Aurora locations / Shetland

Aurora tonight in Shetland

Name: Shetland
Address: Scotland & Northern Isles, United Kingdom

Scotland & Northern Isles, United Kingdom · 60.15°N, 1.15°W

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Visibility is currently blocked or unlikely. Nautical twilight prevent clear viewing from your location.

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Visibility score0/100
Current Kp1.0
Cloud cover100%

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Why Shetland

Britain's northernmost isles, where locals call the aurora the 'mirrie dancers'.

How much activity you need here

At 60.1° geographic latitude, aurora typically becomes visible here once the planetary Kp index reaches about 3. Stronger geomagnetic storms push the oval overhead and light up more of the sky.

Best time to go

The northern aurora season runs from late August to mid-April, when nights are long enough to be truly dark. Around midwinter the sky can stay dark almost all day; in high summer the midnight sun makes viewing impossible.

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