Still daydreaming about the spectacular display of Northern Lights we were lucky to catch this past weekend while we were on a team building trip...✨
Still daydreaming about the spectacular display of Northern Lights we were lucky to catch this past weekend while we were on a team building trip...✨
Growing Green
We chose a safe, off-road parking spot to observe the #aurora. As I began to photograph, a car approached from behind us and lit the tree beside me.
The result was almost the same shape as the developing aurora.
The yellowish glow on the horizon is a group of farms beyond the hill.
September 27th 2025, #Iceland.
Canon Powershot G3 X, f/2.8, ISO-800, 15 sec. exposure.
#AuroraTuesday #NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis #LandscapePhotography #AstroPhotography #Astrodon
Growing Green
We chose a safe, off-road parking spot to observe the #aurora. As I began to photograph, a car approached from behind us and lit the tree beside me.
The result was almost the same shape as the developing aurora.
The yellowish glow on the horizon is a group of farms beyond the hill.
September 27th 2025, #Iceland.
Canon Powershot G3 X, f/2.8, ISO-800, 15 sec. exposure.
#AuroraTuesday #NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis #LandscapePhotography #AstroPhotography #Astrodon
Áróra
In Norse mythology the #aurora were the armour and weapons of the Valkyrie. The word is derived from Old Norse Valkyrja ("Chooser of the Slain") who guide the souls of the battle-slain to Odin's hall Valhalla.
In Finland, a fox was thought to have created the aurora, its bushy tail throwing sparks into the sky.
Scottish legend refers to the lights as “Merry Dancers” engaged in battle.
#FolkloreThursday #Iceland #NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis #AstroPhotography #Astrodon
In The Beginning
A Bortle 3¹ area, and we're aurora hunting. Thinking that we weren't going to be lucky because the KP forecast was very low, we decided to take some landscape shots of the small farms and the stunning starry sky.
What we didn't know was that Lady Aurora had begun, very faintly, to smile on us.
Then the show began.
Þengilhöfði in northern #Iceland.
¹ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bortle_scale
#AuroraTuesday#NorthernLights#AuroraBorealis#AstroPhotography#Astrodon#AtOptics
In The Beginning
A Bortle 3¹ area, and we're aurora hunting. Thinking that we weren't going to be lucky because the KP forecast was very low, we decided to take some landscape shots of the small farms and the stunning starry sky.
What we didn't know was that Lady Aurora had begun, very faintly, to smile on us.
Then the show began.
Þengilhöfði in northern #Iceland.
¹ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bortle_scale
#AuroraTuesday#NorthernLights#AuroraBorealis#AstroPhotography#Astrodon#AtOptics
Aurora from Oregon
#pdx #oregon #pnw #astrophotography #northernlights #auroraborealis #landscapephotography
"A lullaby of lights,
The aurora cradles the night,
Her arms a radiant embrace,
Soothing the Arctic chill
With her warm spectral glow.
A nocturnal serenity,
She blankets the stars,
Her luminescent lullaby
Lulling the night to sleep
In her iridescent arms."
- Dan Higgins, 2024
November: Búlandstindur mountain (1069m/3507ft) in Berufjörður, eastern #Iceland.
Canon Powershot G3 X, f2.8, ISO-800, 15 seconds.
"A lullaby of lights,
The aurora cradles the night,
Her arms a radiant embrace,
Soothing the Arctic chill
With her warm spectral glow.
A nocturnal serenity,
She blankets the stars,
Her luminescent lullaby
Lulling the night to sleep
In her iridescent arms."
- Dan Higgins, 2024
November: Búlandstindur mountain (1069m/3507ft) in Berufjörður, eastern #Iceland.
Canon Powershot G3 X, f2.8, ISO-800, 15 seconds.
"Sloping Glacier"
Fláajökull with Vatnajökull behind it, under a canopy of #AuroraBorealis and stars.
Höfn in Hornafjörður, south-eastern #Iceland is a recognised dark sky area.
On the left is Corona Borealis (Northern Crown) next to Boötes (Ploughman) and part of Ursa Major (Big Dipper/Plough) is at the top right.
I use a longer exposure on my #NorthernLights shots, as it captures more starlight. This is 8 seconds.
"Sloping Glacier"
Fláajökull with Vatnajökull behind it, under a canopy of #AuroraBorealis and stars.
Höfn in Hornafjörður, south-eastern #Iceland is a recognised dark sky area.
On the left is Corona Borealis (Northern Crown) next to Boötes (Ploughman) and part of Ursa Major (Big Dipper/Plough) is at the top right.
I use a longer exposure on my #NorthernLights shots, as it captures more starlight. This is 8 seconds.
"She whispers, the aurora,
In hues of spectral beauty,
Her voice a cosmic sigh
Echoing through the eternal night.
In the quietude, she sings,
Her melody a celestial hymn,
A serenade of light
Resounding in the polar silence."
By Dan Higgins 2024
November, Búlandstindur in Berufjörður, eastern #Iceland.
#AuroraTuesday#NorthernLights #aurora#AuroraBorealis#LandscapePhotography#WeatherPhotography#AstroPhotography#Astrodon
"She whispers, the aurora,
In hues of spectral beauty,
Her voice a cosmic sigh
Echoing through the eternal night.
In the quietude, she sings,
Her melody a celestial hymn,
A serenade of light
Resounding in the polar silence."
By Dan Higgins 2024
November, Búlandstindur in Berufjörður, eastern #Iceland.
#AuroraTuesday#NorthernLights #aurora#AuroraBorealis#LandscapePhotography#WeatherPhotography#AstroPhotography#Astrodon