Veil of the Arctic Sky
A vivid display of the aurora borealis in February, just off the coast near Tromsø in Northern Norway. The image was taken from the observation deck at the stern of a southbound Hurtigruten vessel, looking straight back over the ship’s wake and the calm Arctic Sea.
To capture this moment under challenging conditions — from a moving platform at sea — I put the Nikon with a 14 mm wide-angle lens on a tripod and used a 1-second exposure to balance light sensitivity with motion control. The relatively calm water and steady ship helped keep the stars and auroral forms surprisingly crisp.
Auroras are created when charged particles from the sun collide with atoms in Earth’s upper atmosphere, causing bursts of light in varying colors. Red and green hues, like those in this scene, are common near the poles and are strongest during periods of high solar activity. Few natural spectacles are as immersive or humbling as watching the night sky come alive in waves of color.
Veil of the Arctic Sky
A vivid display of the aurora borealis in February, just off the coast near Tromsø in Northern Norway. The image was taken from the observation deck at the stern of a southbound Hurtigruten vessel, looking straight back over the ship’s wake and the calm Arctic Sea.
To capture this moment under challenging conditions — from a moving platform at sea — I put the Nikon with a 14 mm wide-angle lens on a tripod and used a 1-second exposure to balance light sensitivity with motion control. The relatively calm water and steady ship helped keep the stars and auroral forms surprisingly crisp.
Auroras are created when charged particles from the sun collide with atoms in Earth’s upper atmosphere, causing bursts of light in varying colors. Red and green hues, like those in this scene, are common near the poles and are strongest during periods of high solar activity. Few natural spectacles are as immersive or humbling as watching the night sky come alive in waves of color.