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Feast in the Sky (EXPLORED)

Explored No.1 October 26, 2025

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Uttakleiv Beach, located on the Lofoten Islands, offers a dramatic landscape with its jagged cliffs, rocky shoreline, and vast stretches of beach. The area is remote and relatively untouched, providing the perfect setting for witnessing the aurora borealis, with minimal light pollution. The combination of sea, sky, and mountains will serve as an awe-inspiring backdrop for the northern lights.

 

Uttakleiv Beach offered one of the most stunning displays of the northern lights we had ever witness, surrounded by the untamed beauty of the Norwegian Arctic landscape. As the night progresses, the aurora might appear as rippling curtains of light stretching across the sky, in defined shapes like arcs or swirling patterns. created a breathtaking natural spectacle in the Arctic sky.

 

March 5, 2025 at Uttakleive Beach: We could not express our feeling when we saw the northern lights dancing on the sky, not so many people waited at night, but we could hear the “WOOOW!!!” The northern lights changed shapes quickly… We stayed for 9-10 hours that night, from 3pm to 1am, wore two down jackets, one down pants, so worth it!

 

 

The link is Time-Lapse Movies:

 

flickr.com/photos/runqing/54753004810/in/dateposted/

 

Canon EOS R5, RF24-70mm F2.8 L IS USM

24mm, f/2.8, ISO2000, Manual Mode

Interval: 6s; Number of Shots: 500; Recording size: 4K

 

 

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Uploaded on October 26, 2025
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