Editor’s note: I’ve personally found it difficult to take quality photographs of a night sky. Your camera needs to be absolutely motionless. Exposures need to be properly time. And if it’s cold, your batteries don’t last long. It seems Ian Cook doesn’t have the same problems I do, so I was delighted when he shared these photos on our Facebook page and agreed to have them compiled into this interesting collection. The images are of the night sky, including the aurora borealis, taken near Lindisfarne, Northumberland. I am fascinated by stars, much like I imagine our ancestors were, and hope you enjoy Ian’s work as much as I do.
Lindisfarne, Northumberland, UK)
(Aurora, New Years Eve, Lindisfarne Causeway, Northumberland, UK)
(Castle Point Lime Kilns, Lindisfarne, Northumberland, UK)
(Lindisfarne Castle & the upturned boats, Lindisfarne, Northumberland, UK)
(Looking south east from Lindisfarne Causeway, Northumberland, towards Bamburgh and Seahouses. Constellation of Orion in centre with Milky Way)
(New Years Eve Aurora, Lindisfarne Causeway, Northumberland, UK)
(Statue of St Aidan, Lindisfarne, Northumberland, UK. Looking up to the constellations of Taurus, Perseus and The Pleiades)
(The Milky Way over Lindisfarne Castle, Lindisfarne, Northumberland, UK)
(The Refuge Hut, Lindisfarne Causeway, Northumberland, UK. With the added bonus of Aurora)
(Upturned Boat Shed, Lindisfarne, Northumberland, UK)
(Lime Kilns, Castle Point Lindisfarne, Northumberland, UK)
For a list of Ian Cook’s photography and TravelGumbo contributions, please click on this link.
You are so talented to be able to capture such beauty! Thank you for sharing these glorious photos!!
Great pictures! I’ve only seen the Northern lights a few times, and that’s the color they were when I saw them.