underexposure. This basic arrangement eventually worked best when I moved to a DSLR Fuji S2 in 2003 with an ISO of 1600 giving comparable results to the ASA equivalent and the noise factor was akin to the grain of slide film. As I shot my general landscape work using Fuji I stayed with it for the Aurora although Kodak film was acceptable in quality and results. I felt that the Fuji film handled the reds and greens better anyway and these are in practice the primary colours of Aurora displays when oxygen is excited by the incoming electrons.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, British, North, Northern, East, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Glen, Dye, Cairn, O’Mount, road, Heatheryhaugh, Clachnaben, Aurora, Borealis, Arc, Rays, Northern, Lights, Merry Dancers, landscape, photos, photographs, sunspots, solar, flares, CME, electrons, photons, storms, energy, sun, stars, oxygen, gas, Van, Allen, belt, ionosphere, flares, space, molecules, magnetic, disturbance, magnetometers, belts, radiation, purple, red, green, yellow, pink, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, colours, colors, moon, whirls, celestial, clouds, nature, dark, nights, night-time, forest, 1989, September, December, Boxing, Day, slide, film, Fuji, RHP, RSP11, 400asa, 1600asa, 35mm, time, exposure, Nikon, FM2, wide, angle, lens, 28mm, 24mm, f2.8, scanned, scan, earliest, first, captured

Aurora Deeside jkl8369jhp
Aurora Borealis February last photo Scottish faint low grade display green rays Aberdeenshire taken on the 27th February, 2014 at Crooktree, 25 miles west of Aberdeen is the first display I have seen this year and the best for several years since the end of the previous Solar Cycle in 2006 although initial forecasts did not suggest a display of this strength was likely over the UK from a glancing CME. It was in fact observed and photographed as far south as Essex in England.

It’s most active phase of the evening’s display was over around 20.30 including a fairly rare occurrence of a folded arc, more common in the most northern regions. This photograph was taken with a Nikon D700 full frame DSLR using a 24mm Nikkor f2.8 lens at f4 and ISO settings of 3200 allowing for much shorter exposure times e.g. circa 15 sec average times with hopefully more accurate recordings of these moving events.

The first activity photographed of this display was about 19.50, looking west of North to the west of Torphins with this last phase of photography, this particular image was taken at 22.32 with my efforts overall completing then when activity, although continuing until after midnight, was very faint and photography would have little value. During the earlier part of this phase there were pulsing sheets of light thrown upwards from the horizon into the higher atmosphere but as so low level that they cannot be photographed. This went on during low level activity with faint rays with an occasional stronger but briefly lasting single ray.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, British, North, Northern, East, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Crooktree, Torphins, Aurora, Borealis, Arc, Rays, bright, patches, Northern, Lights, Merry, Dancers, landscape, panorama, folded, curtains, CME, solar, night, sky, stars, Pleiades, west, westwards, Plough, Ursa, Major, Big, Dipper, Cassiopeia, oxygen, gas, molecules, magnetic, green, yellow, red, nitrogen, purple, colourful, colorful, colours, colors, celestial, night, morning, February, 2014, pine, trees, silhouette, telephone, pole, cottage, roof, chimney.

Aurora Deeside jkl8366jhp
Aurora Borealis winter Scotland faint low grade display green rays stars Plough Aberdeenshire taken on the 27th February, 2014 at Crooktree, 25 miles west of Aberdeen is the first display I have seen this year and the best for several years since the end of the previous Solar Cycle in 2006 although initial forecasts did not suggest a display of this strength was likely over the UK from a glancing CME. It was in fact observed and photographed as far south as Essex in England.

It’s most active phase of the evening’s display was over around 20.30 including a fairly rare occurrence of a folded arc, more common in the most northern regions. This photograph was taken with a Nikon D700 full frame DSLR using a 24mm Nikkor f2.8 lens at f4 and ISO settings of 3200 allowing for much shorter exposure times e.g. circa 15 sec average times with hopefully more accurate recordings of these moving events.

The first activity photographed of this display was about 19.50, looking west of North to the west of Torphins with this last phase of photography, this particular image was taken at 22.31 with my efforts overall completing at 22.32 when activity, although continuing until after midnight, was very faint and photography would have little value. During the earlier part of this phase there were pulsing sheets of light thrown upwards from the horizon into the higher atmosphere but as so low level that they cannot be photographed. This went on during low level activity with faint rays with an occasional stronger but briefly lasting single ray.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, British, North, Northern, East, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Crooktree, Torphins, Aurora, Borealis, Arc, Rays, bright, patches, Northern, Lights, Merry, Dancers, landscape, panorama, folded, curtains, CME, solar, night, sky, stars, Pleiades, west, westwards, Plough, Ursa, Major, Big, Dipper, Cassiopeia, oxygen, gas, molecules, magnetic, green, yellow, red, nitrogen, purple, colourful, colorful, colours, colors, celestial, night, morning, February, 2014, pine, trees, silhouette, telephone, pole, cottage, roof, chimney.

Aurora Deeside jkl8365jhp
Aurora Borealis winter Plough Ursa Major Scottish display green rays gap north Aberdeenshire taken on the 27th February, 2014 at Crooktree, 25 miles west of Aberdeen is the first display I have seen this year and the best for several years since the end of the previous Solar Cycle in 2006 although initial forecasts did not suggest a display of this strength was likely over the UK from a glancing CME. It was in fact observed and photographed as far south as Essex in England.

It’s most active phase of the evening’s display was over around 20.30 including a fairly rare occurrence of a folded arc, more common in the most northern regions. This photograph was taken with a Nikon D700 full frame DSLR using a 24mm Nikkor f2.8 lens at f4 and ISO settings of 3200 allowing for much shorter exposure times e.g. circa 15 sec average times with hopefully more accurate recordings of these moving events.

The first activity photographed of this display was about 19.50, looking west of North to the west of Torphins with this last phase of photography, this particular image was taken at 22.30 with my efforts overall completing at 22.32 when activity, although continuing until after midnight, was very faint and photography would have little value. During the earlier part of this phase there were pulsing sheets of light thrown upwards from the horizon into the higher atmosphere but as so low level that they cannot be photographed. This went on during low level activity with faint rays with an occasional stronger but briefly lasting single ray.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, British, North, Northern, East, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Crooktree, Torphins, Aurora, Borealis, Arc, Rays, bright, patches, Northern, Lights, Merry, Dancers, landscape, panorama, folded, curtains, CME, solar, night, sky, stars, Pleiades, west, westwards, Plough, Ursa, Major, Big, Dipper, Cassiopeia, oxygen, gas, molecules, magnetic, green, yellow, red, nitrogen, purple, colourful, colorful, colours, colors, celestial, night, morning, February, 2014, pine, trees, silhouette, telephone, pole, cottage, roof, chimney.

Aurora Deeside jkl8364jhp
Aurora Borealis winter Scotland east north faint display green rays Deeside taken on the 27th February, 2014 at Crooktree, 25 miles west of Aberdeen is the first display I have seen this year and the best for several years since the end of the previous Solar Cycle in 2006 although initial forecasts did not suggest a display of this strength was likely over the UK from a glancing CME. It was in fact observed and photographed as far south as Essex in England.

It’s most active phase of the evening’s display was over around 20.30 including a fairly rare occurrence of a folded arc, more common in the most northern regions. This photograph was taken with a Nikon D700 full frame DSLR using a 24mm Nikkor f2.8 lens at f4 and ISO settings of 3200 allowing for much shorter exposure times e.g. circa 15 sec average times with hopefully more accurate recordings of these moving events.

The first activity photographed of this display was about 19.50, looking west of North to the west of Torphins with this last phase of photography, this particular image was taken at 22.29 with my efforts overall completing at 22.32 when activity, although continuing until after midnight, was very faint and photography would have little value. During the earlier part of this phase there were pulsing sheets of light thrown upwards from the horizon into the higher atmosphere but as so low level that they cannot be photographed. This went on during low level activity with faint rays with an occasional stronger but briefly lasting single ray.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, British, North, Northern, East, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Crooktree, Torphins, Aurora, Borealis, Arc, Rays, bright, patches, Northern, Lights, Merry, Dancers, landscape, panorama, folded, curtains, CME, solar, night, sky, stars, Pleiades, west, westwards, Plough, Ursa, Major, Big, Dipper, Cassiopeia, oxygen, gas, molecules, magnetic, green, yellow, red, nitrogen, purple, colourful, colorful, colours, colors, celestial, night, morning, February, 2014, pine, trees, silhouette, telephone, pole, cottage, roof, chimney.

Aurora Deeside jkl8359jhp
Northern Lights Crooktree west Scottish faint aircraft display green rays Aberdeenshire taken on the 27th February, 2014 at Crooktree, 25 miles west of Aberdeen is the first display I have seen this year and the best for several years since the end of the previous Solar Cycle in 2006 although initial forecasts did not suggest a display of this strength was likely over the UK from a glancing CME. It was in fact observed and photographed as far south as Essex in England.

It’s most active phase of the evening’s display was over around 20.30 including a fairly rare occurrence of a folded arc, more common in the most northern regions. This photograph was taken with a Nikon D700 full frame DSLR using a 24mm Nikkor f2.8 lens at f4 and ISO settings of 3200 allowing for much shorter exposure times e.g. circa 15 sec average times with hopefully more accurate recordings of these moving events.

The first activity photographed of this display was about 19.50, looking west of North to the west of Torphins with this last phase of photography, this particular image was taken at 22.20 with my efforts overall completing at 22.32 when activity, although continuing until after midnight, was very faint and photography would have little value. During the earlier part of this phase there were pulsing sheets of light thrown upwards from the horizon into the higher atmosphere but as so low level that they cannot be photographed. This went on during low level activity with faint rays with an occasional stronger but briefly lasting single ray.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, British, North, Northern, East, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Crooktree, Torphins, Aurora, Borealis, Arc, Rays, bright, patches, Northern, Lights, Merry, Dancers, landscape, panorama, folded, curtains, CME, solar, night, sky, stars, Pleiades, west, westwards, Plough, Ursa, Major, Big, Dipper, Cassiopeia, oxygen, gas, molecules, magnetic, green, yellow, red, nitrogen, purple, colourful, colorful, colours, colors, celestial, night, morning, February, 2014, pine, trees, silhouette, telephone, pole, cottage, roof, chimney.

Aurora Deeside jkl8356jhp
Aurora Borealis Merry Dancers winter Scotland patching faint display green rays Aberdeenshire taken on the 27th February, 2014 at Crooktree, 25 miles west of Aberdeen is the first display I have seen this year and the best for several years since the end of the previous Solar Cycle in 2006 although initial forecasts did not suggest a display of this strength was likely over the UK from a glancing CME. It was in fact observed and photographed as far south as Essex in England.

It’s most active phase of the evening’s display was over around 20.30 including a fairly rare occurrence of a folded arc, more common in the most northern regions. This photograph was taken with a Nikon D700 full frame DSLR using a 24mm Nikkor f2.8 lens at f4 and ISO settings of 3200 allowing for much shorter exposure times e.g. circa 15 sec average times with hopefully more accurate recordings of these moving events.

The first activity photographed of this display was about 19.50, looking west of North to the west of Torphins with this last phase of photography, this particular image was taken at 22.18 with my efforts overall completing at 22.32 when activity, although continuing until after midnight, was very faint and photography would have little value. During the earlier part of this phase there were pulsing sheets of light thrown upwards from the horizon into the higher atmosphere but as so low level that they cannot be photographed. This went on during low level activity with faint rays with an occasional stronger but briefly lasting single ray.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, British, North, Northern, East, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Crooktree, Torphins, Aurora, Borealis, Arc, Rays, bright, patches, Northern, Lights, Merry, Dancers, landscape, panorama, folded, curtains, CME, solar, night, sky, stars, Pleiades, west, westwards, Plough, Ursa, Major, Big, Dipper, Cassiopeia, oxygen, gas, molecules, magnetic, green, yellow, red, nitrogen, purple, colourful, colorful, colours, colors, celestial, night, morning, February, 2014, pine, trees, silhouette, telephone, pole, cottage, roof, chimney.

Aurora Deeside jkl8351jhp
Aurora Borealis winter Scottish faint low grade display green red rays Aberdeenshire taken on the 27th February, 2014 at Crooktree, 25 miles west of Aberdeen is the first display I have seen this year and the best for several years since the end of the previous Solar Cycle in 2006 although initial forecasts did not suggest a display of this strength was likely over the UK from a glancing CME. It was in fact observed and photographed as far south as Essex in England.

It’s most active phase of the evening’s display was over around 20.30 including a fairly rare occurrence of a folded arc, more common in the most northern regions. This photograph was taken with a Nikon D700 full frame DSLR using a 24mm Nikkor f2.8 lens at f4 and ISO settings of 3200 allowing for much shorter exposure times e.g. circa 15 sec average times with hopefully more accurate recordings of these moving events.

The first activity photographed of this display was about 19.50, looking west of North to the west of Torphins with this last phase of photography, this particular image was taken at 22.14 with my efforts overall completing at 22.30 when activity, although continuing until after midnight, was very faint and photography would have little value. During the earlier part of this phase there were pulsing sheets of light thrown upwards from the horizon into the higher atmosphere but as so low level that they cannot be photographed. This went on during low level activity with faint rays with an occasional stronger but briefly lasting single ray.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, British, North, Northern, East, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Crooktree, Torphins, Aurora, Borealis, Arc, Rays, bright, patches, Northern, Lights, Merry, Dancers, landscape, panorama, folded, curtains, CME, solar, night, sky, stars, Pleiades, west, westwards, Plough, Ursa, Major, Big, Dipper, Cassiopeia, oxygen, gas, molecules, magnetic, green, yellow, red, nitrogen, purple, colourful, colorful, colours, colors, celestial, night, morning, February, 2014, pine, trees, silhouette, telephone, pole, cottage, roof, chimney.

Red Corona Rays UO24532JHP
Aurora Borealis Corona Rays Red Photo Display Royal Deeside Scotland 25 miles west of Aberdeen taken on the evening of 21st January, 2005 using a Fuji S2 and a royalty free selection of a larger rights managed collection further into the gallery. The structure of a corona crown or zenith is forming at the top of this photograph while red oxygen gas coloured rays sweep downwards to the northern horizon filling the whole sky with colour.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, British, North, Northern, East, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Aurora Borealis, Corona, zenith, Arc, Rays, Northern Lights, Merry Dancers, upright, solar, stars, oxygen, gas, molecules, magnetic, red, pink, colourful, colorful, colours, colors, celestial, night

Corona Zenith Rays UO24533JHP
Scottish Aurora Borealis Corona Zenith Rays Red Oxygen Gas Stars display over Royal Deeside, 25 miles west of Aberdeen taken on the evening of 21st January, 2005 using a Fuji S2 and a royalty free selection of a larger rights managed collection further into the gallery. A corona is forming and huge red oxygen gas rays cascade to the northern horizon from a centre point high above the viewer.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, British, North, Northern, East, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Aurora Borealis, Corona, zenith, Arc, Rays, Northern Lights, Merry Dancers, upright, solar, stars, oxygen, gas, molecules, magnetic, red, green, pink, colourful, colorful, colours, colors, whirls, cascade, celestial, night

Aurora Red Rays UO24530JHP
Aurora Borealis Rays Wings Red Green West Royal Deeside Aberdeenshire 25 miles west of Aberdeen taken on the evening of 21st January, 2005 using a Fuji S2 and a royalty free selection of a larger rights managed collection further into the gallery. As the corona starts to form a huge swirl of red oxygen gas rays sweep downwards to the northern horizon.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, British, North, Northern, East, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Aurora Borealis, Corona, zenith, Arc, Rays, Northern Lights, Merry Dancers, upright, solar, stars, oxygen, gas, molecules, magnetic, red, pink, colourful, colorful, colours, colors, celestial, night

Aurora Corona WestwardsTO24029JHP
Aurora Borealis Merry Dancers Display Colours Rays Aberdeenshire Deeside 25 miles west of Aberdeen taken on the evening of 9th November, 2004 using a Fuji S2 and a royalty free selection of a larger rights managed collection further into the gallery. As the display builds into a corona huge spreads of colourful light form rays dropping from overhead to the horizon here looking westwards to the Kincardine ONeil direction.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, British, North, Northern, East, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Aurora Borealis, Corona, zenith, Arc, Rays, Northern Lights, Merry Dancers, upright, solar, stars, oxygen, gas, molecules, magnetic, purple, red, green, yellow, pink, colourful, colorful, colours, colors, whirls, celestial, night

Aurora Rays Active TO24006JHP
Aurora Borealis Rays Arc Streaming Patches Winter Northern Display Low Horizon are braking off the arc with the right-hand tree is aligned on magnetic north and The Plough is in the centre. Taken on 9th November 2004 at 20.14hrsUT, a continuing active period from the previous night and these are located on Royal Deeside some 20 miles west of Aberdeen in the North East of Scotland.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, British, North, Northern, East, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Aurora Borealis, rays, active, arc, double, Northern Lights, Merry Dancers, The Plough, Big Dipper, Ursa Major, winter, northwards, digital, landscape, photos, photographs, sunspots, solar, sun, stars, oxygen, gas, molecules, magnetic, disturbance, green, yellow, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, colours, colors, clouds, dark, nights, night-time

Egypt > Fayoum & Desert (1 file)

Pictures in this gallery cover the Fayoum area, Lake Qarun, Karanis, Qasr al-Saghah and Soknopaiou Nesos

Soknopaiou Nesos fm Desert 6535EG07JHP
Soknopaiou Nesos Ruins Desert Dimyah al-Siba Ptolemaic Egyptian horizon distant town outline dating through to Roman times built by the shores of Lake Qarun or Moeris, with a substantial mudbrick enclosure wall partially buried surrounding the remains of a temple dedicated to Soknopaios, a form of the crocodile God Sobek. It is located in the western desert south of Cairo and is accessed by 4x4 from Faiyum and is often part of a desert trip including Qasr al-Saghah Temple here viewed on approach over the desert track from the Lake.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Egyptology, el-Fayoum, Fayyum, Fayum, Lake Qarun, Moeris, Soknopaiou Nesos, island, Dimyah al-Siba, desert, view, approach, archaeology, ancient, history, upright, digital, Ptolemaic, Ptolemy 11 Philadelphus, Septimius Severus, temple, Suchos, Soknopaios, Sobek, processional, way, mudbrick, enclosure, walls, layering, pan, bedding, hot, sand, blistering, heat, sun, blue, sky, angle, eroded, stones

Egypt > Giza Pyramids & Sphinx (1 file)

Photographs of the three Giza pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, the Sphinx, temples, Solar Barque museum and western cemetery mastabas, including the Light and Sound Show night views.

Giza Cemetery EG050969jhp
Gizah Egyptian Western cemetery tombs mastabas limestone rocks desert located behind the Great Pyramid seen in the top right with Cairo city on the left hand horizon is this warren of old eroded limestone tombs is gradually being excavated and many restored and opened to public view.
Keywords: Egypt, Cairo, ancient, Egyptian, Giza, landscape, great, pyramid, Cheops, Khufu, Mastaba, mastabas, Western, cemetery, royalty, nobles, burial, tombs, Egyptology, archaeology, afterlife, religion, beliefs, death, warren, ruin, erosion, desolate, eerie, death, erosion, soft, limestone, desert, sand

Egypt > Lake Nasser (8 files)

This gallery will contain photos of the sites visited on cruises of Lake Nasser from Kasr Imbrim in the south, Amada, Derr Tomb, Pennuit, El Seboua, Dakka, Maharraka, Qertassi and Kalabsha near Aswan.

Lake Nasser Guide EG961479jhp
Lake Nasser Egypt Cruise transfer guide umbrella Nubian tourists shore is another way of visiting Abu Simbel after exhausting the Aswan and Nile cruise options. A greater expanse of water although always within sight of distant rocky outlines it offers hotter temperatures, the chance to spend more time at Abu Simbel and see the Light and Sound Show and a range of additional smaller temples and tombs throughout the 3 day trip.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, River, Nile, Lake, Nasser, Nubia, landscape, upright, guide, umbrella, galabea, sitting, tables, people, cruise, cruiseboat, sun, colourful, colorful, water, flags, deck, seats, tables, awning, tarpaulin, cover, horizon, scan, scanned, 645, slide, transparency, 1996, Kuoni, Nubian, Sea, relaxing, relaxed, leisurely, flowers, rail, railing, lifebelt, wake, foam, travelling, sailing

Lake Nasser Cruise EG961533jhp
Lake Nasser Egypt Cruise Cruiseboat Deck Visitors Passengers sitting relaxing Nubian Sea is another way of visiting Abu Simbel after exhausting the Aswan and Nile cruise options. A greater expanse of water although always within sight of distant rocky outlines it offers hotter temperatures, the chance to spend more time at Abu Simbel and see the Light and Sound Show and a range of additional smaller temples and tombs throughout the 3 day trip.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, River, Nile, Lake, Nasser, Nubia, landscape, sitting, tables, people, cruise, cruiseboat, sun, colourful, colorful, water, flags, deck, seats, tables, awning, tarpaulin, cover, horizon, scan, scanned, 645, slide, transparency, 1996, Kuoni, Nubian, Sea, relaxing, relaxed, leisurely, flowers, rail, railing, lifebelt, wake, foam, travelling, sailing

Lake Nasser Cruise EG961532jhp
Lake Nasser Egypt Cruise Cruiseboat Nubian Sea Deck water wake railings blue sky is another way of visiting Abu Simbel after exhausting the Aswan and Nile cruise options. A greater expanse of water although always within sight of distant rocky outlines it offers hotter temperatures, the chance to spend more time at Abu Simbel and see the Light and Sound Show and a range of additional smaller temples and tombs throughout the 3 day trip.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, River, Nile, Lake, Nasser, Nubia, landscape, upright, sitting, tables, people, cruise, cruiseboat, sun, colourful, colorful, water, flags, deck, seats, tables, awning, tarpaulin, cover, horizon, scan, scanned, 645, slide, transparency, 1996, Kuoni, Nubian, Sea, relaxing, relaxed, leisurely, flowers, rail, railing, lifebelt, wake, foam, travelling, sailing

Lake Nasser Cruise EG961531jhp
Lake Nasser Egyptian Cruise boat Deck water wake railings blue sky is another way of visiting Abu Simbel after exhausting the Aswan and Nile cruise options. A greater expanse of water although always within sight of distant rocky outlines it offers hotter temperatures, the chance to spend more time at Abu Simbel and see the Light and Sound Show and a range of additional smaller temples and tombs throughout the 3 day trip.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, River, Nile, Lake, Nasser, Nubia, landscape, sitting, tables, people, cruise, cruiseboat, sun, colourful, colorful, water, flags, deck, seats, tables, awning, tarpaulin, cover, horizon, scan, scanned, 645, slide, transparency, 1996, Kuoni, Nubian, Sea, relaxing, relaxed, leisurely, flowers, rail, railing, lifebelt, wake, foam, travelling, sailing

Lake Nasser Cruise EG961478jhp
Lake Nasser Egypt Cruise Cruiseboat Deck Visitors Passengers transfer visiting temple sitting relaxing Nubian Sea is another way of visiting Abu Simbel after exhausting the Aswan and Nile cruise options. A greater expanse of water although always within sight of distant rocky outlines it offers hotter temperatures, the chance to spend more time at Abu Simbel and see the Light and Sound Show and a range of additional smaller temples and tombs throughout the 3 day trip.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, River, Nile, Lake, Nasser, Nubia, landscape, upright, transfer, launch, motorboat, sitting, tables, people, cruise, cruiseboat, sun, colourful, colorful, water, flags, deck, seats, tables, awning, tarpaulin, cover, horizon, scan, scanned, 645, slide, transparency, 1996, Kuoni, Nubian, Sea, relaxing, relaxed, leisurely, flowers, rail, railing, lifebelt, wake, foam, travelling, sailing

Lake Nasser Cruise EG961467jhp
Lake Nasser Egyptian Cruise Cruiseboat Nubian Sea bow flags horizon is another way of visiting Abu Simbel after exhausting the Aswan and Nile cruise options. A greater expanse of water although always within sight of distant rocky outlines it offers hotter temperatures, the chance to spend more time at Abu Simbel and see the Light and Sound Show and a range of additional smaller temples and tombs throughout the 3 day trip.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, River, Nile, Lake, Nasser, Nubia, landscape, upright, bow, front, sitting, tables, people, cruise, cruiseboat, sun, colourful, colorful, water, flags, flagpole, deck, seats, tables, awning, tarpaulin, cover, horizon, scan, scanned, 645, slide, transparency, 1996, Kuoni, Nubian, Sea, relaxing, relaxed, leisurely, flowers, rail, railing, lifebelt, wake, foam, travelling, sailing

Cruising Lake Nasser EG051525JHP
Lake Nasser Cruise Egyptian Cruiseboat Nubian Sea Deck View Photograph and is another way of visiting Abu Simbel after exhausting the Aswan and Nile cruise options. A greater expanse of water although always within sight of distant rocky outlines it offers hotter temperatures, the chance to spend more time at Abu Simbel and see the Light and Sound Show and a range of additional smaller temples and tombs throughout the 3 day trip.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, River Nile, Lake, Nasser, Nubia, landscape, cruiseboat, sun, colourful, colorful, relaxing, water, flags, deck, shoreline, rocky, horizon

