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Credit & Copyright: Max
Rive
Explanation:
Raise your arms if you see an aurora.
With those instructions, two nights went by with, well, clouds -- mostly.
On the third night of returning to same peaks, though, the sky not only cleared up
but lit up with a
spectacular auroral display.
Arms went high in the air, patience and experience paid off,
and the creative
featured image was captured as a composite from three separate
exposures.
The setting is a summit of the
Austnesfjorden
fjord close to the town of
Svolvear on the
Lofoten islands in northern Norway.
The time was early 2014.
Although our
Sun is nearing
Solar Minimum and hence showing relatively little surface activity,
holes in the upper corona have provided some nice
auroral displays over
the last few months.
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