Last Sunday of the winter-orienteering series. 3km sprint-course + 3km ordinary course. OK steady pace, 58:16.
Korttelirastit Tapiola
Month: March 2015
Solar Eclipse behind clouds
A bad phone-camera picture of today's partial solar eclipse which was hidden behind clouds. Taken through the eyepiece of an 80mm/f=600mm ED telescope.
See also eclipse pictures from 2008 when the weather was sunny.
Aurora Borealis over Helsinki
It's quite rare to see aurora borealis in Helsinki, I've mostly only seen them around 400 km or more north.
Fairly weak and variable. I was only able to point my camera south and up, not north where the auroras normally are brightest - because of buildings and light-pollution in that direction.
As usual only green is visible to the naked eye, while the camera also picks up reds and maybe blues.
Canon 500D with 17-40/F4L lens at 17mm/F4 on tripd. iso400, 8-10 s exposure with cable-release.
See also: Kilpisjärvi auroras from 2012, and Oravais auroras from 2011.
Korttelirastit Koivukylä
Short sprint-o course on 1:4000 map today. +4 C and grey.
Korttelirastit Otaniemi
6 km course, about +2C and cloudy. Most snow has melted - no need for spiked shoes. 7.99km route at 5:51/km pace. Placing around 18th out of 107 runners. About 2 min of error in total.
- Just after #2 there is no way through directly towards #3, but I still run that way and check that the fence is really there. +30s.
- Out of #8 there is a steep hill to climb on the direct route - but I choose the easy way around instead. +30s.
- Running down the hill from #9 towards #10 I plan to round the building to the right - it looks better - but then follow others the left route around the building. Again probably +30s.
- At #13 it's hard to say from the map if there is a passage between the buildings, and the left more direct route would work. The long way around (right of the building) and back is slow and probably at least +30s again here.