Cruising Lake Nasser EG051522JHP
Lake Nasser Cruise Cruiseboat Egyptian Flag Bow Deck Sunshine Photo is another way of visiting Abu Simbel after exhausting the Aswan and Nile cruise options. A greater expanse of water although always within sight of distant rocky outlines it offers hotter temperatures, the chance to spend more time at Abu Simbel and see the Light and Sound Show and a range of additional smaller temples and tombs throughout the 3 day trip.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, River Nile, Lake, Nasser, Nubia, upright, cruiseboat, sun, colourful, colorful, relaxing, water, flags, deck, shoreline, rocky, horizon, bow, railings

Egypt > Minya, Amarna & Ashmunayn (5 files)

Photographs in this gallery cover the main sites of Amarna, its North Palace, Aten and Small Temple, Bani Hasan Rock cut chapels, Tuna el-Gebel with the Catacombs with baboon and ibis mummies, Stela of Akhenaten on the north boundary, Petosiris Tomb-Chapel, Chapels of Ptoemais and Isadora, Roman Water Wheel Well and Temple of Thoth and el Ashmunein with an Open Air Museum with huge granite statues of Baboons and nearby a Temple to Thoth with a later Christian Basilica all located along the River Nile between Cairo and Luxor accessed from the nearby university city of Minya

Nile Sunrise Minya EG076097jhp
Sunrise Sun Ra Aten River Nile Minya Egypt orange clouds sky trees silhouettes taken from the hotel overlooking the River Nile as the base for visiting the sites of Bani Hasan and Amarna. This sunrise apart from its fantastic colours was also fascinating for the huge flocks of small birds that fly from their roosting trees as the first hint of dawn. The earlier photographs have series of dots which are the flocks of birds flying northwards, from right to left, but as the sun came up most of the flocks had passed and fewer birds interfered with getting photographs of the beautiful sunrise. We stayed in the Mercure Hotel Nefertiti, an aging hotel which had seen better days, from which these dawn photos are taken and it overlooked the newer chalet type complex called Hotel Aten. The dawn was around 6.00am on our second day and the earlier than required get up was certainly worth it for this sunrise.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, River Nile, Minya, city, dawn, sunrise, clouds, pink, red, yellow, landscape, sun, risen, Ra, Aten, akhet, horizon, rising, palm, trees, silhouette, silhouetted, eastern, desert, east, hills, outlines, water, reflections, islands, riverbank, hotel, balcony, Nefertiti, Mercure, Aten, view, excursion, tour, package, holiday, travel, digital, landscape, Egyptology, history, archaeology, ancient, cirrus, streaks, horsetails, puffs, puffy, flak

Nile Sunrise Minya EG076096jhp
Sunrise River Nile Minya Egyptian red eastern hills horizon akhet silhouettes taken from the hotel overlooking the River Nile as the base for visiting the sites of Bani Hasan and Amarna. This sunrise apart from its fantastic colours was also fascinating for the huge flocks of small birds that fly from their roosting trees as the first hint of dawn. The earlier photographs have series of dots which are the flocks of birds flying northwards, from right to left, but as the sun came up most of the flocks had passed and fewer birds interfered with getting photographs of the beautiful sunrise. We stayed in the Mercure Hotel Nefertiti, an aging hotel which had seen better days, from which these dawn photos are taken and it overlooked the newer chalet type complex called Hotel Aten. The dawn was around 6.00am on our second day and the earlier than required get up was certainly worth it for this sunrise.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, River Nile, Minya, city, dawn, sunrise, clouds, pink, red, yellow, upright, sun, risen, Ra, Aten, akhet, horizon, rising, palm, trees, silhouette, silhouetted, eastern, desert, east, hills, outlines, water, reflections, islands, riverbank, hotel, balcony, Nefertiti, Mercure, Aten, view, excursion, tour, package, holiday, travel, digital, upright, Egyptology, history, archaeology, ancient, cirrus, streaks, horsetails, puffs, puffy, flak

Nile Sunrise Minya EG076095jhp
Sunrise Sun hills akhet horizon River Nile Minya Egypt sky trees silhouettes taken from the hotel overlooking the River Nile as the base for visiting the sites of Bani Hasan and Amarna. This sunrise apart from its fantastic colours was also fascinating for the huge flocks of small birds that fly from their roosting trees as the first hint of dawn. The earlier photographs have series of dots which are the flocks of birds flying northwards, from right to left, but as the sun came up most of the flocks had passed and fewer birds interfered with getting photographs of the beautiful sunrise. We stayed in the Mercure Hotel Nefertiti, an aging hotel which had seen better days, from which these dawn photos are taken and it overlooked the newer chalet type complex called Hotel Aten. The dawn was around 6.00am on our second day and the earlier than required get up was certainly worth it for this sunrise.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, River Nile, Minya, city, dawn, sunrise, clouds, pink, red, yellow, landscape, sun, risen, Ra, Aten, akhet, horizon, rising, palm, trees, silhouette, silhouetted, eastern, desert, east, hills, outlines, water, reflections, islands, riverbank, hotel, balcony, Nefertiti, Mercure, Aten, view, excursion, tour, package, holiday, travel, digital, landscape, Egyptology, history, archaeology, ancient, cirrus, streaks, horsetails, puffs, puffy, flak

Nile Sunrise Minya EG076094jhp
Sunrise Hills horizon akhet sun orb River Nile Minya Egypt red clouds sky trees silhouettes taken from the hotel overlooking the River Nile as the base for visiting the sites of Bani Hasan and Amarna. This sunrise apart from its fantastic colours was also fascinating for the huge flocks of small birds that fly from their roosting trees as the first hint of dawn. The earlier photographs have series of dots which are the flocks of birds flying northwards, from right to left, but as the sun came up most of the flocks had passed and fewer birds interfered with getting photographs of the beautiful sunrise. We stayed in the Mercure Hotel Nefertiti, an aging hotel which had seen better days, from which these dawn photos are taken and it overlooked the newer chalet type complex called Hotel Aten. The dawn was around 6.00am on our second day and the earlier than required get up was certainly worth it for this sunrise.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, River Nile, Minya, city, dawn, sunrise, clouds, pink, red, yellow, landscape, sun, orb, round, circle, risen, Ra, Aten, akhet, horizon, rising, palm, trees, silhouette, silhouetted, eastern, desert, east, hills, outlines, water, reflections, islands, riverbank, hotel, balcony, Nefertiti, Mercure, Aten, view, excursion, tour, package, holiday, travel, digital, upright, Egyptology, history, archaeology, ancient, cirrus, streaks, horsetails, puffs, puffy, flak

Nile Sunrise Minya EG076093jhp
Sunrise East hills akhet horizon Egypt Egyptian red sky silhouette Sun taken from the hotel overlooking the River Nile as the base for visiting the sites of Bani Hasan and Amarna. This sunrise apart from its fantastic colours was also fascinating for the huge flocks of small birds that fly from their roosting trees as the first hint of dawn. The earlier photographs have series of dots which are the flocks of birds flying northwards, from right to left, but as the sun came up most of the flocks had passed and fewer birds interfered with getting photographs of the beautiful sunrise. We stayed in the Mercure Hotel Nefertiti, an aging hotel which had seen better days, from which these dawn photos are taken and it overlooked the newer chalet type complex called Hotel Aten. The dawn was around 6.00am on our second day and the earlier than required get up was certainly worth it for this sunrise.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, River Nile, Minya, city, dawn, sunrise, clouds, pink, red, yellow, landscape, sun, risen, Ra, Aten, akhet, horizon, rising, palm, trees, silhouette, silhouetted, eastern, desert, east, hills, outlines, water, reflections, islands, riverbank, hotel, balcony, Nefertiti, Mercure, Aten, view, excursion, tour, package, holiday, travel, digital, landscape, Egyptology, history, archaeology, ancient, cirrus, streaks, horsetails, puffs, puffy, flak

Egypt > North of Cairo (7 files)

This gallery has photographs of the main sites North of Cairo, usually visited privately as not part of most Egyptian tours, and includes Heliopolis, Tell Basta near Zagazig and Tanis near the north coast of Egypt

Alexandria Sea View eg961373jhp
Egypt Egyptians Alexandria City Mediterranean sea waves fishermen fortress Quaitbay coast is no longer reminiscent of the ancient city from Pharaoh’s times and little of that ancient time remains. A few isolated sites can be visited and one of the most famous, the Lighthouse or Pharos is no longer and would have been in the far distant horizon of this photo of the Eastern Harbour where an old military fort built by Sultan Qaitbay in 1480 is thought to have been built on its foundations. With a distinctly European feel to it, it is sometimes offered as a day trip on a Cairo package but is seldom part of the main Nile packages.
Keywords: Egypt: Egyptian, ancient, Alexandria, city, coast, Mediterranean, sea, harbour, lighthouse, bay, Eastern, boats, fishing, fishermen, fortress, Pharos, military, fort, Sultan, Qaitbay, sunshine, blue, sky, water, painted, colours, colourful, white, yellow, aubergine, purple, anchored, shore, beached, sailing, landscape, September, 1996, 35mm, slide, film, Fuji, RDP2, 100asa, colour, scanned, scan, Nikon, FM2, Nikkor, 28mm f2.8

Alexandria Eastern Harbour eg961363jhp
Egypt Alexandria harbour eastern boats sailing beached fortress Quaitbay colourful modern Mediterranean museum lost is no longer reminiscent of the ancient city from Pharaoh’s times and little of that ancient time remains. A few isolated sites can be visited and one of the most famous, the Lighthouse or Pharos is no longer and would have been in the far distant horizon of this photo of the Eastern Harbour where an old military fort built by Sultan Qaitbay in 1480 is thought to have been built on its foundations. With a distinctly European feel to it, it is sometimes offered as a day trip on a Cairo package but is seldom part of the main Nile packages.
Keywords: Egypt: Egyptian, ancient, Alexandria, city, coast, Mediterranean, sea, harbour, lighthouse, bay, Eastern, boats, fishing, fishermen, fortress, Pharos, military, fort, Sultan, Qaitbay, sunshine, blue, sky, water, painted, colours, colourful, white, yellow, aubergine, purple, anchored, shore, beached, sailing, landscape, upright, September, 1996, 645, transparency, film, Fuji, RDP2, 100asa, colour, scanned, scan, Bronica, ETRSi, medium, wide angle, 40mm f4

Alexandria Eastern Harbour eg9613613jhp
Egypt Egyptian Alexandria harbour fortress Quaitbay eastern fishing lone fisherman modern Mediterranean coastal city is no longer reminiscent of the ancient city from Pharaoh’s times and little of that ancient time remains. A few isolated sites can be visited and one of the most famous, the Lighthouse of Pharos is no longer and would have been in the far distant horizon of this photo of the Eastern Harbour where there is an old military fort built by Sultan Qaitbay in 1480 which is thought to have been built on its foundations. With a distinctly European feel to it, it is sometimes offered as a day trip on a Cairo package but is seldom part of the main Nile packages.
Keywords: Egypt: Egyptian, ancient, Alexandria, city, coast, Mediterranean, sea, harbour, lighthouse, bay, Eastern, boats, fishing, fishermen, lone, fisherman, fortress, Pharos, military, fort, Sultan, Qaitbay, sunshine, blue, sky, water, waves, rocks, foam, colours, colourful, shore, seashore, landscape, September, 1996, 645, transparency, film, Fuji, RDP2, 100asa, colour, scanned, scan, Bronica, ETRSi, medium, wide angle, 40mm f4, upright

Alexandria Eastern Harbour eg9613612jhp
Egypt Egyptian Alexandria city harbour eastern fishing Egyptians fishermen modern Mediterranean coastal city is no longer reminiscent of the ancient city from Pharaoh’s times and little of that ancient time remains. A few isolated sites can be visited and one of the most famous, the Lighthouse of Pharos is no longer and would have been in the far distant horizon of this photo of the Eastern Harbour where there is an old military fort built by Sultan Qaitbay in 1480 which is thought to have been built on its foundations. With a distinctly European feel to it, it is sometimes offered as a day trip on a Cairo package but is seldom part of the main Nile packages.
Keywords: Egypt: Egyptian, ancient, Alexandria, city, coast, Mediterranean, sea, harbour, lighthouse, bay, Eastern, boats, fishing, fishermen, lone, fisherman, fortress, Pharos, military, fort, Sultan, Qaitbay, sunshine, blue, sky, water, waves, rocks, foam, colours, colourful, shore, seashore, landscape, September, 1996, 645, transparency, film, Fuji, RDP2, 100asa, colour, scanned, scan, Bronica, ETRSi, medium, wide angle, 40mm f4

Alexandria Eastern Harbour eg9613529jhp
Egypt Alexandria city harbour eastern boats colourful packed shore modern Mediterranean museum lost is no longer reminiscent of the ancient city from Pharaoh’s times and little of that ancient time remains. A few isolated sites can be visited and one of the most famous, the Lighthouse or Pharos is no longer and would have been in the far distant horizon of this photo of the Eastern Harbour where an old military fort built by Sultan Qaitbay in 1480 is thought to have been built on its foundations. With a distinctly European feel to it, it is sometimes offered as a day trip on a Cairo package but is seldom part of the main Nile packages.
Keywords: Egypt: Egyptian, ancient, Alexandria, city, coast, Mediterranean, sea, harbour, lighthouse, bay, Eastern, boats, fishing, fishermen, fortress, Pharos, military, fort, Sultan, Qaitbay, sunshine, blue, sky, water, painted, colours, colourful, white, yellow, aubergine, purple, anchored, shore, beached, sailing, landscape, September, 1996, 35mm, slide, film, Fuji, RDP2, 100asa, colour, scanned, scan, Nikon, FM2, Nikkor, 28mm f2.8, upright

Alexandria Eastern Harbour eg9613528jhp
Egypt Egyptian Alexandria city harbour eastern boats beached shoreline modern Mediterranean museum lost is no longer reminiscent of the ancient city from Pharaoh’s times and little of that ancient time remains. A few isolated sites can be visited and one of the most famous, the Lighthouse or Pharos is no longer and would have been in the far distant horizon of this photo of the Eastern Harbour where an old military fort built by Sultan Qaitbay in 1480 is thought to have been built on its foundations. With a distinctly European feel to it, it is sometimes offered as a day trip on a Cairo package but is seldom part of the main Nile packages.
Keywords: Egypt: Egyptian, ancient, Alexandria, city, coast, Mediterranean, sea, harbour, lighthouse, bay, Eastern, boats, fishing, fishermen, fortress, Pharos, military, fort, Sultan, Qaitbay, sunshine, blue, sky, water, painted, colours, colourful, white, yellow, aubergine, purple, anchored, shore, beached, sailing, landscape, September, 1996, 35mm, slide, film, Fuji, RDP2, 100asa, colour, scanned, scan, Nikon, FM2, Nikkor, 28mm f2.8

Alexandria Harbour EG961364jhp
Egypt Egyptian Alexandria city harbour eastern boats modern Mediterranean museum lost is no longer reminiscent of the ancient city from Pharaoh’s times and little of that ancient time remains. A few isolated sites can be visited and one of the most famous, the Lighthouse or Pharos is no longer and would have been in the far distant horizon of this photo of the Eastern Harbour where an old military fort built by Sultan Qaitbay in 1480 is thought to have been built on its foundations. With a distinctly European feel to it, it is sometimes offered as a day trip on a Cairo package but is seldom part of the main Nile packages.
Keywords: Egypt: Egyptian, ancient, Alexandria, city, coast, Mediterranean, sea, harbour, Eastern, boats, fishing, sunshine, blue, sky, water, painted, colours, colourful, landscape, 1996, 645, slide, film, transparency, scanned, scan, Bronica, ETRSi

Egypt > Outlying Pyramids (26 files)

Pictures of pyramids and scenery related to them outwith the main sites of Giza and Saqqara such as Abusir, Dashur, El Lisht, Meydum and Hawara

Meidum Pyramid eg012915jhp
Maydum pyramid collapsed farmland horizon standing dominant Sneferu ancient early example Faiyum of the final structure of the Egyptian pyramids that finally dominated the Giza skyline. It is thought at Maidum pyramid was the first smooth sided success evolving the Step Pyramid design from Saqqara. Now held to be started by Huni, last King of the 3rd Dynasty and completed by his son Sneferu so dating from around 2600BC. Latest theories suggest it collapsed possibly before it was completed evidenced by human remains found under the rubble. This view is looking up the causeway now covered in sand. You can also enter the interior of the pyramid down a long descending corridor of 57m into the natural rock under the pyramid where a short shaft allows access into the burial chamber with its impressive limestone lined corbelled roof. Near by is Mastaba No 17 into which you also access, torch advised, in which is a sarcophagus larger than the one in the King’s Chamber in the Great Pyramid at Giza.
Keywords: Egypt, Cairo, Memphis, Saqqara, River, Nile, Lower, Egyptian, Fayoum, Meydum, Pyramid, Mastaba, landscape, agricultural, fields, roadside, desert, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, looking up, construction, architecture, design, flaws, experimental, pharaoh, Snofru, Snefru, Sneferu, Huni, Maidum, Meidum, Maydum, necropolis, royal, tombs, chapel, death, burial, chamber, corbelled, roof, limestone, blocks, afterlife, el-Fayum, al-Fayyum, el-Faiyum, 3rd, Dynasty, collapse, masonry, robbed, step, layers, stone, mudbrick, mastaba, No 17, sarcophagus, passageway, crawl, anonymous, false, history, holiday, cruise, escarpment, floods, inundation, annual, high, ground, causeway, sand, buried, collapsed, June, 2001, 35mm, slide, film, Fuji, RVP, Velvia, 50asa, colour, scanned, scan, Nikon, FM, Tokina SD, 28-70mm zoom, upright

Meidum Pyramid eg012914jhp
Maidum pyramid farmland fields Fayyum horizon standing dominant Sneferu ancient early example Faiyum of the final structure of the Egyptian pyramids that finally dominated the Giza skyline. It is thought at Maidum pyramid was the first smooth sided success evolving the Step Pyramid design from Saqqara. Now held to be started by Huni, last King of the 3rd Dynasty and completed by his son Sneferu so dating from around 2600BC. Latest theories suggest it collapsed possibly before it was completed evidenced by human remains found under the rubble. This view is looking up the causeway now covered in sand. You can also enter the interior of the pyramid down a long descending corridor of 57m into the natural rock under the pyramid where a short shaft allows access into the burial chamber with its impressive limestone lined corbelled roof. Near by is Mastaba No 17 into which you also access, torch advised, in which is a sarcophagus larger than the one in the King’s Chamber in the Great Pyramid at Giza.
Keywords: Egypt, Cairo, Memphis, Saqqara, River, Nile, Lower, Egyptian, Fayoum, Meydum, Pyramid, Mastaba, landscape, agricultural, fields, desert, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, looking up, construction, architecture, design, flaws, experimental, pharaoh, Snofru, Snefru, Sneferu, Huni, Maidum, Meidum, Maydum, necropolis, royal, tombs, chapel, death, burial, chamber, corbelled, roof, limestone, blocks, afterlife, el-Fayum, al-Fayyum, el-Faiyum, 3rd, Dynasty, collapse, masonry, robbed, step, layers, stone, mudbrick, mastaba, No 17, sarcophagus, passageway, crawl, anonymous, false, history, holiday, cruise, escarpment, floods, inundation, annual, high, ground, causeway, sand, buried, collapsed, June, 2001, 35mm, slide, film, Fuji, RVP, Velvia, 50asa, colour, scanned, scan, Nikon, FM, Tokina SD, 28-70mm zoom

Abu Sir Pyramids eg9512211jhp
Egypt Abu Sir stone bowl blood bulls desert plateau Step pyramid horizon near Saqqara lying on the desert plateau south from Giza is a complex of what were originally 14 pyramids of which only four are now discernible. The most complete is Old Kingdom Dynasty V King Sahure c 2480BC conforming to Fourth Dynasty plans and I was able to access the site in 1995 and took this amongst other photos. However after that the site was closed during visits up to 2005 while undergoing considerable excavation I understood so much more might now be visible assuming access of allowed. Near Memphis and the Saqqara entrances it was approached through the village of Abu Sir. Generally poorly constructed as in the twilight of the ‘Pyramid Age’ and when the centralised power of the crown declined, the remains although in a poor state of repair there were some fascinating remains such as a beautiful carved red granite column with sharp carved bas reliefs, channels for a drainage system, examples of highly skilled carving of granite blocks and shaped bowls thought to be for collecting blood from sacrificed bulls.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Cairo, Saqqarah, Saqqara, Memphis, necropolis, landscape, history, antiquity, Step, ancient, desert, plateau, sand, pyramid, pyramids, subsidiary, Kings, Pharaohs, Sahure, Neferirkare, Kakai, Nyuserre, Neuserre, Niuserre, Neferefre, Khentkawes, Ptahshepses, official, chapel, mastaba, Egyptology, archaeology, architecture, construction, workmanship, skilled, carvings, reliefs, hieroglyphs, hieroglyphics, cartouche, ancient, history, royal, tomb, sun, temple, goddess, low, bas, relief, 5th Dynasty, Borchardt, tombs, valley, temple, causeway, ramps, mortuary, basalt, red, granite, palm, columns, drainage, channels, temples, Heliopolitan, sun, god, Re, King, November, 1995, 645, transparency, film, Fuji, RDP2, 100asa, colour, scanned, scan, Bronica, ETRSi, medium, wide angle, 40mm f4

Abu Ghurab Sun Temple EG02AA41jhp
Egyptian Abu Ghurab Temple Niuserre Solar Obelisk base eastern aspect isolated location south of Giza, about 25km from Cairo and situated on the desert escarpment after travelling through rural roads and walking in agricultural land and then the sand. Originally thought to be a pyramid, called Riga but now known to be the Sun-Temple of Nyusere c2453-2422 built on an east-west access and although a very elaborate miniature pyramid complex is now very ruined and is thought to be the only one of six standing that were built in the area. Large alabaster bowls of considerable beauty remain from the slaughterhouse where animals would have been sacrificed for the Heb Sed and in similar stone, a huge four-sided Hetep Altar stone remains intact in front of the base of where a large Solar Obelisk would have stood. 2km away is the site of Abusir whose remaining pyramids can be seen across the desert to the south.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Cairo, Giza, Abu Ghurab, Abu Ghurob, pyramid, Sun-Temple, Nyuserre, Niuserre, Riga, Solar, Obelisk, Benben, alabaster, altar, Hetep, four-sided, ruined, collapsed, God, Re, Heliopolis, River, Nile, Abu Sir, upright, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, soft, erosion, limestone, deity, horizon, causeway, buried, pharaoh, royal, tombs, blocks, purification, ceremonial, sacrifice, slaughterhouse, view, eastern, north, corner, aspect, bulls, blood, bowls, channels, drainage, afterlife, travelling, celestial, religion, beliefs, death, burial, gigantic, history, desert, hazy, light, 2002, Fuji, S2, DSLR, digital

Abu Ghurab Sun Temple EG02AA39jhp
Egyptian Abu Ghurob Sun Temple Niuserre Solar Obelisk slaughterhouse view isolated location south of Giza, about 25km from Cairo and situated on the desert escarpment after travelling through rural roads and walking in agricultural land and then the sand. Originally thought to be a pyramid, called Riga but now known to be the Sun-Temple of Nyusere c2453-2422 built on an east-west access and although a very elaborate miniature pyramid complex is now very ruined and is thought to be the only one of six standing that were built in the area. Large alabaster bowls of considerable beauty remain from the slaughterhouse where animals would have been sacrificed for the Heb Sed and in similar stone, a huge four-sided Hetep Altar stone remains intact in front of the base of where a large Solar Obelisk would have stood. 2km away is the site of Abusir whose remaining pyramids can be seen across the desert to the south.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Cairo, Giza, Abu Ghurab, Abu Ghurob, pyramid, Sun-Temple, Nyuserre, Niuserre, Riga, Solar, Obelisk, Benben, alabaster, altar, Hetep, four-sided, ruined, collapsed, God, Re, Heliopolis, River, Nile, Abu Sir, upright, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, soft, erosion, limestone, deity, horizon, causeway, buried, pharaoh, royal, tombs, blocks, purification, ceremonial, sacrifice, slaughterhouse, viewpoint, north, east, bulls, blood, bowls, channels, drainage, afterlife, travelling, celestial, religion, beliefs, death, burial, gigantic, history, desert, hazy, light, 2002, Fuji, S2, DSLR, digital

Abu Ghurab Sun Temple EG02AA38jhp
Egypt ancient Abu Ghurob Sun Temple Nyuserre Solar slaughterhouse east aspect isolated location south of Giza, about 25km from Cairo and situated on the desert escarpment after travelling through rural roads and walking in agricultural land and then the sand. Originally thought to be a pyramid, called Riga but now known to be the Sun-Temple of Nyusere c2453-2422 built on an east-west access and although a very elaborate miniature pyramid complex is now very ruined and is thought to be the only one of six standing that were built in the area. Large alabaster bowls of considerable beauty remain from the slaughterhouse where animals would have been sacrificed for the Heb Sed and in similar stone, a huge four-sided Hetep Altar stone remains intact in front of the base of where a large Solar Obelisk would have stood. 2km away is the site of Abusir whose remaining pyramids can be seen across the desert to the south.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Cairo, Giza, Abu Ghurab, Abu Ghurob, pyramid, Sun-Temple, Nyuserre, Niuserre, Riga, Solar, Obelisk, Benben, alabaster, altar, Hetep, four-sided, ruined, collapsed, God, Re, Heliopolis, River, Nile, Abu Sir, landscape, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, soft, erosion, limestone, deity, horizon, causeway, buried, pharaoh, royal, tombs, blocks, purification, ceremonial, sacrifice, slaughterhouse, viewpoint, north, east, aspect, bulls, blood, bowls, channels, drainage, afterlife, travelling, celestial, religion, beliefs, death, burial, gigantic, history, desert, hazy, light, 2002, Fuji, S2, DSLR, digital

