One of my favourite moments in the far north. Had planned this two years in advance for the perfect moon and solar scenario. Moonlight auroras are my jam, but you need a decent showing to compete with the moon.
We'd had a lot of great showings that year, but this one was extra extra special. After standing out in the cold for an hour, we headed inside for hot chocolate and a jolly good laugh.
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I can't seem to edit the alt text on my first post, so here's the photo again but captioned.
Everyone thinks it's just dark and miserable in the Arctic during winter. But it's really not.
It's magic is what it is.
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I was a bit slow on that. My app offers editing the alt text but doesn't seem to deliver!
I've been very lucky in my Arctic travels over the past decade. Sweden and Norway especially. Some lovely people equal to the scenery I might add :)
Tromsø is such a great place to see it. The aurora circle lands right over the region so even a low level solar event can turn into a stunning aurora event. And it's easy to fly into and get about.
When I run photo trips up north I expect three really great nights out of two weeks. But the closer you are to Tromso that rate doubles. One year we had 19 evenings we shot aurora out of 21.
Anyway, some folk fly in for a weekend and miss it, so staying longer is good!
Always a treasure!
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