Another failed hunt for Northern Lights

A large solar flare resulted in a slight possibility of the Northern Lights being visible over Northern England.  We set out for some hills near Blackburn to find a high vantage point with minimal light pollution, in the hope of catching the plasma display.

Cloud cover (predictably) prevented this, but it was an entertaining trip and not a total loss on the photography front:

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I was even tempted to get myself in a picture for once:

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Unfortunately, Blackburn is not one of the classier areas of the North – these nice astro-photography sites also seem to double as dogging/affair sites, so most pictures were interrupted by car lights and what not…  This provided its own amusement though – when people asked us what we were doing (bear in mind we were carrying cameras), I told them that we were “paparazzi on vacation”.  This got them to pack up and leave pretty quickly 🙂

Post facebook updates via a potato

Use this link to post Facebook updates via “a potato”.

Post via a potato

If size matters then you’d obviously rather post your status update via a watermelon.

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For the more steampunk people out there, you can send your status updates via a carrier pidgeon!

Then when you’ve posted it and you’re back here, why not use this one to leave the site?  Or alternatively, use this one if you’re smarter and can spot an obvious rickroll.