Abu Ghurab Sun Temple EG02AA32jhp
Egypt Abu Ghurab Sun Temple Obelisk ruin west rear fallen blocks desert isolated location south of Giza, about 25km from Cairo and situated on the desert escarpment after travelling through rural roads and walking in agricultural land and then the sand. Originally thought to be a pyramid, called Riga but now known to be the Sun-Temple of Nyusere c2453-2422 built on an east-west access and although a very elaborate miniature pyramid complex is now very ruined and is thought to be the only one of six standing that were built in the area. Large alabaster bowls of considerable beauty remain from the slaughterhouse where animals would have been sacrificed for the Heb Sed and in similar stone, a huge four-sided Hetep Altar stone remains intact in front of the base of where a large Solar Obelisk would have stood. 2km away is the site of Abusir whose remaining pyramids can be seen across the desert to the south.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Cairo, Giza, Abu Ghurab, Abu Ghurob, pyramid, Sun-Temple, Nyuserre, Niuserre, Riga, Solar, Obelisk, Benben, alabaster, altar, Hetep, four-sided, ruined, collapsed, God, Re, Heliopolis, River, Nile, Abu Sir, landscape, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, soft, erosion, limestone, blocks, fallen, west, rear, deity, horizon, causeway, buried, pharaoh, royal, tombs, blocks, purification, ceremonial, sacrifice, slaughterhouse, bulls, blood, bowls, channels, drainage, afterlife, travelling, celestial, religion, beliefs, death, burial, gigantic, history, desert, hazy, light, 2002, Fuji, S2, DSLR, digital

Abu Ghurab Sun Temple EG02AA31jhp
Egyptian Abu Ghurab Sun Temple Obelisk base fallen blocks western side ruined desert isolated location south of Giza, about 25km from Cairo and situated on the desert escarpment after travelling through rural roads and walking in agricultural land and then the sand. Originally thought to be a pyramid, called Riga but now known to be the Sun-Temple of Nyusere c2453-2422 built on an east-west access and although a very elaborate miniature pyramid complex is now very ruined and is thought to be the only one of six standing that were built in the area. Large alabaster bowls of considerable beauty remain from the slaughterhouse where animals would have been sacrificed for the Heb Sed and in similar stone, a huge four-sided Hetep Altar stone remains intact in front of the base of where a large Solar Obelisk would have stood. 2km away is the site of Abusir whose remaining pyramids can be seen across the desert to the south.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Cairo, Giza, Abu Ghurab, Abu Ghurob, pyramid, Sun-Temple, Nyuserre, Niuserre, Riga, Solar, Obelisk, Benben, alabaster, altar, Hetep, four-sided, ruined, collapsed, God, Re, Heliopolis, River, Nile, Abu Sir, upright, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, soft, erosion, limestone, blocks, fallen, west, rear, base, wall, deity, horizon, causeway, buried, pharaoh, royal, tombs, blocks, purification, ceremonial, sacrifice, slaughterhouse, bulls, blood, bowls, channels, drainage, afterlife, travelling, celestial, religion, beliefs, death, burial, gigantic, history, desert, hazy, light, 2002, Fuji, S2, DSLR, digital

Abu Ghurab Sun Temple EG02AA29jhp
Egypt Abu Ghurob Sun Temple Nyuserre Solar Obelisk base shoddy stones ruined desert isolated location south of Giza, about 25km from Cairo and situated on the desert escarpment after travelling through rural roads and walking in agricultural land and then the sand. Originally thought to be a pyramid, called Riga but now known to be the Sun-Temple of Nyusere c2453-2422 built on an east-west access and although a very elaborate miniature pyramid complex is now very ruined and is thought to be the only one of six standing that were built in the area. Large alabaster bowls of considerable beauty remain from the slaughterhouse where animals would have been sacrificed for the Heb Sed and in similar stone, a huge four-sided Hetep Altar stone remains intact in front of the base of where a large Solar Obelisk would have stood. 2km away is the site of Abusir whose remaining pyramids can be seen across the desert to the south.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Cairo, Giza, Abu Ghurab, Abu Ghurob, pyramid, Sun-Temple, Nyuserre, Niuserre, Riga, Solar, Obelisk, Benben, alabaster, altar, Hetep, four-sided, ruined, collapsed, God, Re, Heliopolis, River, Nile, Abu Sir, landscape, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, soft, erosion, limestone, stones, blocks, shoddy, fallen, loose, deity, horizon, causeway, buried, pharaoh, royal, tombs, blocks, purification, ceremonial, sacrifice, slaughterhouse, bulls, blood, bowls, channels, drainage, afterlife, travelling, celestial, religion, beliefs, death, burial, gigantic, history, desert, hazy, light, 2002, Fuji, S2, DSLR, digital

Abu Ghurab Sun Temple EG02AA26jhp
Egypt Abu Ghurob Niuserre large block limestone obelisk base ruined desert isolated location south of Giza, about 25km from Cairo and situated on the desert escarpment after travelling through rural roads and walking in agricultural land and then the sand. Originally thought to be a pyramid, called Riga but now known to be the Sun-Temple of Nyusere c2453-2422 built on an east-west access and although a very elaborate miniature pyramid complex is now very ruined and is thought to be the only one of six standing that were built in the area. Large alabaster bowls of considerable beauty remain from the slaughterhouse where animals would have been sacrificed for the Heb Sed and in similar stone, a huge four-sided Hetep Altar stone remains intact in front of the base of where a large Solar Obelisk would have stood. 2km away is the site of Abusir whose remaining pyramids can be seen across the desert to the south.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Cairo, Giza, Abu Ghurab, Abu Ghurob, pyramid, Sun-Temple, Nyuserre, Niuserre, Riga, Solar, Obelisk, Benben, alabaster, altar, Hetep, four-sided, ruined, collapsed, God, Re, Heliopolis, River, Nile, Abu Sir, landscape, mud, wasps, nests, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, soft, erosion, limestone, deity, large, block, horizon, causeway, buried, pharaoh, royal, tombs, blocks, purification, ceremonial, sacrifice, slaughterhouse, bulls, blood, bowls, channels, drainage, afterlife, travelling, celestial, religion, beliefs, death, burial, gigantic, history, desert, hazy, light, 2002, Fuji, S2, DSLR, digital

Abu Ghurab Sun Temple EG02AA25jhp
Egypt Abu Ghurab Sun Temple limestone blocks fallen mud wasps nests ruin in desert isolated location south of Giza, about 25km from Cairo and situated on the desert escarpment after travelling through rural roads and walking in agricultural land and then the sand. Originally thought to be a pyramid, called Riga but now known to be the Sun-Temple of Nyusere c2453-2422 built on an east-west access and although a very elaborate miniature pyramid complex is now very ruined and is thought to be the only one of six standing that were built in the area. Large alabaster bowls of considerable beauty remain from the slaughterhouse where animals would have been sacrificed for the Heb Sed and in similar stone, a huge four-sided Hetep Altar stone remains intact in front of the base of where a large Solar Obelisk would have stood. 2km away is the site of Abusir whose remaining pyramids can be seen across the desert to the south.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Cairo, Giza, Abu Ghurab, Abu Ghurob, pyramid, Sun-Temple, Nyuserre, Niuserre, Riga, Solar, Obelisk, Benben, alabaster, altar, Hetep, four-sided, ruined, collapsed, God, Re, Heliopolis, River, Nile, Abu Sir, landscape, mud, wasps, nests, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, soft, erosion, limestone, deity, large, block, horizon, causeway, buried, pharaoh, royal, tombs, blocks, purification, ceremonial, sacrifice, slaughterhouse, bulls, blood, bowls, channels, drainage, afterlife, travelling, celestial, religion, beliefs, death, burial, gigantic, history, desert, hazy, light, 2002, Fuji, S2, DSLR, digital

Abu Ghurab Sun Temple EG02AA23jhp
Egypt Abu Ghurab Sun Temple Nyuserre Solar Obelisk base Hetep altar location south of Giza, about 25km from Cairo and situated on the desert escarpment after travelling through rural roads and walking in agricultural land and then the sand. Originally thought to be a pyramid, called Riga but now known to be the Sun-Temple of Nyusere c2453-2422 built on an east-west access and although a very elaborate miniature pyramid complex is now very ruined and is thought to be the only one of six standing that were built in the area. Large alabaster bowls of considerable beauty remain from the slaughterhouse where animals would have been sacrificed for the Heb Sed and in similar stone, a huge four-sided Hetep Altar stone remains intact in front of the base of where a large Solar Obelisk would have stood. 2km away is the site of Abusir whose remaining pyramids can be seen across the desert to the south.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Cairo, Giza, Abu Ghurab, Abu Ghurob, pyramid, Sun-Temple, Nyuserre, Niuserre, Riga, Solar, Obelisk, Benben, alabaster, altar, Hetep, four-sided, ruined, collapsed, God, Re, Heliopolis, River, Nile, Abu Sir, landscape, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, soft, erosion, limestone, deity, horizon, causeway, buried, pharaoh, royal, tombs, blocks, purification, ceremonial, sacrifice, slaughterhouse, bulls, blood, bowls, channels, drainage, afterlife, travelling, celestial, religion, beliefs, death, burial, gigantic, history, desert, hazy, light, 2002, Fuji, S2, DSLR, digital

Abu Ghurab Sun Temple EG02AA17jhp
Egyptian Abu Ghurab Sun Temple desert location agriculture cultivation isolated location south of Giza, about 25km from Cairo and situated on the desert escarpment after travelling through rural roads and walking in agricultural land and then the sand. Originally thought to be a pyramid, called Riga but now known to be the Sun-Temple of Nyusere c2453-2422 built on an east-west access and although a very elaborate miniature pyramid complex is now very ruined and is thought to be the only one of six standing that were built in the area. Large alabaster bowls of considerable beauty remain from the slaughterhouse where animals would have been sacrificed for the Heb Sed and in similar stone, a huge four-sided Hetep Altar stone remains intact in front of the base of where a large Solar Obelisk would have stood. 2km away is the site of Abusir whose remaining pyramids can be seen across the desert to the south.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Cairo, Giza, Abu Ghurab, Abu Ghurob, pyramid, Sun-Temple, Nyuserre, Niuserre, Riga, Solar, Obelisk, Benben, alabaster, altar, Hetep, four-sided, ruined, collapsed, God, Re, Heliopolis, River, Nile, Abu Sir, landscape, agriculture, farming, trees, green, border, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, soft, erosion, limestone, deity, horizon, causeway, buried, pharaoh, royal, tombs, blocks, purification, ceremonial, sacrifice, slaughterhouse, bulls, blood, bowls, channels, drainage, afterlife, travelling, celestial, religion, beliefs, death, burial, gigantic, history, desert, hazy, light, 2002, Fuji, S2, DSLR, digital

Abu Ghurab Sun Temple EG02AA15jhp
Egypt Abu Ghurob Sun Temple Nyuserre Solar Obelisk vestibule base ruin desert isolated location south of Giza, about 25km from Cairo and situated on the desert escarpment after travelling through rural roads and walking in agricultural land and then the sand. Originally thought to be a pyramid, called Riga but now known to be the Sun-Temple of Nyusere c2453-2422 built on an east-west access and although a very elaborate miniature pyramid complex is now very ruined and is thought to be the only one of six standing that were built in the area. Large alabaster bowls of considerable beauty remain from the slaughterhouse where animals would have been sacrificed for the Heb Sed and in similar stone, a huge four-sided Hetep Altar stone remains intact in front of the base of where a large Solar Obelisk would have stood. 2km away is the site of Abusir whose remaining pyramids can be seen across the desert to the south.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Cairo, Giza, Abu Ghurab, Abu Ghurob, pyramid, Sun-Temple, Nyuserre, Niuserre, Riga, Solar, Obelisk, Benben, alabaster, altar, Hetep, four-sided, ruined, collapsed, God, Re, Heliopolis, vestibule, upright, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, soft, erosion, limestone, deity, horizon, causeway, buried, pharaoh, royal, tombs, blocks, purification, ceremonial, sacrifice, slaughterhouse, bulls, blood, bowls, channels, drainage, afterlife, travelling, celestial, religion, beliefs, death, burial, gigantic, history, desert, hazy, light, 2002, Fuji, S2, DSLR, digital

Abu Ghurab Sun Temple EG02AA14jhp
Egyptina Abu Ghurab Sun Temple Niuserre Solar Obelisk base vestibule entrance isolated location south of Giza, about 25km from Cairo and situated on the desert escarpment after travelling through rural roads and walking in agricultural land and then the sand. Originally thought to be a pyramid, called Riga but now known to be the Sun-Temple of Nyusere c2453-2422 built on an east-west access and although a very elaborate miniature pyramid complex is now very ruined and is thought to be the only one of six standing that were built in the area. Large alabaster bowls of considerable beauty remain from the slaughterhouse where animals would have been sacrificed for the Heb Sed and in similar stone, a huge four-sided Hetep Altar stone remains intact in front of the base of where a large Solar Obelisk would have stood. 2km away is the site of Abusir whose remaining pyramids can be seen across the desert to the south.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Cairo, Giza, Abu Ghurab, Abu Ghurob, pyramid, Sun-Temple, Nyuserre, Niuserre, Riga, Solar, Obelisk, Benben, alabaster, altar, Hetep, four-sided, ruined, collapsed, God, Re, Heliopolis, River, Nile, Abu Sir, landscape, vestibule, entrance, causeway, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, soft, erosion, limestone, deity, horizon, causeway, buried, pharaoh, royal, tombs, blocks, purification, ceremonial, sacrifice, slaughterhouse, bulls, blood, bowls, channels, drainage, afterlife, travelling, celestial, religion, beliefs, death, burial, gigantic, history, desert, hazy, light, 2002, Fuji, S2, DSLR, digital

Abu Ghurab Eroded Blocks EG02AA13jhp
Abu Ghurab Nyuserre Solar Obelisk base limestone blocks erosion soft isolated location south of Giza, about 25km from Cairo and situated on the desert escarpment after travelling through rural roads and walking in agricultural land and then the sand. Originally thought to be a pyramid, called Riga but now known to be the Sun-Temple of Nyusere c2453-2422 built on an east-west access and although a very elaborate miniature pyramid complex is now very ruined and is thought to be the only one of six standing that were built in the area. Large alabaster bowls of considerable beauty remain from the slaughterhouse where animals would have been sacrificed for the Heb Sed and in similar stone, a huge four-sided Hetep Altar stone remains intact in front of the base of where a large Solar Obelisk would have stood. 2km away is the site of Abusir whose remaining pyramids can be seen across the desert to the south.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Cairo, Giza, Abu Ghurab, Abu Ghurob, pyramid, Sun-Temple, Nyuserre, Niuserre, Riga, Solar, Obelisk, Benben, alabaster, altar, Hetep, four-sided, ruined, collapsed, God, Re, Heliopolis, River, Nile, Abu Sir, landscape, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, soft, erosion, limestone, deity, horizon, causeway, buried, pharaoh, royal, tombs, blocks, purification, ceremonial, sacrifice, slaughterhouse, bulls, blood, bowls, channels, drainage, afterlife, travelling, celestial, religion, beliefs, death, burial, gigantic, history, desert, hazy, light, 2002, Fuji, S2, DSLR, digital

Abu Ghurab Cartouche EG02AA04jhp
Egyptian Abu Ghurab Ghurob Nyuserre Niuserre Ini cartouche column desert isolated location south of Giza, about 25km from Cairo and situated on the desert escarpment after travelling through rural roads and walking in agricultural land and then the sand. Originally thought to be a pyramid, called Riga but now known to be the Sun-Temple of Nyusere c2453-2422 built on an east-west access and although a very elaborate miniature pyramid complex is now very ruined and is thought to be the only one of six standing that were built in the area. Large alabaster bowls of considerable beauty remain from the slaughterhouse where animals would have been sacrificed for the Heb Sed and in similar stone, a huge four-sided Hetep Altar stone remains intact in front of the base of where a large Solar Obelisk would have stood. 2km away is the site of Abusir whose remaining pyramids can be seen across the desert to the south.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Cairo, Giza, Abu Ghurab, Abu Ghurob, pyramid, Sun-Temple, Nyuserre, Niuserre, cartouche, Ini, carved, column, Riga, Solar, Obelisk, Benben, alabaster, altar, Hetep, four-sided, ruined, collapsed, God, Re, Heliopolis, River, Nile, Abu Sir, upright, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, soft, erosion, limestone, deity, horizon, causeway, buried, pharaoh, royal, tombs, blocks, purification, ceremonial, sacrifice, slaughterhouse, bulls, blood, bowls, channels, drainage, afterlife, travelling, celestial, religion, beliefs, death, burial, gigantic, history, desert, hazy, light, 2002, Fuji, S2, DSLR, digital

Abu Ghurab Approach EG02AA02jhp
Egyptian Abu Ghurob Sun Temple plantation approach farming palm trees ruin desert isolated location south of Giza, about 25km from Cairo and situated on the desert escarpment after travelling through rural roads and walking in agricultural land and then the sand. Originally thought to be a pyramid, called Riga but now known to be the Sun-Temple of Nyusere c2453-2422 built on an east-west access and although a very elaborate miniature pyramid complex is now very ruined and is thought to be the only one of six standing that were built in the area. Large alabaster bowls of considerable beauty remain from the slaughterhouse where animals would have been sacrificed for the Heb Sed and in similar stone, a huge four-sided Hetep Altar stone remains intact in front of the base of where a large Solar Obelisk would have stood. 2km away is the site of Abusir whose remaining pyramids can be seen across the desert to the south.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Cairo, Giza, Abu Ghurab, Abu Ghurob, pyramid, Sun-Temple, Nyuserre, Niuserre, Riga, Solar, Obelisk, Benben, alabaster, altar, Hetep, four-sided, ruined, collapsed, God, Re, Heliopolis, approach, plantation, farming, argriculture, palm, trees, upright, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, soft, erosion, limestone, deity, horizon, causeway, buried, pharaoh, royal, tombs, blocks, purification, ceremonial, sacrifice, slaughterhouse, bulls, blood, bowls, channels, drainage, afterlife, travelling, celestial, religion, beliefs, death, burial, gigantic, history, desert, hazy, light, 2002, Fuji, S2, DSLR, digital

Abu Ghurab Alabaster EG02AA10jhp
Egypt Abu Ghurab Sun Temple Nyuserre alabaster altar four side patterns at isolated location south of Giza, about 25km from Cairo and situated on the desert escarpment after travelling through rural roads and walking in agricultural land and then the sand. Originally thought to be a pyramid, called Riga but now known to be the Sun-Temple of Nyusere c2453-2422 built on an east-west access and although a very elaborate miniature pyramid complex is now very ruined and is thought to be the only one of six standing that were built in the area. Large alabaster bowls of considerable beauty remain from the slaughterhouse where animals would have been sacrificed for the Heb Sed and in similar stone, a huge four-sided Hetep Altar stone remains intact in front of the base of where a large Solar Obelisk would have stood. 2km away is the site of Abusir whose remaining pyramids can be seen across the desert to the south.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Cairo, Giza, Abu Ghurab, Abu Ghurob, pyramid, Sun-Temple, Nyuserre, Niuserre, Riga, Solar, Obelisk, Benben, alabaster, altar, Hetep, four-sided, ruined, collapsed, God, Re, Heliopolis, River, Nile, Abu Sir, upright, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, soft, erosion, limestone, deity, horizon, causeway, buried, pharaoh, royal, tombs, blocks, purification, ceremonial, sacrifice, slaughterhouse, bulls, blood, bowls, channels, drainage, afterlife, travelling, celestial, religion, beliefs, death, burial, gigantic, history, desert, hazy, light, 2002, Fuji, S2, DSLR, digital

Abu Ghurab Alabaster EG02AA09jhp
Egyptian Abu Ghurab Sun Temple Nyuserre alabaster Hetep altar patterns location south of Giza, about 25km from Cairo and situated on the desert escarpment after travelling through rural roads and walking in agricultural land and then the sand. Originally thought to be a pyramid, called Riga but now known to be the Sun-Temple of Nyusere c2453-2422 built on an east-west access and although a very elaborate miniature pyramid complex is now very ruined and is thought to be the only one of six standing that were built in the area. Large alabaster bowls of considerable beauty remain from the slaughterhouse where animals would have been sacrificed for the Heb Sed and in similar stone, a huge four-sided Hetep Altar stone remains intact in front of the base of where a large Solar Obelisk would have stood. 2km away is the site of Abusir whose remaining pyramids can be seen across the desert to the south.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Cairo, Giza, Abu Ghurab, Abu Ghurob, pyramid, Sun-Temple, Nyuserre, Niuserre, Riga, Solar, Obelisk, Benben, alabaster, altar, Hetep, four-sided, ruined, collapsed, God, Re, Heliopolis, River, Nile, Abu Sir, landscape, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, soft, erosion, limestone, deity, horizon, causeway, buried, pharaoh, royal, tombs, blocks, purification, ceremonial, sacrifice, slaughterhouse, bulls, blood, bowls, channels, drainage, afterlife, travelling, celestial, religion, beliefs, death, burial, gigantic, history, desert, hazy, light, 2002, Fuji, S2, DSLR, digital

Abu Ghurab Alabaster Bowl EG02AA11jhp
Egypt Abu Ghurob Sun Temple Niuserre alabaster bowl draining hole isolated location south of Giza, about 25km from Cairo and situated on the desert escarpment after travelling through rural roads and walking in agricultural land and then the sand. Originally thought to be a pyramid, called Riga but now known to be the Sun-Temple of Nyusere c2453-2422 built on an east-west access and although a very elaborate miniature pyramid complex is now very ruined and is thought to be the only one of six standing that were built in the area. Large alabaster bowls of considerable beauty remain from the slaughterhouse where animals would have been sacrificed for the Heb Sed and in similar stone, a huge four-sided Hetep Altar stone remains intact in front of the base of where a large Solar Obelisk would have stood. 2km away is the site of Abusir whose remaining pyramids can be seen across the desert to the south.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Cairo, Giza, Abu Ghurab, Abu Ghurob, pyramid, Sun-Temple, Nyuserre, Niuserre, Riga, Solar, Obelisk, Benben, alabaster, altar, Hetep, four-sided, ruined, collapsed, God, Re, Heliopolis, River, Nile, Abu Sir, landscape, alabaster, bowl, draining, hole, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, soft, erosion, limestone, deity, horizon, causeway, buried, pharaoh, royal, tombs, blocks, purification, ceremonial, sacrifice, slaughterhouse, bulls, blood, bowls, channels, drainage, afterlife, travelling, celestial, religion, beliefs, death, burial, gigantic, history, desert, hazy, light, 2002, Fuji, S2, DSLR, digital

Abu Ghurab Alabaster Bowl EG02AA07jhp
Egyptian Abu Ghurob Sun Temple Nyuserre alabaster bowl patterns swirls at isolated location south of Giza, about 25km from Cairo and situated on the desert escarpment after travelling through rural roads and walking in agricultural land and then the sand. Originally thought to be a pyramid, called Riga but now known to be the Sun-Temple of Nyusere c2453-2422 built on an east-west access and although a very elaborate miniature pyramid complex is now very ruined and is thought to be the only one of six standing that were built in the area. Large alabaster bowls of considerable beauty remain from the slaughterhouse where animals would have been sacrificed for the Heb Sed and in similar stone, a huge four-sided Hetep Altar stone remains intact in front of the base of where a large Solar Obelisk would have stood. 2km away is the site of Abusir whose remaining pyramids can be seen across the desert to the south.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Cairo, Giza, Abu Ghurab, Abu Ghurob, pyramid, Sun-Temple, Nyuserre, Niuserre, Riga, Solar, Obelisk, Benben, altar, Hetep, four-sided, ruined, collapsed, God, Re, Heliopolis, River, Nile, Abu Sir, landscape, alabaster, bowl, draining, hole, patterns, swirls, waves, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, soft, erosion, limestone, deity, horizon, causeway, buried, pharaoh, royal, tombs, blocks, purification, ceremonial, sacrifice, slaughterhouse, bulls, blood, bowls, channels, drainage, afterlife, travelling, celestial, religion, beliefs, death, burial, gigantic, history, desert, hazy, light, 2002, Fuji, S2, DSLR, digital

Abu Ghurab & Guide EG02AA01jhp
Egyptian Abu Ghurab Sun Temple local custodian guide plantation desert isolated location south of Giza, about 25km from Cairo and situated on the desert escarpment after travelling through rural roads and walking in agricultural land and then the sand. Originally thought to be a pyramid, called Riga but now known to be the Sun-Temple of Nyusere c2453-2422 built on an east-west access and although a very elaborate miniature pyramid complex is now very ruined and is thought to be the only one of six standing that were built in the area. Large alabaster bowls of considerable beauty remain from the slaughterhouse where animals would have been sacrificed for the Heb Sed and in similar stone, a huge four-sided Hetep Altar stone remains intact in front of the base of where a large Solar Obelisk would have stood. 2km away is the site of Abusir whose remaining pyramids can be seen across the desert to the south.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Cairo, Giza, Abu Ghurab, Abu Ghurob, pyramid, Sun-Temple, Nyuserre, Niuserre, Riga, Solar, Obelisk, Benben, alabaster, altar, Hetep, four-sided, ruined, collapsed, God, Re, Heliopolis, River, Nile, Abu Sir, landscape, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, soft, erosion, limestone, deity, horizon, causeway, buried, pharaoh, royal, tombs, blocks, purification, ceremonial, sacrifice, slaughterhouse, bulls, blood, bowls, channels, drainage, afterlife, travelling, celestial, religion, beliefs, death, burial, gigantic, history, desert, hazy, light, 2002, Fuji, S2, DSLR, digital, custodian, local, guide, plantation, agricultrual

