In Green Company: Aurora over Norway
Image Credit & Copyright:
Max Rive
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
(a fjord) close to the town of
Svolvear on the
Lofoten islands in northern
Norway.
The year was 2014.
This year, our
Sun
is just passing
solar maximum, the peak in its 11-year
surface activity cycle.
As expected, some
spectacular
auroras have
recently
resulted.