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Credit & Copyright: Dennis Lehtonen
Explanation:
In
a Finnish myth,
when an arctic fox runs so fast that its bushy tail brushes the mountains,
flaming sparks are cast into the heavens creating the northern lights.
In fact the Finnish word "revontulet", a name for
the aurora borealis or northern lights,
can be translated as fire fox.
So that evocative myth took on a special significance for the
photographer of this northern night skyscape from
Finnish Lapland near Kilpisjarvi Lake.
The snowy scene is illuminated by moonlight.
Saana, an iconic fell or mountain of Lapland,
rises at the right in the background.
But as the beautiful nothern lights
danced overhead,
the wild fire fox in the foreground enthusiastically ran around
the photographer and his equipment,
making it difficult to capture in this lucky single shot.
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