Abu Ghurab & Desert EG02AA33jhp
Egypt Abu Ghurab Sun Temple Niuserre wall enclosure south desert isolated location south of Giza, about 25km from Cairo and situated on the desert escarpment after travelling through rural roads and walking in agricultural land and then the sand. Originally thought to be a pyramid, called Riga but now known to be the Sun-Temple of Nyusere c2453-2422 built on an east-west access and although a very elaborate miniature pyramid complex is now very ruined and is thought to be the only one of six standing that were built in the area. Large alabaster bowls of considerable beauty remain from the slaughterhouse where animals would have been sacrificed for the Heb Sed and in similar stone, a huge four-sided Hetep Altar stone remains intact in front of the base of where a large Solar Obelisk would have stood. 2km away is the site of Abusir whose remaining pyramids can be seen across the desert to the south.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Cairo, Giza, Abu Ghurab, Abu Ghurob, pyramid, Sun-Temple, Nyuserre, Niuserre, Riga, Solar, Obelisk, Benben, alabaster, altar, Hetep, four-sided, ruined, collapsed, God, Re, Heliopolis, River, Nile, Abu Sir, landscape, wall, enclosure, southwards, south, sand, agriculture, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, soft, erosion, limestone, deity, horizon, causeway, buried, pharaoh, royal, tombs, blocks, purification, ceremonial, sacrifice, slaughterhouse, bulls, blood, bowls, channels, drainage, afterlife, travelling, celestial, religion, beliefs, death, burial, gigantic, history, desert, hazy, light, 2002, Fuji, S2, DSLR, digital

Abu Ghurab & Abusir EG02AA34jhp
Egypt Abu Ghurab Sun Temple Nyuserre Solar Abu Sir pyramids ruined desert isolated location south of Giza, about 25km from Cairo and situated on the desert escarpment after travelling through rural roads and walking in agricultural land and then the sand. Originally thought to be a pyramid, called Riga but now known to be the Sun-Temple of Nyusere c2453-2422 built on an east-west access and although a very elaborate miniature pyramid complex is now very ruined and is thought to be the only one of six standing that were built in the area. Large alabaster bowls of considerable beauty remain from the slaughterhouse where animals would have been sacrificed for the Heb Sed and in similar stone, a huge four-sided Hetep Altar stone remains intact in front of the base of where a large Solar Obelisk would have stood. 2km away is the site of Abusir whose remaining pyramids can be seen across the desert to the south.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Cairo, Giza, Abu Ghurab, Abu Ghurob, Sun-Temple, Nyuserre, Niuserre, Riga, Solar, Obelisk, Benben, alabaster, altar, Hetep, four-sided, ruined, collapsed, God, Re, Heliopolis, River, Nile, Abu Sir, Abusir, pyramids, landscape, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, soft, erosion, limestone, deity, horizon, causeway, buried, pharaoh, royal, tombs, blocks, purification, ceremonial, sacrifice, slaughterhouse, bulls, blood, bowls, channels, drainage, afterlife, travelling, celestial, religion, beliefs, death, burial, gigantic, history, desert, hazy, light, 2002, Fuji, S2, DSLR, digital

Abu Ghurab Pyramid Skyline EG02AA35JHP
Abusir Pyramids Abu Ghurab Pyramid View Ancient Egyptian Escarpment Desert Blocks, with the obelisk base for the Sun Temple of Nyuserre situated between Cairo and Saqqara dating from around 2350BC
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Abu Ghurab, Abu Ghurob, pyramid, Sun-Temple, Nyuserre, Abu Sir, pyramids, horizon, desert, sand, hazy, ruined, collapsed, landscape, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, soft, erosion, limestone, deity, buried, pharaoh, royal, blocks, afterlife, celestial, religion, beliefs, death, burial, history

Scotland > Aberdeen City (14 files)

This gallery includes all photographs connected with Aberdeen city from buildings, churches, streets, public parks, gardens, the University, Harbour and the beach. Places covered included Union Terrace Gardens, Cowdray Hall, Rosemount, HM Theatre, William Wallace Statue, Union Street, Castlegate, Citadel, Town House, Provost Skene House, Marsicahl College, Woolmanhill, Denburn Carpark, Johnston Gardens, Victoria Park, Duthie Park, Hazlehead Park, Piper Alpha Memorial, Seaton Park, Kings College, Elphinstone, Old Aberdeen, Fittie, Bridge of Don, AECC, Garthdee, Torry, Nigg, Pocra Quay

Aberdeen Beach Sculptures VS1548JHP
Silver Granite Sculptures Framing Sea Horizon Aberdeen Esplanade Flowers Photo near the Bridge of Don end of the beach looking towards Bridge of Don and across the beach road from the Links Golf course.
Keywords: Aberdeen, City, upright, Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, North East, Don, estuary, Donmouth, sea, beach, sand, waves, esplanade, sculptures, granite, grey, silver, links, golf, course, colourful, colorful, colourful, colours, colors

Aberdeen Nigg Foghorn UP694143JHP
Aberdeen Roadside Graffiti Art Boulders ' Torry Coo' air operated foghorn dating from 1880 and across from the Girdleness Lighthouse built by Robert Stevenson in 1833 overlooking the North Sea by Nigg Bay to the south of Aberdeen City.
Keywords: Aberdeen, City, Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, North East, Nigg, Girdleness, lighthouse, foghorn, 'Torry Coo', graffiti, art, humour, painting, sea, ship, horizon, Balnagask, 'Nigg Bay', skyline, 'Greyhope Road', landscape, summer, coast, granite, colourful, colorful, colourful, colours, colors

Aberdeen Girdleness Lighthouse UP694152JHP
Girdleness Lighthouse Aberdeen City Scotland North Sea Coast Grafitti Photo which was built by Robert Stevenson dates from 1833 and overlooks the North Sea by Nigg Bay to the south of Aberdeen City here taken from a couple of pieces of roadside graffiti art near the famous ' Torry Coo', an old air operated foghorn dating from 1880.
Keywords: Aberdeen, City, Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, North East, Nigg, Girdleness, lighthouse, foghorn, 'Torry Coo', graffiti, art, painting, sea, ship, horizon, Balnagask, Nigg Bay, skyline, Greyhope Road, upright, colourful, colorful colourful colours colors

Aberdeen Girdleness Lighthouse UP694149JHP
Girdleness Scottish Lighthouse Photo Aberdeen City North Sea Coast built by Robert Stevenson dates from 1833 and overlooks the North Sea by Nigg Bay to the south of Aberdeen City here taken from a couple of pieces of roadside graffiti art near the famous ' Torry Coo', an old air operated foghorn dating from 1880.
Keywords: Aberdeen, City, Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, North East, Nigg, Girdleness Lighthouse, foghorn, Torry Coo, graffiti, art, painting, sea, ship, horizon, Balnagask, Nigg Bay, Greyhope Road, landscape, colourful, colorful colourful colours colors, white, blue, brown

Aberdeen Supply Ship at Sea SO280052JHP
Aberdeen Scotland North Sea Pilot Boat Oil Support Supply Vessel about to enter the Harbour mouth .
Keywords: Aberdeen, City, Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, North East, sea, ship, supplyboat, pilot boat, at sea, horizon, landscape, pilot house, maritime, new, lifebelt, marine operations centre, summer, coast, oil, industry, harbour, supply boat, colourful, colorful, colourful, colours, colors

Aberdeen Pilot Boat at Work SO280054JHP
Aberdeen Pilot Boat Action Scottish North Sea Supply Boat Photo goes out to meet an incoming oil supply vessel near the entrance to the harbour and out flow of the River Dee
Keywords: Aberdeen, City, Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, North East, sea, ship, supplyboat, pilot boat, horizon, upright, pilot house, maritime, new, lifebelt, marine operations centre, summer, coast, oil, industry, harbour, supply boat, colourful, colorful, colourful, colours, colors

Aberdeen Oil Support Vessels SO280058JHP
Abereen Harbour Torry Oil Industry Diving Support Vessels Helicopter Deck and large rear mounted cranes for subsea and diving support work at anchor in River Dee part of Aberdeen Harbour adjacent to the Torry area of the city.
Keywords: Aberdeen, City, Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, North East, Torry, sea, ship, horizon, Balnagask, skyline, Greyhope Road, upright, clouds, summer, oil, industry, River Dee, harbour, supply boats, dive support ship, helideck, colourful, colorful, colourful, colours, colors

Aberdeen Diving Support Vessel SO280057JHP
Diving Support Vessel Helicopter Landing Deck Torry Aberdeen River Dee and large stern crane for subsea operations looking vaguely like Star Trek at anchor in River Dee part of Aberdeen Harbour
Keywords: Aberdeen, City, Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, North East, Torry, sea, ship, horizon, Balnagask, skyline, Greyhope Road, landscape, clouds, summer, oil, industry, River Dee, harbour, supply boats, dive support ship, helideck, colourful, colorful, colourful, colours, colors

Aberdeen Harbour Sunset SO266080JHP
Aberdeen Harbour Sunset Clouds Reflections Water Sunbeams Greyhope Road with small boats plying in the entrance under a summer sunset viewed from Greyhope Road to the south of the River Dee and the City
Keywords: Aberdeen, City, Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, North East, harbour, ship, horizon, skyline, summer, sunset, clouds, Greyhope Road, landscape, summer, coast, oil, industry, granite, silver, River Dee, Estuary, pilot boat, supply boats, fishing boat, fish, trawler, Zodia, inflatable, colourful, colorful, colourful, colours, colors, atmospheric, moody

Aberdeen Harbour Sunset SO266079JHP
Aberdeen Harbour Sunset Pilot Boat Oil Supply Vessel Silhouetted City Skyline against a summer sunset over Aberdeen Harbour viewed from Greyhope Road with the City centre in the background.
Keywords: Aberdeen, City, Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, North East, harbour, ship, horizon, skyline, summer, sunset, clouds, Greyhope Road, upright, summer, coast, oil, industry, granite, silver, River Dee, Estuary, pilot boat, supply boats, fishing boat, fish, trawler, Zodia, inflatable, colourful, colorful, colourful, colours, colors, atmospheric, moody

Aberdeen Harbour Sunset SO266062JHP
Summer Scottish Sunset Aberdeen City Harbour Greyhope Road View Sunbeams
Keywords: Aberdeen, City, Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, North East, Nigg, Girdleness, lighthouse, foghorn, Torry Coo, graffiti, art, painting, sea, ship, horizon, Balnagask, Nigg Bay, golf course, beach, skyline, summer, sunset, clouds, Greyhope Road, upright, pilot house, maritime, new, lifebelt, marine operations centre, groyne, sand, swimming, cirrus, clouds, sunrise, summer, coast, oil, industry, granite, silver, River, Dee, Don, Estuary, Bridge, harbour, ferry, pilot boat, supply boats, dive support ship, fishing boat, fishing, fish-market, fish, trawler, fishermen, boxes, unloading, silhouette, figures, dwindling, conservation, quotas, colourful, colorful, colourful, colours, colors

Aberdeen Harbour Sunset SO266061JHP
Aberdeen City Scotland Summer Skyline Silhouette Harbour Sunset taken from Greyhope Road
Keywords: Aberdeen, City, Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, North East, harbour, ship, horizon, skyline, summer, sunset, clouds, Greyhope Road, landscape, summer, coast, oil, industry, granite, silver, River Dee, Estuary, pilot boat, supply boats, fishing boat, fish, trawler, Zodia, inflatable, colourful, colorful, colourful, colours, colors, atmospheric, moody

Aberdeen Harbour Sunset SO266059JHP
Aberdeen Harbour Sunset Dramatic Clouds Highlight Summer Skyline City from Greyhope Road to south of River Dee and harbour entrance
Keywords: Aberdeen, City, Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, North East, harbour, ship, horizon, skyline, summer, sunset, clouds, Greyhope Road, landscape, summer, coast, oil, industry, granite, silver, River Dee, Estuary, pilot boat, supply boats, fishing boat, fish, trawler, Zodia, inflatable, colourful, colorful, colourful, colours, colors, atmospheric, moody, dramatic, mushroom, shaped

Aberdeen Kings Gate View SO210007JHP
King's Gate Aberdeen City Street Tree Lined North Sea View taken from the high ground to the west of the central area of the city with its residential tree lined streets
Keywords: Aberdeen, City, Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, North, East, Grampian, landscape, 'Kings Gate', road, trees, seaview, sea, horizon, coast, oil, industry, granite, silver, grey, architecture, style, classic, street furniture, street

Scotland > Aberdeenshire (23 files)

This gallery includes rural, scenic and landscape subjects of the Shire, including Kincardineshire, Mearns, Garioch, Buchan Strathbogie and Mar.

The Cabrach bnm9655jhp
Cabrach moor road fences autumn The Buck hills horizon empty Aberdeenshire Scotland Strathdon one of the bleakest landscapes especially during a nasty winter day. A few ruined crofts or farms can be seen in this stretch of road after Lumsden passing the charming ruin of Auchindoir Church and before joining the main Dufftown road at the boundary between Aberdeenshire and Moray. Driving through this countryside is evidence of past Highland clearances as well as illustrating the hard life of farming in this unfertile moorland where in today’s harsh economic climate even sheep farming is a struggle. There is a distant view eastwards of the distinct summit of the Tap O'Noth hill near Rhynie on which remains the vitrified fortifications from a Pictish hilltop fort and from which can be seen a similar relic from the past on Bennachie near Inverurie.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Highlands, Strathdon, Cabrach, rural, landscape, Buck, Tap, Noth, hill, Pictish, fort, ruined, ruins, house, fence, grass, larch, trees, brown, windswept, granite, stone, roofless, desolate, burn, Craig, Creagdearg, Longlands, Whitehillock, Elrick, Meikle, heather, moorland, land-use, barren, grass, rugged, sheep, clearances, derelict, farm, farms, farming, agriculture, hill, rugged, hard, modern, wind, turbines, 2017, autumn, Nikon, D700, DSLR, digital, camera, photograph, colour, green, blue, sky, sunny

The Cabrach bnm9654jhp
Cabrach moor road fences autumn The Buck horizon empty Aberdeenshire Scotland Strathdon one of the bleakest landscapes especially during a nasty winter day. A few ruined crofts or farms can be seen in this stretch of road after Lumsden passing the charming ruin of Auchindoir Church and before joining the main Dufftown road at the boundary between Aberdeenshire and Moray. Driving through this countryside is evidence of past Highland clearances as well as illustrating the hard life of farming in this unfertile moorland where in today’s harsh economic climate even sheep farming is a struggle. There is a distant view eastwards of the distinct summit of the Tap O'Noth hill near Rhynie on which remains the vitrified fortifications from a Pictish hilltop fort and from which can be seen a similar relic from the past on Bennachie near Inverurie.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Highlands, Strathdon, Cabrach, rural, landscape, upright, Buck, Tap, Noth, hill, Pictish, fort, ruined, ruins, house, fence, grass, larch, trees, brown, windswept, granite, stone, roofless, desolate, burn, Craig, Creagdearg, Longlands, Whitehillock, Elrick, Meikle, heather, moorland, land-use, barren, grass, rugged, sheep, clearances, derelict, farm, farms, farming, agriculture, hill, rugged, hard, modern, wind, turbines, 2017, autumn, Nikon, D700, DSLR, digital, camera, photograph, colour, green, blue, sky, sunny

The Cabrach bnm9651jhp
Cabrach moor roadside autumn windfarm horizon ruined farm Aberdeenshire Scotland Strathdon The Buck one of the bleakest landscapes especially during a nasty winter day. A few ruined crofts or farms can be seen in this stretch of road after Lumsden passing the charming ruin of Auchindoir Church and before joining the main Dufftown road at the boundary between Aberdeenshire and Moray. Driving through this countryside is evidence of past Highland clearances as well as illustrating the hard life of farming in this unfertile moorland where in today’s harsh economic climate even sheep farming is a struggle. There is a distant view eastwards of the distinct summit of the Tap O'Noth hill near Rhynie on which remains the vitrified fortifications from a Pictish hilltop fort and from which can be seen a similar relic from the past on Bennachie near Inverurie.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Highlands, Strathdon, Cabrach, rural, landscape, Buck, Tap, Noth, hill, Pictish, fort, ruined, ruins, house, fence, grass, larch, trees, brown, windswept, granite, stone, roofless, desolate, burn, Craig, Creagdearg, Longlands, Whitehillock, Elrick, Meikle, heather, moorland, land-use, barren, grass, rugged, sheep, clearances, derelict, farm, farms, farming, agriculture, hill, rugged, hard, modern, wind, turbines, 2017, autumn, Nikon, D700, DSLR, digital, camera, photograph, colour, green, blue, sky, sunny

Carnie Summer Clouds xcv9196jhp
Aberdeenshire Cairnie Westhill summer clouds Scottish south cumulus photo taken from the roadside on the Westhill to Garlogie road heading west at the Carnie Roundabout and illustrating a very typical Aberdeenshire rural scene as summer barley fields ripen and are still subject to rain showers but offering up great cloud formations are fronts pass through. Here looking south westwards with distant outline of kerloch hill on the extreme right horizon.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Westhill, carnie, Roundabout, Garlogie, Kerloch, landscape, upright, barley, crop, ripening, summer, shower, clouds, stormy, gray, white, blue, yellow, sunny, countryside, rural, nature, sunshine, afternoon, farming, fields, agriculture, June, 2015, camera, Nikon, D700

Springtime Carnie asd5808jhp
Aberdeenshire Cairnie roundabout Westhill spring daffodils Scotland west Deeside blue sky photo taken from the roadside on the Westhill to Garlogie road heading west at the Carnie Roundabout and illustrating a very typical Aberdeenshire spring rural scene. Here looking south westwards with distant outline of Clachnaben Hill on the centre horizon with patches of snow still visible on hills surrounding Upper Deeside.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Westhill, Carnie, Roundabout, Garlogie, Kerloch, Deeside, westwards, spring, springtime, landscape, blue, sky, yellow, daffodils, sunny, countryside, rural, nature, sunshine, morning, farming, fields, agriculture

Springtime Carnie asd5806jhp
Aberdeenshire Cairnie Westhill spring daffodils Scottish west Deeside blue sky photo taken from the roadside on the Westhill to Garlogie road heading west at the Carnie Roundabout and illustrating a very typical Aberdeenshire spring rural scene. Here looking south westwards with distant outline of Clachnaben Hill on the centre horizon with patches of snow still visible on hills surrounding Upper Deeside.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Westhill, Carnie, Roundabout, Garlogie, Kerloch, Deeside, westwards, spring, springtime, landscape, blue, sky, yellow, daffodils, sunny, countryside, rural, nature, sunshine, morning, farming, fields, agriculture

Daviot fm Gunhill fgh5638jhp
Rural Aberdeenshire Daviot House Gunhill turnip crop field roadside autumn Scotland Donside is seen here on the road over to Pitcaple in Aberdeenshire North West of Aberdeen City in the North east of Scotland. This particular view is from the road to the north of the main Inverurie to Huntly road just after the first bend from the crossroads on the Rothienorman road near the entrance to Gunhill and Legatesden House and looking west to Daviot and Daviot House just visible in the centre horizon line.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Donside, Daviot, House, Rothienorman, crossroads, Legatesden, Pitcaple, Whiteford, Mill, Durno, road, autumn, landscape, countryside, rural, fields, ploughed, furrows, brown, fresh, trees, blue, sky, sunny

Summer crop Carnie fgh2793jhp
Aberdeenshire Cairnie Westhill summer clouds Scottish field barley crop photo taken from the roadside on the Westhill to Garlogie road heading west at the Carnie Roundabout and illustrating a very typical Aberdeenshire rural scene as summer barley fields ripen and are still subject to rain showers but offering up great cloud formations are fronts pass through. Here looking south westwards with distant outline of kerloch hill on the extreme right horizon.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Westhill, carnie, Roundabout, Garlogie, Kerloch, landscape, barley, crop, ripening, summer, squall, rain, shower, clouds, stormy, gray, white, blue, yellow, sunny, countryside, rural, nature, sunshine, afternoon, farming, fields, agriculture

Summer Squall Carnie fgh2803jhp
Aberdeenshire Scottish summer clouds squally rain shower Cairnie fields plane taken from the roadside on the Westhill to Garlogie road heading west at the Carnie Roundabout and illustrating a very typical Aberdeenshire rural scene as summer barley fields ripen and are still subject to rain showers but offering up great cloud formations are fronts pass through. Here looking south with a very small single engine plane dead centre and a stormy threatening rain squalloff to the right horizon over Deeside.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Deeside, Peterculter, Carnie, Roundabout, Garlogie, Kerloch, landscape, barley, crop, ripening, summer, squall, rain, shower, clouds, stormy, gray, white, blue, yellow, sunny, countryside, rural, nature, sunshine, afternoon, farming, fields, agriculture

West fm Pitcaple qwe1929jhp
Bennachie Hill back Pitcaple west view winter Garioch Aberdeenshire Scotland in the North East looking at the back of this well known hill with its this distinct Pictish vitrified fort outline but here looking westwards towards Oyne above Pitcaple jusy past the Maidenstone by the Chapel of Garioch road on a crisp frosty winter's morning. In the very distance on the horizon is the distinct dumpling shaped hill top of Tap O'Noth, another site of a vitrified Pictish fort near Rhynie in Strathdon.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Garioch, Bennachie, hill, back, Pitcaple, Oyne, road, landscape, winter, hills, farming, fields, gate, fence, bare, trees, forest, sunlight, blue, sky

Savock Harvest Buchan rty2630jhp
Scottish Buchan Foveran autumn cirrus clouds harvest bales wind turbines Savock Aberdeenshire illustrating the flat rolling fertile farmland to the north of Aberdeen and with its not often distinctive outline of wind turbines on the horizon very much a feature these days of this windy flat plain.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Bennachie, Buchan, Foveran, Savock, Newmachar, farming, farmland, harvest, bales, wind, turbines, fields, blue, sky, cirrus, clouds, landscape, October, Autumn

Savock Harvest Buchan rty2623jhp
Aberdeenshire Buchan Foveran autumn farmland harvest bales wind turbines Savock Scotland illustrating the flat rolling fertile farmland to the north of Aberdeen and with its not often distinctive outline of wind turbines on the horizon very much a feature these days of this windy flat plain.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Bennachie, Buchan, Foveran, Savock, Newmachar, farming, farmland, harvest, bales, wind, turbines, fields, blue, sky, cirrus, clouds, landscape, October, Autumn

Bennachie fm Blair rty2647jhp
Scotland Aberdeenshire Bennachie Blair Buchan willowherb autumn barley harvest fields illustrating the flat rolling fertile farmland to the north of Aberdeen not often far from the distinctive outline of Bennachie on the horizon always a good marker for travelling southwards here on the Disblair road between Newmachar and Inverurie.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Bennachie, Buchan, Garioch Middleton, Newmachar, Disblair, Blair, Crownhead, Shielbog, farming, farmland, barley, harvest, fields, blue, sky, landscape, October, Autumn, willowherb, gate, cirrus, clouds

Bennachie fm Blair rty2644jhp
Aberdeenshire Bennachie Blair autumn cirrus clouds harvest Scotland panorama fields illustrating the flat rolling fertile farmland to the north of Aberdeen not often far from the distinctive outline of Bennachie on the horizon always a good marker for travelling southwards here on the Disblair road between Newmachar and Inverurie.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Bennachie, Buchan, Garioch Middleton, Newmachar, Disblair, Blair, Crownhead, Shielbog, farming, farmland, barley, harvest, fields, blue, sky, landscape, October, Autumn, panorama, vista, cirrus, clouds

Bennachie fm Blair rty2641jhp
Scottish Aberdeenshire Bennachie Blair Garioch autumn barley harvest fields panorama illustrating the flat rolling fertile farmland to the north of Aberdeen not often far from the distinctive outline of Bennachie on the horizon always a good marker for travelling southwards here on the Disblair road between Newmachar and Inverurie.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Bennachie, Buchan, Garioch Middleton, Newmachar, Disblair, Blair, Crownhead, Shielbog, farming, farmland, barley, harvest, fields, blue, sky, landscape, October, Autumn, panorama, vista, cirrus, clouds

Bennachie Middleton Buchan rty2635jhp
Aberdeenshire Bennachie Buchan views autumn farmland harvest bales sheep Middleton hill Scotland illustrating the flat rolling fertile farmland to the north of Aberdeen not often far from the distinctive outline of Bennachie on the horizon always a good marker for travelling southwards.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Bennachie, Buchan, Garioch, Middleton, hill, Newmachar, Disblair, Blair, Crownhead, Shielbog, farming, farmland, harvest, bales, sheep, road, fields, blue, sky, landscape, October, Autumn

Bennachie Crownhead Buchan rty2666jhp
Aberdeenshire Bennachie Buchan views autumn Crownhead Scotland pine trees illustrating the rolling farmland to the north of Aberdeen not often far from the distinctive outline of Bennachie on the horizon always a good marker for travelling southwards here near Shielbog turn in on the Newmarchar Disblair road to Inverurie.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Bennachie, Buchan, Middleton, Newmachar, Disblair, Blair, Crownhead, Shielbog, road, dyke, pine, tree, grass, farming, farmland, fields, blue, sky, landscape, October, Autumn

Bennachie Crownhead Buchan rty2663jhp
Aberdeenshire Bennachie Buchan views moorland autumn Crownhead Scottish pine trees illustrating the rolling farmland to the north of Aberdeen not often far from the distinctive outline of Bennachie on the horizon always a good marker for travelling southwards here near Shielbog turn in on the Newmarchar Disblair road to Inverurie.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Bennachie, Buchan, Middleton, Newmachar, Disblair, Blair, Crownhead, Shielbog, road, dyke, pine, tree, grass, farming, farmland, fields, blue, sky, landscape, October, Autumn

Bennachie Crownhead Buchan rty2662jhp
Aberdeenshire Scotland Bennachie Pine trees Garioch views autumn Crownhead road illustrating the rolling farmland to the north of Aberdeen not often far from the distinctive outline of Bennachie on the horizon always a good marker for travelling southwards here near Shielbog turn in on the Newmarchar Disblair road to Inverurie.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Bennachie, Buchan, Garioch, Middleton, Newmachar, Disblair, Blair, Crownhead, Shielbog, road, dyke, pine, tree, grass, farming, farmland, fields, blue, sky, landscape, October, Autumn

Aberdeen Middleton Buchan rty2638jhp
Aberdeenshire Aberdeen City skyline highrises Middleton Buchan autumn harvest bales Scotland illustrating the flat rolling fertile farmland to the north of Aberdeen from the Hill of Middleton near Newmachar on the Disblair Road and not often far from the distinctive outline of Bennachie on the horizon always a good marker for travelling southwards.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen, City, skyline, highrise, Buchan, Garioch, Middleton, Newmachar, Disblair, Blair, Crownhead, Shielbog, farming, farmland, harvest, bales, barley, fields, blue, sky, landscape, upright, October, Autumn

Aberdeen Middleton Buchan rty2636jhp
Aberdeenshire Aberdeen City outline Middleton Buchan views autumn harvest bales Scotland illustrating the flat rolling fertile farmland to the north of Aberdeen from the Hill of Middleton near Newmachar on the Disblair Road and not often far from the distinctive outline of Bennachie on the horizon always a good marker for travelling southwards.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen, City, skyline, highrise, Buchan, Garioch, Middleton, Newmachar, Disblair, Blair, Crownhead, Shielbog, farming, farmland, harvest, bales, barley, fields, blue, sky, landscape, October, Autumn

Garioch Panorama rty2771jhp
Garioch Scottish panorama clouds autumn harvest bales Strathdon Tap Noth Aberdeenshire in the North East with a view from road looking westwards to Tap O'Noth dead centre on the horizon from the Daviot road to Whitemyres.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Garioch, Tap, O'Noth, hill, Daviot, Whitemyres, Strathdon, Rhynie, landscape, panorama, flat, autumn, hills, farming, fields, harvest, bales, patchy, sunlight, dramatic, clouds, stormy, shapes, moody

Wintry Morven Leys View VS3372JHp
Morven Hill Snow Loch Leys autumn reeds Royal Deeside Scottish Aberdeenshire near the town of Banchory and situated some 18 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland. The hill covered in early snow is many miles west near Tarland but because of the topography shows clearly on the horizon from the low spot to the north of Banchory and was often the first real sign of the on set of winter.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Banchory, Loch, Leys, Morven, Hill snow, autumn, Royal Deeside, scrub, bushes, trees, landscape

Scotland > Aberdeenshire Coast (20 files)

Pictures in this library relate to the sea and the coasts around Aberdeenshire from St Cyrus to the Moray Firth along to Cullen and include fishing villages of Gourdon, Johnshaven, the town of Stonehaven, beach at Balmedie, Cruden Bay, Forvie, Bodham Point near Peterhead, Fraserburgh, Rosehearty, Pennan, Macduff, Banff, Whitehills, Portsoy, Sandend, Portknockie, Bow Fiddle Rock.

