Donncha Ó Caoimh

Northern Lights Over North Cork

You don’t expect to stand in a field north of Blarney and watch the northern lights, but here we are. Last night the aurora put on a show visible well into southern Ireland. Bands of pink and magenta hung across thesky, bleeding into that unmistakable...

https://inphotos.org/2026/03/21/northern-lights-over-north-cork/

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Mar 21 at 10:25pmWeb
Show threadMichael Labowicz1d ago
@donncha didn't realize there would be an Aurora last night. The sky was nice and clear so it was a perfect day to see it!
Show threadmark 🇮🇪 🇪🇺1d ago
@mlabowicz @donncha I missed it AGAIN!
Show threadDonncha Ó Caoimh1d ago
@europe @mlabowicz I'm in a couple of Ireland/UK aurora groups on Facebook where I saw a warning about it. Might be some more events this year.
It was really weak this time. That photo came from a 6-8 second bracket merge at iso 6400. And I still had to boost the colours afterwards.