17/05/2026
Aragats / Jrvezh / Sevan, Armenia on October 5, 6 and 10, 2024
It was 1.5 years ago. Sun was stormy almost every night for the whole week. I was hunting Aurora in Armenia with my friend Alexey who was always ready say ‘Yes’ to my ‘Let’s go look at stars in the middle of nowhere right now?’
Our first try was Aragats as one of the darkest and highest places — with no luck. Then Jrvezh, but I didn’t research the viewpoints properly and since there was no viewpoint from which you could see north I decided to at least take pictures of Ararat — no idea whether you could see Aurora that night. Finally, on Oct 10th, the KP numbers were crazy, people were reporting seeing Aurora just about everywhere, so I rent a car, called Alexey and we went to Sevan. Unfortunately, it appeared to be too polluted with light in the usual local ‘look-how-insanely-bright-my-street-lights-are-can-you-match-that-loser’ way, but nevertheless, even with the naked eye you could see something pink behind the clouds. After shooting a couple of test pictures I saw it much better and even thought I’m seeing something toxic coming from some shady factory, but KP numbers matched the possibility of seeing it even from Armenia, and reports from other southern places were confirming that, so... I suppose it was actually Aurora as it can be seen from so far in the south. In an hour or so the sky was totally covered with clouds and you could see neither pink-ish light, neither stars. Why now? IDK — I posted some timelapses recently, why not post these ones too possibly maybe.