Portsoy Harbour xcv6672jhp
Portsoy harbour sea horizon entrance Scottish coastal village spring railings located by the Moray Firth and famous for local serpentine stone or marble and its annual small boat festival illustrated in this photo, the village lies between Banff and Cullen and is a popular stopover especially on summer weekends. It has a small caravan park in the next easterly bay to the harbour and with traditional 17th century period is an important part of the Coastal Trail and the history of the early fishing industry in the North east of Scotland.
Keywords: Scotland, Grampian, Scottish, North, sea, East, Aberdeenshire, Banff, Buchan, Portsoy, Moray, Firth, rocks, sea, waves, foreshore, harbour, entrance, railings, wall, landscape, spring, town, coast, boats, houses, small, tide, boats, fishing, lobster, pots, lifebuoy, wall

Balmedie Beach up704388jhp
Balmedie Sand Dunes Aberdeen autumn south Don Aberdeenshire Scottish Coast North Sea north of Aberdeen on East coast of Scotland and very similar to the Menie Estate location for the controversial Trump Golf Course and Hotel Complex which is a few miles further northwards.
Keywords: Scotland, Grampian, Scottish, North, sea, East, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen, Balmedie, autumn, sands, grass, sea, waves, landscape, beach, dunes, cirrus, clouds, ship, horizon, 2007, digital, Fuji, RAF, DSLR, polarised, light, strong, rich, saturation, saturated, pillbox, WW4, tipped, over, erosion, footprints, tyre, tracks, Don, estuary, southwards, Seaton, towers

Balmedie Beach up704350jhp
Balmedie Sand Dunes Cirrus Clouds Dramatic Scotland autumn Coast North Sea north of Aberdeen on East coast of Scotland and very similar to the Menie Estate location for the controversial Trump Golf Course and Hotel Complex which is a few miles further northwards.
Keywords: Scotland, Grampian, Scottish, North, sea, East, Aberdeenshire, Balmedie, autumn, sands, grass, sea, waves, landscape, beach, dunes, cirrus, clouds, ship, horizon, 2007, digital, Fuji, RAF, DSLR, polarised, light, strong, rich, saturation, saturated, pillbox, WW4, tipped, over, erosion, footprints, tyre, tracks

Balmedie Beach up704391jhp
Balmedie Sand Dunes trye tracks tread pattern Jim henderson Photo beach Coast North Sea north of Aberdeen on East coast of Scotland and very similar to the Menie Estate location for the controversial Trump Golf Course and Hotel Complex which is a few miles further northwards.
Keywords: Scotland, Grampian, Scottish, North, sea, East, Aberdeenshire, Balmedie, autumn, sands, grass, sea, waves, landscape, upright, beach, dunes, cirrus, clouds, ship, horizon, 2007, digital, Fuji, RAF, DSLR, polarised, light, strong, rich, saturation, saturated, pillbox, WW4, tipped, over, erosion, footprints, tyre, tracks

Balmedie Beach up704390jhp
Balmedie Sand Dunes tyre tracks treads Aberdeenshire Scottish Coastal photo North Sea north of Aberdeen on East coast of Scotland and very similar to the Menie Estate location for the controversial Trump Golf Course and Hotel Complex which is a few miles further northwards.
Keywords: Scotland, Grampian, Scottish, North, sea, East, Aberdeenshire, Balmedie, autumn, sands, grass, sea, waves, landscape, beach, dunes, cirrus, clouds, ship, horizon, 2007, digital, Fuji, RAF, DSLR, polarised, light, strong, rich, saturation, saturated, pillbox, WW4, tipped, over, erosion, footprints, tyre, tracks

Balmedie Beach up704387jhp
Balmedie Sand Dunes Aberdeen west highrises turbines Aberdeenshire Scotland Coast North Sea north of Aberdeen on East coast of Scotland and very similar to the Menie Estate location for the controversial Trump Golf Course and Hotel Complex which is a few miles further northwards.
Keywords: Scotland, Grampian, Scottish, North, sea, East, Aberdeenshire, Balmedie, autumn, sands, grass, sea, waves, landscape, beach, dunes, cirrus, clouds, ship, horizon, 2007, digital, Fuji, RAF, DSLR, polarised, light, strong, rich, saturation, saturated, pillbox, WW4, tipped, over, erosion, footprints, tyre, tracks

Balmedie Beach up704376jhp
Balmedie Sand Dunes Cirrus Clouds streaking sea ship surf Scottish Coast north of Aberdeen on East coast of Scotland and very similar to the Menie Estate location for the controversial Trump Golf Course and Hotel Complex which is a few miles further northwards.
Keywords: Scotland, Grampian, Scottish, North, sea, East, Aberdeenshire, Balmedie, autumn, sands, grass, sea, waves, landscape, beach, dunes, cirrus, clouds, ship, horizon, 2007, digital, Fuji, RAF, DSLR, polarised, light, strong, rich, saturation, saturated, pillbox, WW4, tipped, over, erosion, footprints, tyre, tracks

Balmedie Beach up704374jhp
Balmedie Sand Dunes Cirrus Clouds Dramatic autumn horizon sea Scottish Coast North Sea north of Aberdeen on East coast of Scotland and very similar to the Menie Estate location for the controversial Trump Golf Course and Hotel Complex which is a few miles further northwards.
Keywords: Scotland, Grampian, Scottish, North, sea, East, Aberdeenshire, Balmedie, autumn, sands, grass, sea, waves, landscape, beach, dunes, cirrus, clouds, ship, horizon, 2007, digital, Fuji, RAF, DSLR, polarised, light, strong, rich, saturation, saturated, pillbox, WW4, tipped, over, erosion, footprints, tyre, tracks

Balmedie Beach up704370jhp
Balmedie Sand Dunes beach sea Cirrus Clouds northwards Menie Aberdeenshire Scottish Coastal North Sea north of Aberdeen on East coast of Scotland and very similar to the Menie Estate location for the controversial Trump Golf Course and Hotel Complex which is a few miles further northwards.
Keywords: Scotland, Grampian, Scottish, North, sea, East, Aberdeenshire, Balmedie, autumn, sands, grass, sea, waves, landscape, beach, dunes, cirrus, clouds, ship, horizon, 2007, digital, Fuji, RAF, DSLR, polarised, light, strong, rich, saturation, saturated, pillbox, WW4, tipped, over, erosion, footprints, tyre, tracks

Balmedie Beach up704367jhp
Balmedie Sand Dunes Cirrus Clouds dog walking sea Scottish Coast North Sea north of Aberdeen on East coast of Scotland and very similar to the Menie Estate location for the controversial Trump Golf Course and Hotel Complex which is a few miles further northwards.
Keywords: Scotland, Grampian, Scottish, North, sea, East, Aberdeenshire, Balmedie, autumn, sands, grass, sea, waves, landscape, beach, dunes, walking, dogs, ship, cirrus, clouds, ship, horizon, 2007, digital, Fuji, RAF, DSLR, polarised, light, strong, rich, saturation, saturated, pillbox, WW4, tipped, over, erosion, footprints, tyre, tracks

Balmedie Beach up704358jhp
Balmedie Sand Dune Pill box concrete Cirrus Clouds fallen Aberdeenshire Scottish Coast North Sea north of Aberdeen on East coast of Scotland and very similar to the Menie Estate location for the controversial Trump Golf Course and Hotel Complex which is a few miles further northwards.
Keywords: Scotland, Grampian, Scottish, North, sea, East, Aberdeenshire, Balmedie, autumn, sands, grass, sea, waves, landscape, beach, dunes, cirrus, clouds, ship, horizon, 2007, digital, Fuji, RAF, DSLR, polarised, light, strong, rich, saturation, saturated, pillbox, WW4, tipped, over, erosion, footprints, tyre, tracks

Balmedie Beach up704357jhp
Balmedie Sand Dunes Cirrus Clouds pill box WW2 relic Scotland Coast North Sea north of Aberdeen on East coast of Scotland and very similar to the Menie Estate location for the controversial Trump Golf Course and Hotel Complex which is a few miles further northwards.
Keywords: Scotland, Grampian, Scottish, North, sea, East, Aberdeenshire, Balmedie, autumn, sands, grass, sea, waves, landscape, beach, dunes, cirrus, clouds, ship, horizon, 2007, digital, Fuji, RAF, DSLR, polarised, light, strong, rich, saturation, saturated, pillbox, WW4, tipped, over, erosion, footprints, tyre, tracks

Balmedie Beach up704354jhp
Balmedie Sand Dunes Cirrus Clouds grass footprints Aberdeenshire Scottish Coast North Sea north of Aberdeen on East coast of Scotland and very similar to the Menie Estate location for the controversial Trump Golf Course and Hotel Complex which is a few miles further northwards.
Keywords: Scotland, Grampian, Scottish, North, sea, East, Aberdeenshire, Balmedie, autumn, sands, grass, sea, waves, landscape, beach, dunes, cirrus, clouds, ship, horizon, 2007, digital, Fuji, RAF, DSLR, polarised, light, strong, rich, saturation, saturated, pillbox, WW4, tipped, over, erosion, footprints, tyre, tracks

Balmedie Beach up704348jhp
Balmedie grass sunny windswept Dunes Cirrus Clouds Dramatic Aberdeenshire Scottish Coast North Sea north of Aberdeen on East coast of Scotland and very similar to the Menie Estate location for the controversial Trump Golf Course and Hotel Complex which is a few miles further northwards.
Keywords: Scotland, Grampian, Scottish, North, sea, East, Aberdeenshire, Balmedie, autumn, sands, grass, sea, waves, landscape, upright, windswept, windy, beach, dunes, cirrus, clouds, ship, horizon, 2007, digital, Fuji, RAF, DSLR, polarised, light, strong, rich, saturation, saturated, pillbox, WW4, tipped, over, erosion, footprints, tyre, tracks

Balmedie Beach up704345jhp
Balmedie Sand Dunes Cirrus Clouds Dramatic grass Aberdeenshire Scottish Coast North Sea north of Aberdeen on East coast of Scotland and very similar to the Menie Estate location for the controversial Trump Golf Course and Hotel Complex which is a few miles further northwards.
Keywords: Scotland, Grampian, Scottish, North, sea, East, Aberdeenshire, Balmedie, autumn, sands, grass, sea, waves, landscape, beach, dunes, cirrus, clouds, ship, horizon, 2007, digital, Fuji, RAF, DSLR, polarised, light, strong, rich, saturation, saturated, pillbox, WW4, tipped, over, erosion, footprints, tyre, tracks

Cirrus Balmedie Dunes UP704375JHP
Balmedie Sand Dunes Cirrus Clouds Dramatic Aberdeenshire Scottish Coast North Sea north of Aberdeen on East coast of Scotland and very similiar to the Menie Estate location for the controversial Trump Golf Course and Hotel Complex which is a few miles further northwards.
Keywords: Scotland, Grampian, Scottish, North, sea, East, Aberdeenshire, Balmedie, autumn, sands, sea, waves, landscape, beach, dunes, cirrus, clouds, ship, horizon

Storm By BoddamTO180025JHP
Boddam Stormy clouds passing rain squall North East Scotland Aberdeenshire village just south of Peterhead and with a large lighthouse set along a rocky foreshore giving some great photography opportunities here a nearby farm house hit by a rain squall on the costal road from Cruden Bay.
Keywords: Scotland, Grampian, Scottish, North, sea, East, Aberdeenshire, Buchan, Boddam, rain, squall, clouds, dramatic, horizon, farm, landscape, summer, coast

Muchalls Coast Rocks 525JHP
Muchalls Seashore Sea Horizon Rock Pillar Formation Summer Aberdeenshire Photograph on the coast south of Aberdeen near Portlethen by the North Sea.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, North, sea, East, Aberdeenshire, Muchalls, landscape, coast, cove, beach, rocks, tower, rock, formation, sea, scanned, summer, transparency

Spring New Aberlour TO190016JHP
New Aberlour Houses Horizon Scottish Spring Gorse Flowers Aberdeenshire Photo from Moray Firth coastal road junction for Banff from Rosehearty west of Fraserburgh in North East Scotland.
Keywords: Scotland, Grampian, Scottish, North, sea, East, Moray, Firth, Aberdeenshire, Buchan, New Aberlour, gorse, yellow, green, grass, fields, seeds, sown, crops, spring, upright

New Aberlour Gorse TO190015JHP
New Aberlour Houses Horizon Spring Gorse Flowers Green Fields Aberdeenshire Scotland from Moray Firth coastal road junction for Banff from Rosehearty west of Fraserburgh in North East Scotland.
Keywords: Scotland, Grampian, Scottish, North, sea, East, Moray, Firth, Aberdeenshire, Buchan, New Aberlour, gorse, yellow, green, grass, fields, seeds, sown, crops, spring, landscape

Scotland > Ancient Stones (4 files)

The gallery has photos of ancient Scottish sites such as recumbent stone circles, stone circles, long cairns, Pictish carvings and early fortifications including Tap ONoth, Bennachie, Kinord, and most of the following:
Aikey Brae RSC; Balquhain Stone Circle; Brandsbutt Stone; Broomend of Crichie Henge and Pictish Symbol Stone; Castle Fraser Stone Circle; Consumption Dykes, Kingswells; Corsedarder Memorial; Cothiemuir Wood RSC; Craigearn Standing Stone; Craw Stane, Rhynie; Cullerlie Stone Circle; Culsh earthhouse or souterrain; Easter Aquthorthies RSC; Eslie the Greater RSC; Eslie the Lessler RSC; Garrol Wood RSC; Glassel Stone Circle; Kinord Cross; Kirkton of Bourtie RSC; Loanhead of Daviot RSC; Long Cairn, Corsedarder; Maidenstone Symbol Stone; Mid Mar Stone Circle; Nine Staines RSC; Picardy Pictish Symbol Stone; Strichen RSC; Sueno Stone, Forres; Sunhoney RSC; Tomnaverie RSC;

Kirkton Bourtie Stones 1916828jhp
Bronze Age RSC Stone monolith Circle Kirkton Bourtie Bennachie ancient Scottish Aberdeenshire horizon north of Inverurie off the Oldmeldrum road and easily accessed from the road in a field. Obviously avoid damaging crops although access should be left. Wonderful panoramic views over Aberdeenshire and Donside to the south and west with the hill of Bennachie in centre distance. The general view many years after this photo to Bennachie has been ruined by an inappropriately situated huge metal barn and a good illustration at the thoughtless planning permission rules operated in Aberdeenshire.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Donside, Inverurie, Old, Meldrum, Bennachie, mountain, Recumbent, Stone, Circle, Ring, Cairn, ellipse, elliptical, landscape, history, Bronze, Age, ancient, archaeology, ancestors, neolithic, excavation, bone, radiocarbon, dating, monument, stones, altar, flankers, monoliths, sockets, uprights, kerb, radials, monolith, hilltop, cemetery, sacrifice, cremation, burial, cult, quartz, granite, tribe, antiquity, leader, generation, death, ceremony, construction, primitive, community, field, territorial, marker, clearances, ritual, rural, nature, astronomical, seasons, moon, lunar, stellar, sunset, sunrise, cyclical, cycles, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, peaceful, quiet, sun, sunshine, grass, green, blue, white, farming, agriculture, barley, harvest, countryside, wild, clouds, autumn, . September, 2002, Fuji, Velvia, 35mm, 50asa, slide, film, Nikon, FM2, 28mm f2.8

Kirkton Bourtie Stones 1916811jhp
Bronze Age Recumbent Stone Circle Kirkton Bourtie Aberdeenshire Bennachie barley field Scotland ruins horizon north of Inverurie off the Oldmeldrum road and easily accessed from the road in a field. Obviously avoid damaging crops although access should be left. Wonderful panoramic views over Aberdeenshire and Donside to the south and west with the hill of Bennachie in centre distance. The general view many years after this photo to Bennachie has been ruined by an inappropriately situated huge metal barn and a good illustration at the thoughtless planning permission rules operated in Aberdeenshire.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Donside, Inverurie, Old, Meldrum, Bennachie, mountain, Recumbent, Stone, Circle, Ring, Cairn, ellipse, elliptical, landscape, history, Bronze, Age, ancient, archaeology, ancestors, neolithic, excavation, bone, radiocarbon, dating, monument, stones, altar, flankers, monoliths, sockets, uprights, kerb, radials, monolith, hilltop, cemetery, sacrifice, cremation, burial, cult, quartz, granite, tribe, antiquity, leader, generation, death, ceremony, construction, primitive, community, field, territorial, marker, clearances, ritual, rural, nature, astronomical, seasons, moon, lunar, stellar, sunset, sunrise, cyclical, cycles, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, peaceful, quiet, sun, sunshine, grass, green, blue, white, farming, agriculture, barley, harvest, countryside, wild, clouds, autumn, . September, 2002, Fuji, Velvia, 35mm, 50asa, slide, film, Nikon, FM2, 28mm f2.8

Kirkton of Bourtie RSC jkl7756jhp
Bronze Age Recumbent Stone Circle Kirkton Bourtie Scottish ruins low horizon field north of Inverurie off the Oldmeldrum road and easily accessed from the road in a field. Obviously avoid damaging crops although access should be left. Wonderful panoramic views over Aberdeenshire and Donside to the south and west with the hill of Bennachie in centre distance. The general view now to Bennachie has been ruined by an inappropriately situated huge metal barn and a good illustration at the thoughtless planning permission rules operated in Aberdeenshire.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Donside, Inverurie, Oldmeldrum, Kirkton, Bourtie, RSC, winter, horizon, Recumbent, Stone, Circle, Ring, Cairn, ellipse, elliptical, 2014, Nikon, D700, DSLR, landscape, history, Bronze, Age, ancient, archaeology, ancestors, neolithic, excavation, bone, radiocarbon, dating, monument, stones, altar, flankers, monoliths, sockets, uprights, kerb, radials, monolith, hilltop, cemetery, sacrifice, cremation, burial, cult, quartz, granite, tribe, antiquity, leader, generation, death, ceremony, construction, primitive, community, field, territorial, marker, clearances, ritual, rural, nature, astronomical, seasons, moon, lunar, stellar, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, peaceful, quiet, sun, sunshine, grass, green, blue, white, farming, agriculture, countryside

Kirkton of Bourtie RSC jkl7755jhp
Bronze Age Recumbent Stone Circle Kirkton Bourtie Aberdeenshire Scotland ruins horizon north of Inverurie off the Oldmeldrum road and easily accessed from the road in a field. Obviously avoid damaging crops although access should be left. Wonderful panoramic views over Aberdeenshire and Donside to the south and west with the hill of Bennachie in centre distance. The general view now to Bennachie has been ruined by an inappropriately situated huge metal barn and a good illustration at the thoughtless planning permission rules operated in Aberdeenshire.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Donside, Inverurie, Oldmeldrum, Kirkton, Bourtie, RSC, winter, horizon, Recumbent, Stone, Circle, Ring, Cairn, ellipse, elliptical, 2014, Nikon, D700, DSLR, landscape, history, Bronze, Age, ancient, archaeology, ancestors, neolithic, excavation, bone, radiocarbon, dating, monument, stones, altar, flankers, monoliths, sockets, uprights, kerb, radials, monolith, hilltop, cemetery, sacrifice, cremation, burial, cult, quartz, granite, tribe, antiquity, leader, generation, death, ceremony, construction, primitive, community, field, territorial, marker, clearances, ritual, rural, nature, astronomical, seasons, moon, lunar, stellar, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, peaceful, quiet, sun, sunshine, grass, green, blue, white, farming, agriculture, countryside

Scotland > Banff & Buchan (5 files)

Photographs of the Banff and Buchan area of Aberdeenshire in North East Scotland that do not fit into other specialist categories or particularly illustrate the nature of the area.

Buchan Spring asd7240jhp
Spring sunshine trees farmland Castlehill Brownhill Buchan Lochnagar Scotland sunny green fields taken on a country road from Aberchirder on a small road which goes to Bogton although I branched off for South Brownhill at the end of May. In this photo the very distant but distinct southerly outline of Lochnagar, centre horizon, south of Royal Deeside about the furthest North I have seen it was taken from a bend in the road west of South Brownhill just above Bogharvey and Castlehill farms.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Lochnagar, Buchan, Aberchirder, Skeibhill, Castlehill, South, Brownhill, Bogharvey, gorse, yellow, spring, blue, sky, cloudless, farming, farmland, fields, summer, upright, May, spring, DSLR

Buchan Spring asd7239jhp
Spring farmland Buchan Aberdeenshire Lochnagar Scotland Brownhill green fields landscape taken on a country road from Aberchirder on a small road which goes to Bogton although I branched off for South Brownhill at the end of May. In this photo the very distant but distinct southerly outline of Lochnagar, centre horizon, south of Royal Deeside about the furthest North I have seen it was taken from a bend in the road west of South Brownhill just above Bogharvey and Castlehill farms.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Lochnagar, Buchan, Aberchirder, Skeibhill, Castlehill, South, Brownhill, Bogharvey, gorse, yellow, spring, blue, sky, cloudless, farming, farmland, fields, landscape, May, spring, DSLR, summer

Buchan Spring asd7235jhp
Spring farmland Castlehill Brownhill Aberdeenshire Lochnagar Scottish sunny green fields taken on a country road from Aberchirder on a small road which goes to Bogton although I branched off for South Brownhill at the end of May. In this photo the very distant but distinct southerly outline of Lochnagar, centre horizon, south of Royal Deeside about the furthest North I have seen it was taken from a bend in the road west of South Brownhill just above Bogharvey and Castlehill farms.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Lochnagar, Buchan, Aberchirder, Skeibhill, Castlehill, South, Brownhill, Bogharvey, gorse, yellow, spring, blue, sky, cloudless, farming, farmland, fields, landscape, May, spring, DSLR

New Pitsligo Autumn Croft UP714524JHP
Buchan Aberdeenshire Autumn New Pitsligo Croft Ruin Scotland North East giving a sense of the flatlands in the Banff and Buchan District in the northern most farming area of Aberdeenshire south of Banff between Fraserburgh and Turriff.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, North, East, Banff, Buchan, district, New Pitsligo, landscape, farming, croft, cottage, ruin, railway, carriage, heather, moor, autumn, horizon, flat

New Blyth & Bennachie UP714526JHP
Buchan Aberdeenshire Autumn New Blyth Bennachie Scotland North East photo of harvested barley bales in a field catching late autumnal light with the distant but distinct outline of the Garioch hill many miles to the south on the road between Fraserburgh and Turriff.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, North, East, Banff, Buchan, district, New, Blyth, landscape, farming, field, autumn, bales, harvest, horizon, Bennachie, hill, southwards

Scotland > Clouds, Sunsets, Dawns and Weather (67 files)

The gallery has images of weather related subjects from clouds to dawns and sunrises, NLC or noctilucent clouds nights, moon to sun rings, rainbows, double rainbows, meteors, shooting stars, Perseids. The range of clouds includes cirrus, storm clouds, white puffy fair weather clouds, monster cloud formations, haar, sun beams, lenticular, mama, a wide range of different meteorological structures and types.

