This time lapse video captures some of the violent solar storm during the night of 19th January 2026, when the skis over North Wales lit up with the vivid greens and reds of the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights.
The location I picked for the filming was the Prestatyn overlook car park, giving unobstructed views to the north, out over the Irish Sea and Prestatyn, with the lights of the giant turbines of the Gwynt-y-Môr lined up in serried ranks on the horizon.
This is one of my go to locations for aurora filming in north Wales, due to the view, of course, but also the convenience of having a car park right where I set up my camera.
Handy on a cold, windy winter's night with the wind blowing in from the sea!
Anyhow, my wife Liz and I stayed shooting the hundreds of images required for just these few seconds until the solar storm abated somewhat and the skies quietened before driving back home.
Filename - prestatyn aurora timelapse 02
Camera - Canon EOS 6DMK2
Lens - 17-40mm zoom @ 17mm
Exposure (start of sequence) - 10 secs @ f/4, ISO800
Exposure (end of sequence) - 10 secs @ f/4, ISO800
Filters - None.
Shooting interval - 10 seconds
Location - Prestatyn overview, North Wales
Music - Glacier - Patrick Patrikios
This clip - HD 720p, 30fps (4K and 1080p HD formats also available)
Clip duration - 15 seconds
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