Fjordlight is photo weather for landscape photographers. It reads the weather model hour by hour and tells you when and where it's worth heading out: for mist, golden light, dramatic skies, starry nights or aurora.
A normal forecast tells you whether it will be sunny. Fjordlight looks at what decides the picture: which cloud layers sit where, whether the air is saturated, how strong the wind is, and where the sun and moon are.
AURORA AND NORTHERN LIGHTS, LIVE
- Tonight's chance of seeing the northern lights where you are, hour by hour, from Kp, solar wind, darkness, cloud and moonlight
- Live alerts when the solar wind turns favourable and it is dark and clear (Pro), and a free heads-up in the evening
- Clearer skies nearby (Pro): when it is cloudy, Fjordlight checks up to 80 km around you and points to a better spot
- Camera settings for tonight, for camera or phone, and an aurora widget for the home screen
- Share tonight's chance as an image
ONE SCORE, WITH THE REASONS
Every opportunity gets a score from 0 to 100 for each subject, with the reasons behind it and how sure the forecast is. You see that it's a 90 because high clouds are ready to light up and the horizon towards the sun is open.
SEVEN KINDS OF PHOTO WEATHER
- Mist and fog: saturated air, light wind and a clear night
- Sunrise and sunset: high clouds that catch the light, checked 40 km out towards the sun
- Dramatic skies: showers, clearing after rain and light breaking through
- Starry skies: darkness, cloud, moonlight and where the Milky Way stands
- Aurora: Kp index and solar wind from NOAA, combined with darkness and cloud where you are
- Reflections and frost (Pro): mirror-still water and cold, clear mornings
PLAN THE SHOT
- Light and direction: sunrise, sunset, moonrise and blue and golden hour, with compass bearings
- Sun, moon and Milky Way on the map (Pro): pick a day and a time and see where everything stands from your spot
- A planner up to nine days ahead, with darkness and moon phase for each night
- Tide times for the Norwegian coast, a drone check and the chance of a rainbow
- A seven-day overview of the best light across all your places
- Shutter time for sharp stars, for your lens and camera (NPF and 500 rule)
ALERTS
Get a notification when the score passes the threshold you choose, or a daily photo brief with the best opportunities at all your places (Pro). Plan a trip and get a reminder before the light arrives, and a heads-up if the forecast turns (Pro). Add a place and turn on alerts for it with one tap.
WORKS ANYWHERE
Weather data from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute covers the whole world, with the most detail in the Nordic countries. Popular photo spots in more than 20 countries are one tap away, from Lofoten and Iceland to the Dolomites, Yosemite and Patagonia. Fjordlight also suggests well-known spots near the places you have saved.
FREE AND PRO
Free: four subjects and aurora, three places, alerts for one place and a three-day planner.
Pro: unlimited places, reflections and frost, sun and moon on the map, planned trips, the daily photo brief, a nine-day planner, aurora alerts and a home-screen widget. Subscribe monthly or yearly; the yearly plan has a 14-day free trial.
No account and no tracking. Your places stay on your phone.
Recent changes:
On strong aurora nights, Fjordlight now suggests sharing tonight's chance with friends.
Recommend Fjordlight to a friend from Settings.
Try Pro free for 14 days, with live aurora alerts and clearer skies nearby.
Small fixes and improvements.
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