NLC-over-Deeside-wsc6026jhp
Noctilucent clouds Deeside July Scotland NLC North night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present, this display the only one I saw in 2023. This is taken looking magnetic 60-80 degrees over Crooktree to the North and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, on the 18th July. This was taken at 23.42 UT using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Tokina SD 28-70mm zoom at aperture f5.6, 28mm focal length, ISO 1600 for 1.6sec. It was a perfect night with little wind but some normal cloud cover. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, east, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, North, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, western, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, house, chimney, pot, trees, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO1600, Tokina SD, 28-70mm zoom lens, 2023, July

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Noctilucent clouds Aberdeenshire summer Scottish NLC East North night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present, this display the only one I saw in 2023. This is taken looking magnetic 60-80 degrees from Crooktree to the East of North and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, on the 18th July. This was taken at 23.41 UT using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Tokina SD 28-70mm zoom at aperture f5.6, 28mm focal length, ISO 1600 for 3sec. It was a perfect night with little wind but some normal cloud cover. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, east, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, North, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, western, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO1600, Tokina SD, 28-70mm zoom lens, 2023, July

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Noctilucent clouds NLC summer Scottish NLC East North night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present, this display the only one I saw in 2023. This is taken looking magnetic 60-80 degrees from Crooktree to the East of North and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, on the 18th July. This was taken at 23.40 UT using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Tokina SD 28-70mm zoom at aperture f5.6, 70mm focal length, ISO 1600 for 3sec. It was a perfect night with little wind but some normal cloud cover. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, east, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, North, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, western, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO1600, Tokina SD, 28-70mm zoom lens, 2023, July

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Noctilucent clouds NLC summer Scotland Grampian East North night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present, this display the only one I saw in 2023. This is taken looking magnetic 60-80 degrees from Crooktree to the East of North and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, on the 18th July. This was taken at 23.40 UT using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Tokina SD 28-70mm zoom at aperture f5.6, 70mm focal length, ISO 1600 for 1sec. It was a perfect night with little wind but some normal cloud cover. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, east, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, North, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, western, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO1600, Tokina SD, 28-70mm zoom lens, 2023, July

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Noctilucent clouds NLC summer Aberdeenshire Deeside night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present, this display the only one I saw in 2023. This is taken looking magnetic 60-80 degrees from Crooktree to the East of North and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, on the 18th July. This was taken at 23.38 UT using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Tokina SD 28-70mm zoom at aperture f5.6, 28mm focal length, ISO 1600 for 4sec. It was a perfect night with little wind but some normal cloud cover. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, east, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, North, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, western, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO1600, Tokina SD, 28-70mm zoom lens, 2023, July

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Noctilucent clouds NLC summer July Deeside night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present, this display the only one I saw in 2023. This is taken looking magnetic 60-80 degrees from Crooktree to the North and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, on the 18th July. This was taken at 23.37 UT using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Tokina SD 28-70mm zoom at aperture f5.6, ISO 1600 for 1.3sec. It was a perfect night with little wind but some normal cloud cover. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, east, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, North, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, western, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO1600, Tokina SD, 28-70mm zoom lens, 2023, July

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Noctilucent distinct silver blue waves clouds NLC Scotland Eastwards June Torphins Deeside Aberdeenshire night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but are Meteor dust most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking East of North from Crooktree with Torphins on lower right as the NLC display expanded and more pronounced waves forming and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, best show so far in 2021 on the 27th June. Taken at 23.56 UT using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Tokina SD, 70mm, f8, ISO 640 for 4 sec. It was a perfect night with little wind and although this was the last of my watching the display continued for some time more. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, east, high, atmosphere, meteor, dust, ozone, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, North, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, Eastwards, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO640, Tokina SD, 28-70mm zoom, 70mm focal length, 2021, June, 23.56hrs, 27th.

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Noctilucent clouds NLC Scotland summer display Northwards June Deeside Scotland night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but are Meteor dust most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking Northwards over Crooktree and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, best show so far in 2021 on the 27th June. Taken at 23.05 UT using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Nikkor 24mm, f8, ISO 640 for .8 sec. It was a perfect night with little wind. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, east, high, atmosphere, meteor, dust, ozone, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, eastern, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, telephone pole, chimney, pot, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO640, Nikkor, 24mm, lens, 2021, June, 23.05hrs, 27th.

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Noctilucent distinct silver blue waves clouds NLC Scottish East North June Torphins Deeside Aberdeenshire night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but are Meteor dust most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking East of North from Crooktree with Torphins on lower right as the NLC display expanded and more pronounced waves forming and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, best show so far in 2021 on the 27th June. Taken at 23.54 UT using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Tokina SD, 28mm, f8, ISO 640 for 5 sec. It was a perfect night with little wind and although this was the last of my watching the display continued for some time more. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, east, high, atmosphere, meteor, dust, ozone, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, North, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, Eastwards, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO640, Tokina SD, 28-70mm zoom, 28mm focal length, 2021, June, 23.54hrs, 27th.

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Noctilucent strong blue waves clouds NLC Scotland East North June Torphins Deeside Aberdeenshire night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but are Meteor dust most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking East of North from Crooktree with Torphins on lower right as the NLC display expanded and more pronounced waves forming and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, best show so far in 2021 on the 27th June. Taken at 23.41 UT using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Nikkor 24mm, f8, ISO 640 for 2 sec. It was a perfect night with little wind. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, east, high, atmosphere, meteor, dust, ozone, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, North, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, Eastwards, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO640, Nikkor, 24mm, lens, 2021, June, 23.41hrs, 27th.

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Noctilucent high blue waves clouds NLC Scottish East North June Torphins lights Deeside Aberdeenshire night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but are Meteor dust most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking East of North from above Crooktree with Torphins on lower right as the NLC display expanded and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, best show so far in 2021 on the 27th June. Taken at 23.38 UT using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Nikkor 24mm, f8, ISO 640 for 2.5 sec. It was a perfect night with little wind. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, east, high, atmosphere, meteor, dust, ozone, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, North, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, Eastwards, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO640, Nikkor, 24mm, lens, 2021, June, 23.38hrs, 27th.

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Noctilucent electric blue waves clouds NLC Scotland East North June Deeside Aberdeenshire night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but are Meteor dust most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking East of North from above Crooktree with Torphins on lower right as the NLC display expanded and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, best show so far in 2021 on the 27th June. Taken at 23.36 UT using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Nikkor 24mm, f8, ISO 640 for 2 sec. It was a perfect night with little wind. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, east, high, atmosphere, meteor, dust, ozone, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, North, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, Eastwards, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO640, Nikkor, 24mm, lens, 2021, June, 23.36hrs, 27th.

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Noctilucent silver blue waves clouds expanding NLC Scotland North June Deeside Aberdeenshire night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but are Meteor dust most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking North from above Crooktree as the NLC display expanded and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, best show so far in 2021 on the 27th June. Taken at 23.36 UT using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Nikkor 24mm, f8, ISO 640 for 3 sec. It was a perfect night with little wind. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, east, high, atmosphere, meteor, dust, ozone, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, North, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, Eastwards, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO640, Nikkor, 24mm, lens, 2021, June, 23.36hrs, 27th.

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Noctilucent silver blue waves clouds expanding NLC Scottish summer East North June Aberdeenshire night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but are Meteor dust most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking East of North from Crooktree as the NLC display expanded and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, best show so far in 2021 on the 27th June. Taken at 23.13 UT using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Nikkor 24mm, f8, ISO 640 for 3 sec. It was a perfect night with little wind. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, east, high, atmosphere, meteor, dust, ozone, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, eastern, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, Eastwards, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO640, Nikkor, 24mm, lens, 2021, June, 23.13hrs, 27th.

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Noctilucent silver blue waves clouds NLC Scottish cottage summer North June Deeside night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but are Meteor dust most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking North from Crooktree and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, best show so far in 2021 on the 27th June. Taken at 23.09 UT using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Nikkor 24mm, f8, ISO 640 for 1.3 sec. It was a perfect night with little wind. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, east, high, atmosphere, meteor, dust, ozone, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, eastern, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, cottage, chimney, window, light, North, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO640, Nikkor, 24mm, lens, 2021, June, 23.10hrs, 27th.

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Noctilucent silver blue waves clouds NLC Scottish Torphins lights summer North June Deeside night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but are Meteor dust most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking East of North from Crooktree garden boulder to Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, best show so far in 2021 on the 27th June. Taken at 23.09 UT using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Nikkor 24mm, f8, ISO 640 for 1.3 sec. It was a perfect night with little wind. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, east, high, atmosphere, meteor, dust, ozone, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, eastern, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, boulder, stone, lit, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO640, Nikkor, 24mm, lens, 2021, June, 23.09hrs, 27th.

NLC-Over-Deeside-qax9680jhp
Noctilucent silver blue waves clouds NLC Scotland summer North June Deeside Scottish night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but are Meteor dust most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking Northwards over Crooktree and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, best show so far in 2021 on the 27th June. Taken at 23.05 UT using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Nikkor 24mm, f8, ISO 640 for .8 sec. It was a perfect night with little wind. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, east, high, atmosphere, meteor, dust, ozone, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, eastern, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, telephone pole, chimney, pot, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO640, Nikkor, 24mm, lens, 2021, June, 23.05hrs, 27th.

NLC-Over-Deeside-qax9669jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC Scottish summer early display Northwards June Deeside Scotland night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but are Meteor dust most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking East of North, 20degrees, with lights of Torphins on left from Crooktree and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, best show so far in 2021 on the 27th June. Taken at 22.59 UT using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Nikkor 24mm, f8, ISO 640 for 1sec. It was a perfect night with little wind. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, east, high, atmosphere, meteor, dust, ozone, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, eastern, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, telephoto, chimney, pot, TV aerial, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO640, Nikkor, 24mm, lens, 2021, June, 22.59hrs, 27th.

NLC-Over-Deeside-qax9660jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC Scottish summer early display Torphins lights June Deeside Scotland night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but are Meteor dust most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking East of North, 20degrees, with lights of Torphins on left from Crooktree and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, best show so far in 2021 on the 27th June. Taken at 22.56 UT using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Nikkor 24mm, f8, ISO 640 for .8sec. It was a perfect night with little wind. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, east, high, atmosphere, meteor, dust, ozone, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, eastern, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, telephoto, chimney, pot, TV aerial, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO640, Nikkor, 24mm, lens, 2021, June, 22.56hrs, 27th.

NLC-Over-Deeside-qax9655jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC summer early display Torphins lights June Deeside Scotland night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but are Meteor dust most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking East of North with lights of Torphins on left from Crooktree and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, best show so far in 2021 on the 27th June. Taken at 22.53 UT using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Nikkor 24mm, f8, ISO 640 for 1sec. It was a perfect night with little wind. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, east, high, atmosphere, meteor, dust, ozone, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, eastern, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, telephoto, chimney, pot, TV aerial, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO640, Nikkor, 24mm, lens, 2021, June, 22.53hrs, 27th.

NLC-Over-Deeside-qax9651jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC summer early display North June Deeside Scotland night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but are Meteor dust most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking Northwards from Crooktree and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, best show so far in 2021 on the 27th June. Taken at 22.47 UT using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Nikkor 24mm, f8, ISO 640 for 1.3sec. It was a perfect night with little wind. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, east, high, atmosphere, meteor, dust, ozone, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, eastern, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, telephoto, chimney, pot, TV aerial, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO640, Nikkor, 24mm, lens, 2021, June, 22.47hrs, 27th.

Deeside-NLC-qax9561jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC summer rooftop aerial chimney pot June Deeside Scotland night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but are Meteor dust most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 20 degrees from Crooktree North left of Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, first show in 2021 on the 20th June. Taken at 23.52 UT using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Tokina SD 28-70mm zoom at 70mm, f8, ISO 1600 for 1sec. It was a perfect night with little wind. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, east, high, atmosphere, meteor, dust, ozone, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, eastern, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, telephoto, chimney, pot, TV aerial, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO1600, Tokina SD, 70mm, lens, 2021, June, 23.52hrs, 20th.

Deeside-NLC-qax9559jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC summer close detail clouds June Deeside Scotland night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but are Meteor dust most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 20 degrees from Crooktree North left of Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, first show in 2021 on the 20th June. Taken at 23.51 UT using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Tokina SD 28-70mm zoom at 70mm, f8, ISO 1600 for 1sec. It was a perfect night with little wind. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, east, high, atmosphere, meteor, dust, ozone, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, eastern, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, telephoto, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO1600, Tokina SD, 70mm, lens, 2021, June, 23.51hrs, 20th.

Deeside-NLC-qax9556jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC summer Torphins East clouds June Aberdeenshire Scotland night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but are Meteor dust most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 20 degrees from Crooktree North left of Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, first show in 2021 on the 20th June. Taken at 23.49 UT using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Tokina SD 28-70mm zoom at 28mm, f8, ISO 1600 for .6 sec. It was a perfect night with little wind. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, east, high, atmosphere, meteor, dust, ozone, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, eastern, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO1600, Tokina SD, 28mm, lens, 2021, June, 23.49hrs, 20th.

Deeside-NLC-qax9550jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC summer rooftop clouds June Aberdeenshire Scotland night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but are Meteor dust most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 20 degrees from Crooktree North left of Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, first show in 2021 on the of the 20th June. Taken at 23.45 UT using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Tokina SD 28-70mm zoom at 28mm, f8, ISO 1600 for 2.5secs. It was a perfect night with little wind. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, east, high, atmosphere, meteor, dust, ozone, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, western, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, rooftop, chimney, TV aerial, trees, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO1600, Tokina SD, 28mm, lens, 2021, June, 23.40hrs, 20th.

Deeside-NLC-qax9544jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC summer North clouds June Deeside night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but are Meteor dust most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 20 degrees from Crooktree North left of Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, first show in 2021 on the of the 20th June. Taken at 23.40 UT using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Tokina SD 28-70mm zoom at 70mm, f8, ISO 1600 for .8 sec. It was a perfect night with little wind. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, east, high, atmosphere, meteor, dust, ozone, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, western, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO1600, Tokina SD, 70mm, lens, 2021, June, 23.40hrs, 20th.

NLC-Over-Deeside-qax7133jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC summer Torphins lights July Deeside night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 60-80 degrees from Crooktree North Eastwards with lights of Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, first show in 2020 in the early morning of the 15th July. Taken at 00.21.16 UT using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Nikkor 24mm f2.8 at f5.6, ISO 200 for 10sec. It was a perfect night with little wind and very little normal cloud cover. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, east, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, western, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO200, Nikkor 24mm, lens, 2020, July, 00.21hrs, 15th.

NLC-Over-Deeside-qax7129jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC summer northwards Scottish July Deeside night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 60 degrees from Crooktree North and Eastwards and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, first show in 2020 in the early morning of the 15th July. Taken at 00.18.31 UT using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Tokina 28-70mm zoom f5.6, ISO 200 for 25sec. It was a perfect night with little wind and very little normal cloud cover. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, east, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, western, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO200, Tokina 70-28mm, lens, 2020, July, 00.18.31hrs, 15th.

Comet-Neowise-with-Plough-qax7225jhp
Comet Neowise Noctilucent clouds NLC summer northwards Ursa Major Plough Scotland July Deeside night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them as was the conditions on this evening. This is taken looking magnetic 330 degrees from Crooktree Northwards with the Comet nearly centre, the Plough was off to the upper left and the NLC eastwards on the lower right and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland. Taken at 23.44UT [after midnight in BST] on 18th July 2020 using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Nikkor 24mm at f5.6, ISO 640 for 4sec. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, north, Comet, Neowise, The Plough, Ursa Major, Big, Dipper, tails, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, northern, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO 200, 640, Nikkor 24mm, f2.8, 50mm, f1.8, Tokina SD, 28-70mm, AS Nikkor, 28-300mm, lens, 2020, July, 17th, 18th

Comet-Neowise-with-Plough-qax7208jhp
Comet Neowise Ursa Major Plough Big Dipper summer northwards Scottish July Deeside night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them as was the conditions on this evening. This is taken looking magnetic 330 degrees from Crooktree Northwards with the Comet nearly centre, the Plough was off to the upper left and the NLC eastwards on the lower right and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland. Taken at 23.23UT [after midnight in BST] on 18th July 2020 using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Tokina SD 28mm at f4, ISO 640 for 5sec. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, north, Comet, Neowise, The Plough, Ursa Major, Big, Dipper, tails, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, northern, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO 200, 640, Nikkor 24mm, f2.8, 50mm, f1.8, Tokina SD, 28-70mm, AS Nikkor, 28-300mm, lens, 2020, July, 17th, 18th

Comet-Neowise-with-NLC-qax7232jhp
Comet Neowise Noctilucent clouds summer night northwards Scotland Deeside Aberdeenshire stars sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them as was the conditions on this evening. This is taken looking magnetic 330 degrees from Crooktree Northwards with the Comet nearly centre, the Plough was off to the upper left and the NLC eastwards on the lower right and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland. Taken at 23.53UT [after midnight in BST] on 18th July 2020 using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Tokina SD 70mm at f4, ISO 640 for 8 sec. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, north, Comet, Neowise, The Plough, Ursa Major, Big, Dipper, tails, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, northern, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO 200, 640, Nikkor 24mm, f2.8, 50mm, f1.8, Tokina SD, 28-70mm, AS Nikkor, 28-300mm, lens, 2020, July, 17th, 18th

Comet-Neowise-with-NLC-qax7220jhp
Comet Neowise Noctilucent clouds NLC summer northwards Plough Scottish July Deeside night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them as was the conditions on this evening. This is taken looking magnetic 330 degrees from Crooktree Northwards with the Comet nearly centre, the Plough was off to the upper left and the NLC eastwards on the lower right and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland. Taken at 23.41UT [after midnight in BST] on 18th July 2020 using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Tokina SD 28mm at f4, ISO 640 for 10sec. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, north, Comet, Neowise, The Plough, Ursa Major, Big, Dipper, tails, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, northern, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO 200, 640, Nikkor 24mm, f2.8, 50mm, f1.8, Tokina SD, 28-70mm, AS Nikkor, 28-300mm, lens, 2020, July, 17th, 18th

Comet-Neowise-over-Deeside-qax7227jhp
Comet Neowise Noctilucent clouds summer northwards Scotland July Deeside Aberdeenshire night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them as was the conditions on this evening. This is taken looking magnetic 330 degrees from Crooktree Northwards with the Comet nearly centre, the Plough was off to the upper left and the NLC eastwards on the lower right and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland. Taken at 23.47UT [after midnight in BST] on 18th July 2020 using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Nikkor 50mm at f5.6, ISO 640 for 4sec. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, north, Comet, Neowise, The Plough, Ursa Major, Big, Dipper, tails, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, northern, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO 200, 640, Nikkor 24mm, f2.8, 50mm, f1.8, Tokina SD, 28-70mm, AS Nikkor, 28-300mm, lens, 2020, July, 17th, 18th, upright

Comet-Neowise-over-Deeside-qax7204jhp
Comet Neowise summer northwards Scotland July Deeside night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them as was the conditions on this evening. This is taken looking magnetic 330 degrees from Crooktree Northwards with the Comet nearly centre, the Plough was off to the upper left and the NLC eastwards on the lower right and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland. Taken at 23.21UT [after midnight in BST] on 18th July 2020 using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Tokina SD 70mm at f4, ISO 200 for 15sec. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, north, Comet, Neowise, The Plough, Ursa Major, Big, Dipper, tails, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, northern, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO 200, 640, Nikkor 24mm, f2.8, 50mm, f1.8, Tokina SD, 28-70mm, AS Nikkor, 28-300mm, lens, 2020, July, 17th, 18th

NLC-over-Torphins-qax7012jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC summer night Scotland Aberdeenshire sky silver streak rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 45 degrees from Crooktree over Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, my second show in 2020 in the late evening of the 3rd July into early 4th. Taken at 23.16 UT [after midnight in BST] using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Nikkor 50mm f1.8 at f5.6, ISO 200 for 2.5secs. It was a perfect night with no wind and very little normal cloud cover. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, east, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, eastern, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO200, Nikkor, 50mm lens, 2020, July, 3rd, 4th, .

NLC-over-Deeside-qax6758jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC summer westwards Scottish June Deeside night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 280-320 degrees from Crooktree North and Westwards and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, first show in 2020 in the late evening of the 11th June into early 12th. Taken at 23.15 UT [after midnight in BST] using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Nikkor 24mm f2.8 at f5.6, ISO 500 for 3sec. It was a perfect night with little wind and very little normal cloud cover. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, west, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, western, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO500, Nikkor 24mm, lens, 2020, June, 11th, 12th.

NLC-over-Deeside-qax6755jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC summer northwards Scottish June Royal Deeside sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 280-320 degrees from Crooktree North and Westwards and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, first show in 2020 in the late evening of the 11th June into early 12th. Taken at 23.10 UT [after midnight in BST] using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Nikkor 24mm f2.8 at f5.6, ISO 500 for 1sec. It was a perfect night with little wind and very little normal cloud cover. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Highlands, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, westwards, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, western, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO500, Nikkor 24mm, lens, 2020, June, 11th, 12th.

NLC-over-Deeside-qax6745jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC summer northwards Scotland Deeside sky silver streak rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 280-320 degrees from Crooktree North and Westwards and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, first show in 2020 in the late evening of the 11th June into early 12th. Taken at 23.03 UT [after midnight in BST] using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Tokina SD 28-70mm f2.8 at f5.6, ISO 200 for 13secs. It was a perfect night with little wind and very little normal cloud cover. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, westwards, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, North, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, eastern, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, cottage, roof, chimneypot, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO200, Tokina SD zoom, lens, 2020, June, 11th, 12th.

NLC-Over-Torphins-qax7041jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC summer Torphins Scotland Deeside sky silver streak rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 45 degrees from Crooktree over Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, my second show in 2020 in the late evening of the 5th July into early 6th. Taken at 23.31 UT [after midnight in BST] using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Nikkor 50mm f1.8 at f5.6, ISO 200 for 6secs. It was a perfect night with no wind and very little normal cloud cover. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, east, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, eastern, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO200, Nikkor, 50mm lens, 2020, July, 5th, 6th.

Deeside NLC qax2491jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC summer night sky thinning July Scotland Torphins Aberdeenshire blue network rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking towards the East, at 60 degrees from Crooktree towards Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, my second show in 2018 in the early morning of the 2nd July. Taken at 00.32.32 BST using a D700 Nikon DSLR with Nikkor N 24mm f2.8, at f5.6, 6.7 second exposure at ISO200. It was a windless night with no cloud cover. The display started to thin out after this and small puffy clouds started to appear above the main display as it thinned out. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, windy, moving, blurred, landscape, NLC, north, east, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, cottage, silhouette, chimney pot, trees, branches, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, whitish blue, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night shining, meaning, eastern sky, ultraviolet radiation, sky, layers, still, Nikon, D700 FX DSLR, digital, ISO200, lens, Nikkor N 24mm f2.8, 2018, July.

Deeside NLC qax2489jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC summer night eastwards Scottish Torphins Aberdeenshire sky blue network rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking towards the East, at 60 degrees from Crooktree towards Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, my second show in 2018 in the early morning of the 2nd July. Taken at 00.30.06 BST using a D700 Nikon DSLR with Nikkor N 24mm f2.8, at f5.6, 7.2 second exposure at ISO200. It was a windless night with no cloud cover. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, windy, moving, blurred, landscape, NLC, north, east, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, cottage, silhouette, chimney pot, trees, branches, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, whitish blue, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night shining, meaning, eastern sky, ultraviolet radiation, sky, layers, still, Nikon, D700 FX DSLR, digital, ISO200, lens, Nikkor N 24mm f2.8, 2018, July.

Deeside NLC qax2485jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC summer night Scotland Aberdeenshire sky blue network rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking towards the East, at 60 degrees from Crooktree towards Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, my second show in 2018 in the early morning of the 2nd July. Taken at 00.08.54 BST using a D700 Nikon DSLR with Nikkor N 24mm f2.8, at f5.6, 4.7 second exposure at ISO200. It was a windless night with no cloud cover. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, windy, moving, blurred, landscape, NLC, north, east, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, cottage, silhouette, chimney pot, trees, branches, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, whitish blue, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night shining, meaning, eastern sky, ultraviolet radiation, sky, layers, still, Nikon, D700 FX DSLR, digital, ISO200, lens, Nikkor N 24mm f2.8, 2018, July.

