Dale and Karlie’s Northern Lights Proposal in Lofoten
The camera was ready for the northern lights. Dale Sharpe had something else in mind. During a trip to Norway’s Lofoten Islands in March 2...
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Northern Lights & Aurora Borealis Photography
Explore northern lights photography and stories of the aurora borealis above mountains and winter landscapes. Browse northern destinations, night-sky photography and memorable encounters beneath the lights.
Northern Lights Destinations: Places, Conditions and Different Ways to Experience the Sky
There is a lovely moment on an aurora night when everyone stops checking their phone and simply looks up. Choosing where to travel can help...
A Wolf-Shaped Aurora: Marja-Terttu Karlsson’s Remarkable Photograph
First you see the green sweep of the northern lights. Then a pointed muzzle, an arched back and what looks remarkably like an animal boundi...
Tomi Rantanen’s Inari Aurora Time-Lapse: A Lake Beneath a Moving Sky
The boat stays still. The lake catches the colour. Above them, the northern lights seem to paint a new sky every few seconds. Tomi Rantanen...
The Milky Way and Aurora in Maciej Winiarczyk’s Scottish Night Sky
A still boat and a dark Scottish loch would already make a lovely foreground for the Milky Way. Add a green aurora to the sky and the photo...
Horacio Llorens Beneath the Northern Lights: An Arctic Night Flight
An illuminated paraglider wing hangs beneath a sweep of green light. The pilot looks tiny against the sky, and that difference in scale is ...
Light Pillars: How Ice Crystals Transform Ordinary Lights
A row of lights seems to have stretched straight up from a snowy neighbourhood. Blue, yellow and white columns hang above the roofs, as tho...
Joni Niemelä’s Aurora Photographs from Southern Ostrobothnia
Some of Joni Niemelä’s aurora photographs open like a curtain. Others curl above the trees or settle into a lake reflection. The pleasure o...