17 March 2023

We stayed up late last night, hoping for some aurora.  We did see a little bit, but nothing very dramatic.  Still, it's always nice to see that arc across the sky.  The glow to the bottom left is the town of Inndyr.  We drive around the end of the fjord to get there.

This morning is a bit "breezy".  We'll be bringing in the orange camera boxes before it gets too much worse.  Right now, at 9 am, the gusts are only to 28 mph.  We are expecting 60 mph by 5 pm.  Tethering may be in order for us both!

High winds, up to 66 mph, all day.  

 With the start of the launch window, we were completely cloudy and windy.  At some point, the wind seemed to die down and even though we were cloudy we decided to put the camera boxes out and hope for the best.  Once we started the cameras, the wind started gusting again.  So, we had to take them back down.  It's hard to not be able to participate.  They're all seeing great aurora and we have snow in our eyes.  Just hoping the winds die down enough for them to launch tonight.

No launch.  We will try again tomorrow.