Deeside NLC qax2484jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC summer north night Scotland Aberdeenshire sky blue network rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking due North from Crooktree and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, my second show in 2018 in the early morning of the 2nd July. Taken at 00.08.24 BST using a D700 Nikon DSLR with Nikkor 24mm f2.8 at f5.6, 8 second exposure at ISO200. It was a windless night but with no cloud cover. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, windy, moving, blurred, landscape, NLC, north, east, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, cottage, silhouette, chimney pot, trees, branches, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, whitish blue, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night shining, meaning, eastern sky, ultraviolet radiation, sky, layers, still, Nikon, D700 FX DSLR, digital, ISO200, lens, Nikkor N 24mm f2.8, 2018, July.

NLC over Deeside qax2354jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC spring northern night Scottish June first Aberdeenshire sky blue network rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present.
This is taken looking due North from Crooktree and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, my first show in 2018 in the early morning of the 19th June. Taken at 00.30.56 BST using a D700 Nikon DSLR with Tokina SD28-70, set at 28mm at f8, 7.1 second exposure at ISO200. It was extremely windy but with very little normal cloud cover. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, windy, moving, blurred, landscape, NLC, north, east, west, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, cottage, silhouette, chimney pot, trees, branches, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, whitish blue, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night shining, meaning, eastern sky, ultraviolet radiation, sky, layers, windy, Nikon, D700 FX DSLR, digital, ISO200, lens, Tokina, SD28-70mm zoom lens, 2018, June.

NLC over Deeside qax2348jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC spring night Torphins eastwards Scotland Aberdeenshire sky blue network rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present.
This is taken looking towards the East, at 60 degrees from Crooktree towards Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, my first show in 2018 in the early morning of the 19th June. Taken at 00.33.04 BST using a D700 Nikon DSLR with Tokina SD28-70, set at 28mm at f8, 6 second exposure at ISO200. It was extremely windy but with very little normal cloud cover. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, windy, moving, blurred, landscape, NLC, north, east, west, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, cottage, silhouette, chimney pot, trees, branches, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, whitish blue, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night shining, meaning, eastern sky, ultraviolet radiation, sky, layers, windy, Nikon, D700 FX DSLR, digital, ISO200, lens, Tokina, SD28-70mm zoom lens, 2018, June.

NLC over Deeside qax2335jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC June summer night west moon Scotland Aberdeenshire sky blue network rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present.
This is taken looking West from Crooktree towards Deeside with a descending young moon on the extreme left and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, my first show in 2018 in the early morning of the 19th June. Taken at 00.25.39 BST using a D700 Nikon DSLR with Tokina SD28-70, set at 28mm at f8, 5 second exposure at ISO200. It was extremely windy but with very little normal cloud cover. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, windy, moving, blurred, landscape, NLC, north, east, west, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, silhouette, trees, branches, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, whitish blue, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night shining, meaning, west, sky, new, moon, setting, ultraviolet radiation, sky, layers, windy, Nikon, D700 FX DSLR, digital, ISO200, lens, Tokina, SD28-70mm zoom lens, 2018, June.

NLC Torphins bnm7989jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC house silhouette scary ominous beautiful trees framing Scotland Aberdeenshire July morning sky blue network rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 45 degrees from Crooktree over Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, my second show in 2017 in the late evening of the 2nd July into early 3rd. Taken at 00.22 UT [after midnight in BST] using a D700 Nikon DSLR with Nikkor 24mm prime lens at f8, 4.1 second exposure at ISO500. It was a perfect night with no wind and very little normal cloud cover. The photos over the house were taken with a Nikkor 24mm f2.8 at f8. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, windy, moving, blurred, landscape, NLC, north, east, west, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, cottage, silhouette, chimney pot, trees, branches, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, whitish blue, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night shining, meaning, eastern sky, ultraviolet radiation, sky, layers, windy, Nikon, D700 FX DSLR, digital, ISO500, Nikkor, 24mm lens, Tokina, SD28-70mm zoom lens, 2017, July.

NLC Torphins bnm7986jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC July panorama Northerly waves bands silvery blue sky Scottish Aberdeenshire network rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 45 degrees from Crooktree over Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, my second show in 2017 in the late evening of the 2nd July into early 3rd. Taken at 00.20 UT [after midnight in BST] using a D700 Nikon DSLR with Nikkor 24mm f2.8 prime lens at f8, 3.8 second exposure at ISO500. It was a perfect night with no wind and very little normal cloud cover. The photos over the house were taken with a Nikkor 24mm f2.8 at f8. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, windy, moving, blurred, landscape, NLC, north, east, west, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, cottage, silhouette, chimney pot, trees, branches, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, whitish blue, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night shining, meaning, eastern sky, ultraviolet radiation, sky, layers, windy, Nikon, D700 FX DSLR, digital, ISO500, Nikkor, 24mm lens, Tokina, SD28-70mm zoom lens, 2017, July.

NLC Torphins bnm7982jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC summer morning chimney silhouette village lights Scotland Aberdeenshire sky blue network rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 45 degrees from Crooktree over Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, my second show in 2017 in the late evening of the 2nd July into early 3rd. Taken at 00.15 UT [after midnight in BST] using a D700 Nikon DSLR with Nikkor 24mm f2.8 lens at f8, 7.2 second exposure at ISO500. It was a perfect night with no wind and very little normal cloud cover. The photos over the house were taken with a Nikkor 24mm f2.8 at f8. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, windy, moving, blurred, landscape, NLC, north, east, west, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, cottage, silhouette, chimney pot, trees, branches, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, whitish blue, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night shining, meaning, eastern sky, ultraviolet radiation, sky, layers, windy, Nikon, D700 FX DSLR, digital, ISO500, Nikkor, 24mm lens, Tokina, SD28-70mm zoom lens, 2017, July.

NLC Torphins bnm7972jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC July morning village lights bands stars Scotland Aberdeenshire sky blue network rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 45 degrees from Crooktree over Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, my second show in 2017 in the late evening of the 2nd July into early 3rd. Taken at 00.10 UT [after midnight in BST] using a D700 Nikon DSLR with Tokina SD28-70 lens at f5.6, 4 second exposure at ISO500. It was a perfect night with no wind and very little normal cloud cover. The photos over the house were taken with a Nikkor 24mm f2.8 at f8. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, windy, moving, blurred, landscape, NLC, north, east, west, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, whitish blue, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night shining, meaning, eastern sky, ultraviolet radiation, sky, layers, windy, Nikon, D700 FX DSLR, digital, ISO500, Nikkor, 24mm lens, Tokina, SD28-70mm zoom lens, 2017, July.

NLC Torphins bnm7967jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC July westwards magical eerie silvery blue band night Scotland Aberdeenshire sky blue network rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 45 degrees from Crooktree over Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, my second show in 2017 in the late evening of the 2nd July into early 3rd. Taken at 00.09 UT [after midnight in BST] using a D700 Nikon DSLR with Tokina SD28-70 lens at f5.6, 3.7 second exposure at ISO500. It was a perfect night with no wind and very little normal cloud cover. The photos over the house were taken with a Nikkor 24mm f2.8 at f8. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, windy, moving, blurred, landscape, NLC, north, east, west, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, whitish blue, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night shining, meaning, eastern sky, ultraviolet radiation, sky, layers, windy, Nikon, D700 FX DSLR, digital, ISO500, Nikkor, 24mm lens, Tokina, SD28-70mm zoom lens, 2017, July.

NLC Torphins bnm7960jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC summer July morning bands waves ripples Scottish Aberdeenshire sky blue network rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 45 degrees from Crooktree over Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, my second show in 2017 in the late evening of the 2nd July into early 3rd. Taken at 00.07 UT [after midnight in BST] using a D700 Nikon DSLR with Tokina SD28-70 lens at f5.6, 5 second exposure at ISO500. It was a perfect night with no wind and very little normal cloud cover. The photos over the house were taken with a Nikkor 24mm f2.8 at f8. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, windy, moving, blurred, landscape, NLC, north, east, west, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, whitish blue, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night shining, meaning, eastern sky, ultraviolet radiation, sky, layers, windy, Nikon, D700 FX DSLR, digital, ISO500, Nikkor, 24mm lens, Tokina, SD28-70mm zoom lens, 2017, July.

NLC Torphins bnm7959jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC west large band silvery surreal light Scotland Aberdeenshire sky blue network rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 45 degrees from Crooktree over Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, my second show in 2017 in the late evening of the 2nd July into early 3rd. Taken at 00.06 UT [after midnight in BST] using a D700 Nikon DSLR with Tokina SD28-70 lens at f5.6, 7.2 second exposure at ISO500. It was a perfect night with no wind and very little normal cloud cover. The photos over the house were taken with a Nikkor 24mm f2.8 at f8. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, windy, moving, blurred, landscape, NLC, north, east, west, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, whitish blue, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night shining, meaning, eastern sky, ultraviolet radiation, sky, layers, windy, Nikon, D700 FX DSLR, digital, ISO500, Nikkor, 24mm lens, Tokina, SD28-70mm zoom lens, 2017, July.

NLC Torphins bnm7950jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC after midnight UT summer night Scottish Deeside sky blue network rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 45 degrees from Crooktree over Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, my second show in 2017 in the late evening of the 2nd July into early 3rd. Taken at 00.04 UT [after midnight in BST] using a D700 Nikon DSLR with Tokina SD28-70 lens at f5.6, 4.8 second exposure at ISO500. It was a perfect night with no wind and very little normal cloud cover. The photos over the house were taken with a Nikkor 24mm f2.8 at f8. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, windy, moving, blurred, landscape, NLC, north, east, west, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, whitish blue, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night shining, meaning, eastern sky, ultraviolet radiation, sky, layers, windy, Nikon, D700 FX DSLR, digital, ISO500, Nikkor, 24mm lens, Tokina, SD28-70mm zoom lens, 2017, July.

NLC Torphins bnm7947jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC summer July night Scottish village Torphins Deeside Aberdeenshire sky blue network rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 45 degrees from Crooktree over Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, my second show in 2017 in the late evening of the 2nd July into early 3rd. Taken at 23.51 UT [after midnight in BST] using a D700 Nikon DSLR with Tokina SD28-70 lens at f5.6, 3.8 second exposure at ISO500. It was a perfect night with no wind and very little normal cloud cover. The photos over the house were taken with a Nikkor 24mm f2.8 at f8. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, windy, moving, blurred, landscape, NLC, north, east, west, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, whitish blue, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night shining, meaning, eastern sky, ultraviolet radiation, sky, layers, windy, Nikon, D700 FX DSLR, digital, ISO500, Nikkor, 24mm lens, Tokina, SD28-70mm zoom lens, 2017, July.

NLC Torphins bnm7946jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC summer towards west ripples waves blue colours night Scotland Aberdeenshire sky network rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 45 degrees from Crooktree over Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, my second show in 2017 in the late evening of the 2nd July into early 3rd. Taken at 23.49 UT [after midnight in BST] using a D700 Nikon DSLR with Tokina SD28-70 lens at f5.6, 6.00 second exposure at ISO500. It was a perfect night with no wind and very little normal cloud cover. The photos over the house were taken with a Nikkor 24mm f2.8 at f8. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, windy, moving, blurred, landscape, NLC, north, east, west, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, whitish blue, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night shining, meaning, eastern sky, ultraviolet radiation, sky, layers, windy, Nikon, D700 FX DSLR, digital, ISO500, Nikkor, 24mm lens, Tokina, SD28-70mm zoom lens, 2017, July.

NLC Torphins bnm7941jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC summer night details structures breaking blurred Scotland Aberdeenshire sky blue network rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 45 degrees from Crooktree over Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, my second show in 2017 in the late evening of the 2nd July into early 3rd. Taken at 23.47 UT [after midnight in BST] using a D700 Nikon DSLR with Tokina SD28-70 lens at f5.6, 3.5 second exposure at ISO500. It was a perfect night with no wind and very little normal cloud cover and in this detailed closeup the line of cloud appeared to be breakup. The photos over the house were taken with a Nikkor 24mm f2.8 at f8. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, windy, breaking up, feathers, moving, blurred, landscape, NLC, north, east, west, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, whitish blue, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night shining, meaning, eastern sky, ultraviolet radiation, sky, layers, windy, Nikon, D700 FX DSLR, digital, ISO500, Nikkor, 24mm lens, Tokina, SD28-70mm zoom lens, 2017, July.

NLC Torphins bnm7937jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC panorama village lights sapphire blue strands summer night Scotland Aberdeenshire sky blue network rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 45 degrees from Crooktree over Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, my second show in 2017 in the late evening of the 2nd July into early 3rd. Taken at 23.46 UT [after midnight in BST] using a D700 Nikon DSLR with Tokina SD28-70 lens at f5.6, 5.5 second exposure at ISO500. It was a perfect night with no wind and very little normal cloud cover. The photos over the house were taken with a Nikkor 24mm f2.8 at f8. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, windy, moving, blurred, landscape, NLC, north, east, west, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, whitish blue, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night shining, meaning, eastern sky, ultraviolet radiation, sky, layers, windy, Nikon, D700 FX DSLR, digital, ISO500, Nikkor, 24mm lens, Tokina, SD28-70mm zoom lens, 2017, July.

NLC Torphins bnm7932jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC westwards July night Scottish Deeside silvery blue Aberdeenshire sky network rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 45 degrees from Crooktree over Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, my second show in 2017 in the late evening of the 2nd July into early 3rd. Taken at 23.45 UT [after midnight in BST] using a D700 Nikon DSLR with Tokina SD28-70 lens at f5.6, 4.3 second exposure at ISO500. It was a perfect night with no wind and very little normal cloud cover. The photos over the house were taken with a Nikkor 24mm f2.8 at f8. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, windy, moving, blurred, landscape, NLC, north, east, west, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, whitish blue, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night shining, meaning, eastern sky, ultraviolet radiation, sky, layers, windy, Nikon, D700 FX DSLR, digital, ISO500, Nikkor, 24mm lens, Tokina, SD28-70mm zoom lens, 2017, July.

NLC Torphins bnm7929jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC panorama Village lights light patch summer night Scotland Aberdeenshire sky blue network rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 45 degrees from Crooktree over Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, my second show in 2017 in the late evening of the 2nd July into early 3rd. Taken at 23.43 UT [after midnight in BST] using a D700 Nikon DSLR with Tokina SD28-70 lens at f5.6, 3.7 second exposure at ISO500. It was a perfect night with no wind and very little normal cloud cover and there was a short lived but interesting patch of bright light towards the bottom of the right quadrant. The photos over the house were taken with a Nikkor 24mm f2.8 at f8. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, windy, moving, blurred, landscape, NLC, north, east, west, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, whitish blue, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night shining, meaning, eastern sky, ultraviolet radiation, sky, layers, windy, Nikon, D700 FX DSLR, digital, ISO500, Nikkor, 24mm lens, Tokina, SD28-70mm zoom lens, 2017, July.

NLC Torphins bnm7927jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC detail patterns structure light patch summer night Scotland Aberdeenshire sky blue network rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 45 degrees from Crooktree over Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, my second show in 2017 in the late evening of the 2nd July into early 3rd. Taken at 23.43 UT [after midnight in BST] using a D700 Nikon DSLR with Tokina SD28-70 lens at f5.6, 3.7 second exposure at ISO500. It was a perfect night with no wind and very little normal cloud cover. The photos over the house were taken with a Nikkor 24mm f2.8 at f8. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, windy, moving, blurred, landscape, NLC, north, east, west, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, whitish blue, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night shining, meaning, eastern sky, ultraviolet radiation, sky, layers, windy, Nikon, D700 FX DSLR, digital, ISO500, Nikkor, 24mm lens, Tokina, SD28-70mm zoom lens, 2017, July.

NLC Torphins bnm7914jhp
Noctilucent clouds cumulus dark NLC summer night Scottish Aberdeenshire sky blue network rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 45 degrees from Crooktree over Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, my second show in 2017 in the late evening of the 2nd July into early 3rd. Taken at 23.35 UT [after midnight in BST] using a D700 Nikon DSLR with Tokina SD28-70 lens at f5.6, 2.5 second exposure at ISO500. It was a perfect night with no wind and very little normal cloud cover. The photos over the house were taken with a Nikkor 24mm f2.8 at f8. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, windy, moving, blurred, landscape, NLC, north, east, west, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, whitish blue, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night shining, meaning, eastern sky, ultraviolet radiation, sky, layers, windy, Nikon, D700 FX DSLR, digital, ISO500, Nikkor, 24mm lens, Tokina, SD28-70mm zoom lens, 2017, July.

NLC Torphins bnm7912jhp
Noctilucent clouds NLC zoom detailed structure waves ripples blue summer night Scottish Aberdeenshire sky blue network rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 45 degrees from Crooktree over Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, my second show in 2017 in the late evening of the 2nd July into early 3rd. Taken at 23.33 UT [after midnight in BST] using a D700 Nikon DSLR with Tokina SD28-70 lens at f5.6, 3.7 second exposure at ISO500. It was a perfect night with no wind and very little normal cloud cover. The photos over the house were taken with a Nikkor 24mm f2.8 at f8. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, windy, moving, blurred, landscape, NLC, north, east, west, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, whitish blue, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night shining, meaning, eastern sky, ultraviolet radiation, sky, layers, windy, Nikon, D700 FX DSLR, digital, ISO500, Nikkor, 24mm lens, Tokina, SD28-70mm zoom lens, 2017, July.

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Noctilucent clouds NLC July night Scotland Aberdeenshire streetlights village sky blue network rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 45 degrees from Crooktree over Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, my second show in 2017 in the late evening of the 2nd July into early 3rd. Taken at 23.32 UT [after midnight in BST] using a D700 Nikon DSLR with Tokina SD28-70 lens at f5.6, 2.5 second exposure at ISO500. It was a perfect night with no wind and very little normal cloud cover. The photos over the house were taken with a Nikkor 24mm f2.8 at f8. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, windy, moving, blurred, landscape, NLC, north, east, west, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, filaments, waves, ripple, whitish blue, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night shining, meaning, eastern sky, ultraviolet radiation, sky, layers, windy, Nikon, D700 FX DSLR, digital, ISO500, Nikkor, 24mm lens, Tokina, SD28-70mm zoom lens, 2017, July.

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Noctilucent clouds NLC summer Torphins streetlights Scotland Aberdeenshire sky blue network rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 45 degrees from Crooktree over Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, my second show in 2017 in the late evening of the 2nd July into early 3rd. Taken at 23.24 UT [after midnight in BST] using a D700 Nikon DSLR with Tokina SD28-70 lens at f5.6, 4.4 second exposure at ISO500. It was a perfect night with no wind and very little normal cloud cover. The photos over the house were taken with a Nikkor 24mm f2.8 at f8. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, windy, moving, blurred, landscape, NLC, north, east, west, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, filaments, waves, ripple, whitish blue, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night shining, meaning, eastern sky, ultraviolet radiation, sky, layers, windy, Nikon, D700 FX DSLR, digital, ISO500, Nikkor, 24mm lens, Tokina, SD28-70mm zoom lens, 2017, July.

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Noctilucent clouds ripples waves NLC summer night Scottish July Aberdeenshire sky blue network rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 45 degrees from Crooktree over Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, my first show in 2017 in the late evening of the 1st July. Taken at 23.22 UT [nearly midnight in BST] using a D700 Nikon DSLR with Nikkor 28mm f2.8 prime lens at f4, 3.5 second exposure at ISO500. It was very windy and the lower cumulus clouds were moving very fast as can be seen even in this short time exposure. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, windy, moving, blurred, landscape, NLC, north, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, filaments, waves, ripple, whitish blue, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night shining, meaning, eastern sky, ultraviolet radiation, sky, layers, windy, Nikon, D700 FX DSLR, digital, ISO500, Nikkor, 28mm lens, 2017, July.

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Noctilucent clouds NLC summer night Scotland Aberdeenshire waves blue network rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic 45 degrees from Crooktree over Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, my first show in 2017 in the late evening of the 1st July. Taken at 23.20 UT [nearly midnight in BST] using a D700 Nikon DSLR with Nikkor 28mm f2.8 prime lens at f4, 4.7 second exposure at ISO500. It was very windy and the lower cumulus clouds were moving very fast as can be seen even in this short time exposure. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, windy, moving, blurred, landscape, NLC, north, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, filaments, waves, ripple, whitish blue, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night shining, meaning, eastern sky, ultraviolet radiation, sky, layers, windy, Nikon, D700 FX DSLR, digital, ISO500, Nikkor, 28mm lens, 2017, July.

Scotland > Forestry & Farming (4 files)

This gallery will have photography relating to the working areas of Aberdeenshire covering farming and forestry. Includes areas of forestry where there is public access for walks such as The Deeside Way and also photographs of forest harvesting, tree cutting, and stacked logs ready for transport to the local sawmills.

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Contlaw farmland panorama Aberdeenshire Scotland Deeside summer westwards hills looking to Royal Deeside from Nether Contlaw road above Peterculter looking towards the distant hills with Lochnagar in the centre on the horizon, Hill of Fare to the right and on the left the distinctive Clachnaben with its dimple of a tor.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Nether, Contlaw, Culter, Peterculter, hills, Royal, Deeside, Fare, Hill, Clachnaben, Lochnagar, summer, landscape, wooden, fence, road, path, pine, gorse, yellow, barley, trees, clouds, countryside, blue, sky, sunny, sunshine, field, digital, DSLR, Nikon, D700, August

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Auchenblae village Mearns wind turbines Scottish summer field ponies horses grazing from the road that links Auchenblae in the Mearns with the main B974 Cairn O’Mount road opposite the Clatterin Brig restaurant. In the opposite direction this road skirts to the south of the Drumtochty and Fetteresso Forests reaching Stonehaven via Kirktown of Fetteresso. The Cairn road passes St Palladius Church and Drumtochty Castle in Glen Drumtochty which has interesting Forest Enterprise walks through mixed mature woodland and after leaving the forest the road enters Strathfinella passing this delightful loch near Glensaugh, used for fishing and often visited by ducks and swans.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Mearns, Howe, Auchenblae, village, houses, Fourdon, south, farmland, fields, cropped, telephoto, wind, turbines, horizon, Loch, Saugh, Strath, Strathfinella, Hills, Drumtochty, Glen, summer, landscape, upright, Cairn, O’Mount, road, Glensaugh, Clatterin, Brig, forest, water, willowherb, rosebay, roadside, ponies, horses

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Auchenblae village Mearns Aberdeenshire Scottish summer field ponies horses grazing from the road that links Auchenblae in the Mearns with the main B974 Cairn O’Mount road opposite the Clatterin Brig restaurant. In the opposite direction this road skirts to the south of the Drumtochty and Fetteresso Forests reaching Stonehaven via Kirktown of Fetteresso. The Cairn road passes St Palladius Church and Drumtochty Castle in Glen Drumtochty which has interesting Forest Enterprise walks through mixed mature woodland and after leaving the forest the road enters Strathfinella passing this delightful loch near Glensaugh, used for fishing and often visited by ducks and swans.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Mearns, Howe, Auchenblae, village, houses, Fourdon, south, farmland, fields, wind, turbines, horizon, Loch, Saugh, Strath, Strathfinella, Hills, Drumtochty, Glen, summer, landscape, wide, church, steeple, tower, Cairn, O’Mount, road, Glensaugh, Clatterin, Brig, forest, water, willowherb, rosebay, roadside, ponies, horses

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Deeside Ripe Barley Crop Farmland Scottish Agriculture Mountains Panorama Hills Horizon near Auchinhove on the road to Aboyne from Wester Kincraigie via Wardhead. Looking westwards on late summer day when the North East of Scotland is most colourful with ripening barley fields and the countryside still is a vibrant green.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Aboyne, Auchinhove, Wardhead, Coull, hill, hills, Royal Deeside, landscape, autumn, farming, agriculture, field, countryside, rural, nature, colourful, colorful, sunny, clouds, barley, ripe, trees, forest

Scotland > Historic Properties (13 files)

This gallery has photographs of Scottish Castles and Fortresses, Stately Homes and Gardens, old churches or kirks and includes most of the following:
Auchindoir Church; Auchindoun Castle; Balmoral Castle; Balvenie Castle; Bass of Inverurie; Bellabeg Motte; Braemar Castle; Brodie Castle; Castle Fraser; Corgarff Castle; Corrichie Monument; Corse O’Neil Castle; Craigellachie Bridge; Crathes Castle; Crathie Kirk; Dalgetie Castle; Deer Abbey; Drum Castle; Duff House; Duffus Castle; Dunnideer; Dunnottar Castle; Elgin Cathedral; Esslemont Castle; Fasque House; Fetternear House; Findlater; Fordyce; Fyvie Castle; Gairnshiel Bridge; Glenbuchat Castle; Haddo House; Hallforest Castle; Huntly Castle; Inchdrewer Castle; Invercauld Bridge O’Dee; Kildrummy Castle; Kincardine O’Neil Kirk; Kindrochit Castle; Kinloss Abbey; Kinneff Church; Knock Castle; Leith Hall; Mar Lodge; Marnoch Kirkyard; Mid Mar Kirk; Monymusk Kirk; Peel of Lumphanan; Pitmedden Gardens; Pluscarden Priory or Abbey; Ruthven Barracks; Slains Castle; Tolquhon Castle; Tullich Kirk; Fort George;

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Balmoral Castle Deeside high views Lochnagar fields forest silver birch Scotland with the famous building below built by Prince Albert for Queen Victoria at the location of a smaller castle which was demolished to make way for the current larger property. It is located on the Banks of the River Dee in the community of Crathie mid-way between the towns of Ballater and Braemar on the A93. Lochnagar, the fourth highest mountain in Britain lies to the south of the estate and its distinct shape can be seen on the horizon line.
The estate and building are private belonging to Her Majesty the Queen and although open to the public for certain times of the year are not public property. My photographs can be used for scenic/tourism purposes only but must not be used for commercial endorsement of any product or services. Should such a use require to be made please contact The Factor at the Estates Office, Balmoral, Ballater, AB35 5TB Tel: 013397 42534. For details of opening times and the many activities available on the estate view the extensive Website.
This photograph is taken from farm track which goes from the main NDR to the west of the Castle entrance and links up with the B976 Corgarff to Tomintoul Road.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Deeside, Balmoral, Castle, Royal, landscape, morning, residence, estate, historic, history, Lochnagar, farm, track, Tomintoul, B976, high, above, woods, trees, summer, westwards, upper, August, heather, 2002, Fuji, Velvia, 35mm, 50asa, slide, film, Nikon, FM2, 28mm f2.8

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Balmoral Castle Deeside high views Lochnagar fields trees stone wall dyke Scottish with the famous building below built by Prince Albert for Queen Victoria at the location of a smaller castle which was demolished to make way for the current larger property. It is located on the Banks of the River Dee in the community of Crathie mid-way between the towns of Ballater and Braemar on the A93. Lochnagar, the fourth highest mountain in Britain lies to the south of the estate and its distinct shape can be seen on the horizon line.
The estate and building are private belonging to Her Majesty the Queen and although open to the public for certain times of the year are not public property. My photographs can be used for scenic/tourism purposes only but must not be used for commercial endorsement of any product or services. Should such a use require to be made please contact The Factor at the Estates Office, Balmoral, Ballater, AB35 5TB Tel: 013397 42534. For details of opening times and the many activities available on the estate view the extensive Website.
This photograph is taken from farm track which goes from the main NDR to the west of the Castle entrance and links up with the B976 Corgarff to Tomintoul Road.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Deeside, Balmoral, Castle, Royal, landscape, morning, residence, estate, historic, history, Lochnagar, farm, track, Tomintoul, B976, high, above, woods, trees, summer, westwards, upper, August, heather, 2002, Fuji, Velvia, 35mm, 50asa, slide, film, Nikon, FM2, 28mm f2.8

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Balmoral Castle Deeside high views Lochnagar field trees silver birch dyke Scottish with the famous building below built by Prince Albert for Queen Victoria at the location of a smaller castle which was demolished to make way for the current larger property. It is located on the Banks of the River Dee in the community of Crathie mid-way between the towns of Ballater and Braemar on the A93. Lochnagar, the fourth highest mountain in Britain lies to the south of the estate and its distinct shape can be seen on the horizon line.
The estate and building are private belonging to Her Majesty the Queen and although open to the public for certain times of the year are not public property. My photographs can be used for scenic/tourism purposes only but must not be used for commercial endorsement of any product or services. Should such a use require to be made please contact The Factor at the Estates Office, Balmoral, Ballater, AB35 5TB Tel: 013397 42534. For details of opening times and the many activities available on the estate view the extensive Website.
This photograph is taken from farm track which goes from the main NDR to the west of the Castle entrance and links up with the B976 Corgarff to Tomintoul Road.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Deeside, Balmoral, Castle, Royal, landscape, morning, residence, estate, historic, history, Lochnagar, farm, track, Tomintoul, B976, high, above, woods, trees, summer, westwards, upper, August, heather, 2002, Fuji, Velvia, 35mm, 50asa, slide, film, Nikon, FM2, 28mm f2.8

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Balmoral Castle Deeside Royal high views fields trees silver birch dyke Scottish with the famous building below built by Prince Albert for Queen Victoria at the location of a smaller castle which was demolished to make way for the current larger property. It is located on the Banks of the River Dee in the community of Crathie mid-way between the towns of Ballater and Braemar on the A93. Lochnagar, the fourth highest mountain in Britain lies to the south of the estate and its distinct shape can be seen on the horizon line.
The estate and building are private belonging to Her Majesty the Queen and although open to the public for certain times of the year are not public property. My photographs can be used for scenic/tourism purposes only but must not be used for commercial endorsement of any product or services. Should such a use require to be made please contact The Factor at the Estates Office, Balmoral, Ballater, AB35 5TB Tel: 013397 42534. For details of opening times and the many activities available on the estate view the extensive Website.
This photograph is taken from farm track which goes from the main NDR to the west of the Castle entrance and links up with the B976 Corgarff to Tomintoul Road.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Deeside, Balmoral, Castle, Royal, landscape, morning, residence, estate, historic, history, Lochnagar, farm, track, Tomintoul, B976, high, above, woods, trees, summer, westwards, upper, August, heather, 2002, Fuji, Velvia, 35mm, 50asa, slide, film, Nikon, FM2, 28mm f2.8

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Inchdrewer Castle Banff Whitehills setting farmland crops summer panorama Scottish Aberdeenshire built in the mid-1500’s around 1542 as a traditional L-shaped tower house was destroyed by fire in 1713 on the death of George Ogilvy 3rd Lord of Banff, but rebuilt and a new round tower was added. Tenanted in the early 19th Century but derelict from 1836 and although partially restored to make weather tight has not been occupied since. A Listed in 1972.

Ownership was initially by Currour’s, sold to Ogilvies of Dunlugas in 1557, later in 1803 Abercromby of Birkenbog inherited it, later sold to Count Mirrees and on his death sold to Olga Roh in 2013, former Russian model who has plans to renovate it as family home. Has been involved in Historic conflicts namely Royalists v Covenanters in 1640 and Jacobite Rebellion in 1746.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Banff, Banffshire, Aberdeenshire, Whitehills, Tipperty, Inchdrewer, Castle, 16th Century, A Listed, fort, fortress, Inch, Druar, Inchdruar, Inchdruer, Inchdrewir, Inchdrewr, landscape, panorama, roadside, farmland, farm, cereal, crop, harvest, ripe, golden, inland, coast, sea, horizon, telephoto, summer, traditional, tower-house, ashlar, L-plan, battlements, turrets, corbelled, mid 1500s, burnt, restored, abandoned, 1713, Historic, history, August, digital, camera, Nikon, D700, photo, photos, photograph, clouds, blue, sky

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Inchdrewer Castle Banffshire Whitehills farmland fields sea tower house ruin Scotland Aberdeenshire built in the mid-1500’s around 1542 as a traditional L-shaped tower house was destroyed by fire in 1713 on the death of George Ogilvy 3rd Lord of Banff, but rebuilt and a new round tower was added. Tenanted in the early 19th Century but derelict from 1836 and although partially restored to make weather tight has not been occupied since. A Listed in 1972.
Ownership was initially by Currour’s, sold to Ogilvies of Dunlugas in 1557, later in 1803 Abercromby of Birkenbog inherited it, later sold to Count Mirrees and on his death sold to Olga Roh in 2013, former Russian model who has plans to renovate it as family home. Has been involved in Historic conflicts namely Royalists v Covenanters in 1640 and Jacobite Rebellion in 1746.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Banff, Banffshire, Aberdeenshire, Whitehills, Tipperty, Inchdrewer, Castle, 16th Century, A Listed, fort, fortress, Inch, Druar, Inchdruar, Inchdruer, Inchdrewir, Inchdrewr, landscape, panorama, roadside, farmland, farm, cereal, crop, harvest, ripe, golden, inland, coast, sea, horizon, telephoto, summer, traditional, tower-house, ashlar, L-plan, battlements, turrets, corbelled, mid 1500s, burnt, restored, abandoned, 1713, Historic, history, August, digital, camera, Nikon, D700, photo, photos, photograph, clouds, blue, sky

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Inchdrewer Castle Banff Whitehills Tipperty tower house ruin cereal crops summer Scotland Aberdeenshire built in the mid-1500’s around 1542 as a traditional L-shaped tower house was destroyed by fire in 1713 on the death of George Ogilvy 3rd Lord of Banff, but rebuilt and a new round tower was added. Tenanted in the early 19th Century but derelict from 1836 and although partially restored to make weather tight has not been occupied since. A Listed in 1972.

Ownership was initially by Currour’s, sold to Ogilvies of Dunlugas in 1557, later in 1803 Abercromby of Birkenbog inherited it, later sold to Count Mirrees and on his death sold to Olga Roh in 2013, former Russian model who has plans to renovate it as family home. Has been involved in Historic conflicts namely Royalists v Covenanters in 1640 and Jacobite Rebellion in 1746.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Banff, Banffshire, Aberdeenshire, Whitehills, Tipperty, Inchdrewer, Castle, 16th Century, A Listed, fort, fortress, Inch, Druar, Inchdruar, Inchdruer, Inchdrewir, Inchdrewr, landscape, vista, roadside, farmland, farm, cereal, crop, harvest, ripe, golden, inland, coast, sea, horizon, telephoto, summer, traditional, tower-house, ashlar, L-plan, battlements, turrets, corbelled, mid 1500s, burnt, restored, abandoned, 1713, Historic, history, August, digital, camera, Nikon, D700, photo, photos, photograph, clouds, blue, sky

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Inchdrewer Castle Whitehills ruined tower house Scottish summer farmland Aberdeenshire built in the mid-1500’s around 1542 as a traditional L-shaped tower house was destroyed by fire in 1713 on the death of George Ogilvy 3rd Lord of Banff, but rebuilt and a new round tower was added. Tenanted in the early 19th Century but derelict from 1836 and although partially restored to make weather tight has not been occupied since. A Listed in 1972.

Ownership was initially by Currour’s, sold to Ogilvies of Dunlugas in 1557, later in 1803 Abercromby of Birkenbog inherited it, later sold to Count Mirrees and on his death sold to Olga Roh in 2013, former Russian model who has plans to renovate it as family home. Has been involved in Historic conflicts namely Royalists v Covenanters in 1640 and Jacobite Rebellion in 1746.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Banff, Banffshire, Aberdeenshire, Whitehills, Tipperty, Inchdrewer, Castle, 16th Century, A Listed, fort, fortress, Inch, Druar, Inchdruar, Inchdruer, Inchdrewir, Inchdrewr, landscape, roadside, farmland, farm, cereal, crop, harvest, ripe, golden, inland, coast, sea, horizon, telephoto, summer, traditional, tower-house, ashlar, L-plan, battlements, turrets, corbelled, mid 1500s, burnt, restored, abandoned, 1713, Historic, history, August, digital, camera, Nikon, D700, photo, photos, photograph, clouds, blue, sky

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Inchdrewer Castle tower house ruin Scotland Banffshire Jim Henderson Photo built in the mid-1500’s around 1542 as a traditional L-shaped tower house was destroyed by fire in 1713 on the death of George Ogilvy 3rd Lord of Banff, but rebuilt and a new round tower was added. Tenanted in the early 19th Century but derelict from 1836 and although partially restored to make weather tight has not been occupied since. A Listed in 1972.

Ownership was initially by Currour’s, sold to Ogilvies of Dunlugas in 1557, later in 1803 Abercromby of Birkenbog inherited it, later sold to Count Mirrees and on his death sold to Olga Roh in 2013, former Russian model who has plans to renovate it as family home. Has been involved in Historic conflicts namely Royalists v Covenanters in 1640 and Jacobite Rebellion in 1746.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Banff, Banffshire, Aberdeenshire, Whitehills, Tipperty, Inchdrewer, Castle, 16th Century, A Listed, fort, fortress, Inch, Druar, Inchdruar, Inchdruer, Inchdrewir, Inchdrewr, landscape, roadside, farmland, farm, cereal, crop, harvest, ripe, golden, inland, coast, sea, horizon, telephoto, summer, traditional, tower-house, ashlar, L-plan, battlements, turrets, corbelled, mid 1500s, burnt, restored, abandoned, 1713, Historic, history, August, digital, camera, Nikon, D700, photo, photos, photograph, clouds, blue, sky

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Inchdrewer Castle Banff Tipperty tower house ruin clouds horizon wheat Scotland Aberdeenshire built in the mid-1500’s around 1542 as a traditional L-shaped tower house was destroyed by fire in 1713 on the death of George Ogilvy 3rd Lord of Banff, but rebuilt and a new round tower was added. Tenanted in the early 19th Century but derelict from 1836 and although partially restored to make weather tight has not been occupied since. A Listed in 1972.

Ownership was initially by Currour’s, sold to Ogilvies of Dunlugas in 1557, later in 1803 Abercromby of Birkenbog inherited it, later sold to Count Mirrees and on his death sold to Olga Roh in 2013, former Russian model who has plans to renovate it as family home. Has been involved in Historic conflicts namely Royalists v Covenanters in 1640 and Jacobite Rebellion in 1746.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Banff, Banffshire, Aberdeenshire, Whitehills, Tipperty, Inchdrewer, Castle, 16th Century, A Listed, fort, fortress, Inch, Druar, Inchdruar, Inchdruer, Inchdrewir, Inchdrewr, landscape, horizon, roadside, farmland, farm, cereal, crop, harvest, ripe, golden, inland, coast, sea, horizon, telephoto, summer, traditional, tower-house, ashlar, L-plan, battlements, turrets, corbelled, mid 1500s, burnt, restored, abandoned, 1713, Historic, history, August, digital, camera, Nikon, D700, photo, photos, photograph, clouds, blue, sky

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Inchdrewer Castle Banffshire fort tower house ruin Scottish summer skyline Aberdeenshire built in the mid-1500’s around 1542 as a traditional L-shaped tower house was destroyed by fire in 1713 on the death of George Ogilvy 3rd Lord of Banff, but rebuilt and a new round tower was added. Tenanted in the early 19th Century but derelict from 1836 and although partially restored to make weather tight has not been occupied since. A Listed in 1972.

Ownership was initially by Currour’s, sold to Ogilvies of Dunlugas in 1557, later in 1803 Abercromby of Birkenbog inherited it, later sold to Count Mirrees and on his death sold to Olga Roh in 2013, former Russian model who has plans to renovate it as family home. Has been involved in Historic conflicts namely Royalists v Covenanters in 1640 and Jacobite Rebellion in 1746.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Banff, Banffshire, Aberdeenshire, Whitehills, Tipperty, Inchdrewer, Castle, 16th Century, A Listed, fort, fortress, Inch, Druar, Inchdruar, Inchdruer, Inchdrewir, Inchdrewr, landscape, roadside, farmland, farm, cereal, crop, harvest, ripe, golden, inland, coast, sea, horizon, telephoto, summer, traditional, tower-house, ashlar, L-plan, battlements, turrets, corbelled, mid 1500s, burnt, restored, abandoned, 1713, Historic, history, August, digital, camera, Nikon, D700, photo, photos, photograph, clouds, blue, sky

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Inchdrewer Castle imposing fortress towers battlements tower house ruin Scotland Aberdeenshire built in the mid-1500’s around 1542 as a traditional L-shaped tower house was destroyed by fire in 1713 on the death of George Ogilvy 3rd Lord of Banff, but rebuilt and a new round tower was added. Tenanted in the early 19th Century but derelict from 1836 and although partially restored to make weather tight has not been occupied since. A Listed in 1972.

Ownership was initially by Currour’s, sold to Ogilvies of Dunlugas in 1557, later in 1803 Abercromby of Birkenbog inherited it, later sold to Count Mirrees and on his death sold to Olga Roh in 2013, former Russian model who has plans to renovate it as family home. Has been involved in Historic conflicts namely Royalists v Covenanters in 1640 and Jacobite Rebellion in 1746.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Banff, Banffshire, Aberdeenshire, Whitehills, Tipperty, Inchdrewer, Castle, 16th Century, A Listed, fort, fortress, Inch, Druar, Inchdruar, Inchdruer, Inchdrewir, Inchdrewr, landscape, roadside, farmland, farm, cereal, crop, harvest, ripe, golden, inland, coast, sea, horizon, telephoto, summer, traditional, tower-house, ashlar, L-plan, battlements, turrets, corbelled, mid 1500s, burnt, restored, abandoned, 1713, Historic, history, August, digital, camera, Nikon, D700, photo, photos, photograph, clouds, blue, sky

Autumn Beech Trees xvv3590jhp
Stand Autumn Photograph Beech Trees Aberdeenshire Field Silhouette Horizon Mar district at Craigievar Castle a National Trust for Scotland property situated about 6 miles south of Alford A980 and is open to the public from March to end of August although closed during 2008/9 for major renovation on the exterior it is open again as of 2010. Grounds are normally open all year round.
Example of the best in Scottish Baronial architecture, dating from 1626, and is unspoiled since being relinquished to the NTS by the Forbes-Sempill family.
Any of my photographs are for scenic/tourist use only and cannot be used for product endorsement without the explicit permission of the NTS. Please contact their Edinburgh Head Office at Wemyss House, 28 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4ET.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Mar, landscape, NTS, National Trust, trees, beech, stand, colours, countryside, autumn

Scotland > Morayshire Coast (5 files)

Photographs covering the Morayshire coast from Cullen to Nairn, including the Bow Fiddle Rock, Portkockie, Buckie, Lossiemouth, Burghead and Findhorn.

Burghead Harbour View qwe7469jhp
Burghead harbour wall Morayshire coast Scottish Cromarty Moray Firth Sea with a historical importance as a former Pictish stronghold and one of the largest such forts in Scotland. A working harbour which also supports pleasure craft looks across the Moray Firth to distant Cromarty and here looking eastwards towards Buckie.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Moray, Firth, Grampian, Highlands, Morayshire, landscape, heritage, trail, Burghead, harbour, wall, coast, Lossiemouth, Cromarty, Firth, Souter, point, sea, horizon, sunshine, summer, blue, sky, northwards

Burghead Harbour View qwe7468jhp
Burghead harbour light coastline Cromarty Moray Firth sea Scotland summer with a historical importance as a former Pictish stronghold and one of the largest such forts in Scotland. A working harbour which also supports pleasure craft looks across the Moray Firth to distant Cromarty and here looking eastwards towards Buckie.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Moray, Firth, Grampian, Highlands, Morayshire, landscape, heritage, trail, Burghead, harbour, wall, coast, Lossiemouth, Cromarty, Firth, Souter, point, sea, horizon, sunshine, summer, blue, sky, northwards, lighthouse, white

Cullen East Beach UP041277JHP
Cullen East Beach Seashore Shingle Waves Clouds Sea Horizon Scotland overlooking the Moray Firth in the North east of Scotland known especially for its extended now disused railway viaduct and lovely sandy beaches.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Moray Firth, Morayshire, Grampian, Cullen, winter, landscape, sea, water, coast, beach, rocks, white, blue, sky, clouds, crashing, waves

Cullen Bay Cave VR0520JHP
Cullen Bay Cave Rock Seashore Coastline Sea Horizon Summer Calm on a clifftop walk to Morayshire sea town Cullen by Moray Firth in the North east of Scotland known especially for its long disused railway viaduct and lovely sandy beaches here viewed on the clifftop walk from Portknockie
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Moray Firth, Morayshire, Grampian, Cullen, Portknockie, cave, landscape, sea, water, coast, clifftop, walk, rocks, white, blue, sky, clouds, waves, harbour, summer

Bow Fiddle Rock VR0469JHP
Bow Fiddle Rock Clifftop Cliffs Wild Flowers Summer Sea Horizon High View in the Moray Firth off the North East Scotland coast near Cullen and adjacent to the 17th Century fishing village of Portknockie and now a conservation area which has a bright fresh feel with strikingly painted houses.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Moray Firth, Morayshire, Grampian, Portknockie, Bow Fiddle Rock, landscape, coast, sea, water, cliff, foreshore, rocks, sky, clouds, unusual, shape, hole, offshore

Scotland > Rivers, Glens & Lochs (6 files)

The gallery has photographs of Scottish lochs, glens and pictures associated directly with particular rivers in Scotland such as the River Dee, Don, Feugh, Urie, Deveron, Tanar, Dye, and Glen of Dee, Glen Muick and Glenbuchat.

River Dee Balmoral 199631jhp
River Dee Royal Deeside Balmoral estate summer roadside Lochnagar mountain located in Aberdeenshire Scotland and viewed by the North Deeside Road from the roadside near to Balmoral Castle where this famous salmon fishing river passes amongst the trees. Looking westwards in the direction of Lochnagar, Scotland’s fourth highest mountain, its distinctive outline above the forest to left of centre horizon line. The road continues westwards towards Inver, Invercauld and eventually Braemar. This photograph was taken in 2002 the last year I used slide film, either 35mm or 645 as my main medium for landscape photography. It is still representative of the general countryside despite their age and is chosen because of the lovely light and colours as it can still be on the right day.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, Balmoral, estate, Castle, River, Dee, Royal, Deeside, NDR, Lochnagar, roadside, westwards, water, forest, landscape, trees, Victorian, colours, pines, silver, birches, birch, larch, hills, summer, July, 2002, Fuji, Velvia, 35mm, 50asa, slide, film, Nikon, FM2, 28mm f2.8

Balmoral High Views 191254jhp
Balmoral Upper Deeside high views westwards fields trees silver birch farm track dyke Scottish with the famous building below built by Prince Albert for Queen Victoria at the location of a smaller castle which was demolished to make way for the current larger property. It is located on the Banks of the River Dee in the community of Crathie mid-way between the towns of Ballater and Braemar on the A93. Lochnagar, the fourth highest mountain in Britain lies to the south of the estate and its distinct shape can be seen on the horizon line.
The estate and building are private belonging to Her Majesty the Queen and although open to the public for certain times of the year are not public property. My photographs can be used for scenic/tourism purposes only but must not be used for commercial endorsement of any product or services. Should such a use require to be made please contact The Factor at the Estates Office, Balmoral, Ballater, AB35 5TB Tel: 013397 42534. For details of opening times and the many activities available on the estate view the extensive Website.
This photograph is taken from farm track which goes from the main NDR to the west of the Castle entrance and links up with the B976 Corgarff to Tomintoul Road.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Deeside, Balmoral, Castle, Royal, landscape, morning, residence, estate, historic, history, Lochnagar, farm, track, Tomintoul, B976, high, above, woods, trees, summer, westwards, upper, August, heather, 2002, Fuji, Velvia, 35mm, 50asa, slide, film, Nikon, FM2, 28mm f2.8

River Dee Sunset 813032jhp
River Dee Banchory Platties sunset dramatic powerful red winter Scottish Deeside town Aberdeenshire some 18 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland. The town has always been a main visitor centre either for day trippers from Aberdeen or the usual flow of coaches and other visitors heading from Aberdeen westwards to Braemar and from there south to Perth or north to Inverness. It is also offers a very scenic route southwards over the Cairn O’Mount to Mearns. The river is a famous salmon fishing water which flows from the Cairngorms eastwards into the North Sea at Aberdeen. This viewpoint is by the Platties, which used to be beneath the railway line near the station but is now below a small park adjacent to the cemetery. On the western horizon is the Hill of Scolty with its distinctive memorial tower.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Banchory, River, Dee, Royal, Deeside, Platties, landscape, upright, winter, November, upstream, riverbank, trees, pine, sunset, silhouette, Novermber, 2001, scan, 35mm, slide, Fuji, RVP, dramatic, glorious, red, golden, yellow, spectacular, photograph, photo

River Dee Sunset 813030jhp
River Dee Banchory Platties sunset glorious winter riverbank trees Scottish Deeside town Aberdeenshire some 18 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland. The town has always been a main visitor centre either for day trippers from Aberdeen or the usual flow of coaches and other visitors heading from Aberdeen westwards to Braemar and from there south to Perth or north to Inverness. It is also offers a very scenic route southwards over the Cairn O’Mount to Mearns. The river is a famous salmon fishing water which flows from the Cairngorms eastwards into the North Sea at Aberdeen. This viewpoint is by the Platties, which used to be beneath the railway line near the station but is now below a small park adjacent to the cemetery. On the western horizon is the Hill of Scolty with its distinctive memorial tower.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Banchory, River, Dee, Royal, Deeside, Platties, landscape, winter, November, upstream, riverbank, trees, pine, sunset, silhouette, Novermber, 2001, scan, 35mm, slide, Fuji, RVP, dramatic, glorious, red, golden, yellow, spectacular, photograph, photo

Durris Deeside View fgh1801jhp
Durris view Deeside Scotland Jim Henderson summer photo Morven rosebay willowherb this hillside offers views to Upper Deeside from a dead end back road to Monthammock off the Denside of Durris road near Nibbetstane at the fork to Hilton Farm. This is rural Deeside east of Banchory, seen on the left, on the south of the River Dee with Morven Hill outline in the centre horizon.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Durris, Nibbetstane, Hilton, Scolty, Banchory, hill, westwards, Deeside, views, panorama, forest, Park, Royal Deeside, upper, Hill, fare, Morven, upright, farming, fields, countryside, rural, trees, west, summer, colours, rosebay, willowherb, purple, flowers

Durris Deeside View fgh1798jhp
Durris hills Morven panorama sunshine Deeside Aberdeenshire Scottish summer westwards this hillside offers views to Upper Deeside from a dead end back road to Monthammock off the Denside of Durris road near Nibbetstane at the fork to Hilton Farm. This is rural Deeside east of Banchory, in the centre, on the south of the River Dee and the dumpy hill on the right horizon is Morven.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Durris, Nibbetstane, Hilton, Scolty, Banchory, hill, westwards, Deeside, views, panorama, forest, Park, Royal Deeside, upper, Hill, fare, landscape, Morven, farming, fields, countryside, rural, trees, west, summer, colours, rosebay, willowherb, purple, flowers

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