Incidentally exactly one year ago I was also shooting Aurora Borealis – Northern Lights photos. I recall the conditions were somewhat better than today, but still, I am not complaining. I shot a few, but this was – if not the best – the most interesting because of the perspective. The aurora is partly obscured by a cloud.
Aurora borealis is formed some 80 – 3-400 km above Earth Surface by charged particles from the sun that excites atoms in the ionosphere. When the electrons in the excited atoms falls back again to lower states of energy, they release the energy, from the collision with the particle from the sun, in the form of a photon which is the light waves/particles that we observe as light on our retina.

Northern Lights – Aurora Borealis tonight above Ankenes
1. October 2012 | Categories: 3-Autumn, Astronomy and Athmospheric Physics, Geophysics, Long Exposure, Photo, Photo - processed RAW, Physics, Seasons | Tags: Amazing Natural Phenomenon, Ankenes, Ankenesstrand, Aurora Borealis, beautiful, Beautiful Sky, Charged particles, Earth Surface, electrons, Energy, Ionosphere, light, light waves, Narvik, Nordland, Northern Lights, Northern Norway, Norway, Particle, particles, Photon, retina, science, sun | Leave a comment
Took this photo today of the Roasme Mountain range, and winter is just 1,000 meters away from us now. Soon we’ll be engulfed by the magic of snow..!

Winter is coming – the snow coveres mountain peaks gets whiter by the day
23. September 2012 | Categories: 3-Autumn, General Information, Meteorology, Nature's Delight, Photo, Photo - processed RAW, Physics, Science & Technology | Tags: 000 meters, 1, Ankenes, Autumn, beautiful, Beautiful Landscape, Beautiful Sky, Iron Ore Carrier in port, Narvik, Narvik City, Narvik Harbor, Natures Delight, Ofoten, Ofoten Fjord, photography, RAW, Roasme, Roasme plataeu, Sky, snow, The Magic of Snow, weather, winter, Winter is coming, winter scene | Leave a comment
I reported on clear skies and a hope for northern light yesterday. And my dreams came through! Here is the first of the photos. It was a “flash” at the beginning of the show, and the reason why I picked this, is simply because of the really cool reflections in the fjord. This was taken at 20 seconds exposure, which makes it kind of blurry, but still it came out nice with a little adjustments for white balance.

Northern Lights behind clouds reflecting into the Ofoten Fjord. Narvik peninsula to the right.
13. September 2012 | Categories: 3-Autumn, Astronomy and Athmospheric Physics, Geophysics, Long Exposure, Nature's Delight, Photo, Photo - processed RAW, Physics, Science & Technology | Tags: Aurora, Aurora Borealis, Beautiful Landscape, Beautiful Scenery, Beautiful Sky, fjord, Narvik, Narvik Harbor Basin, Narvik peninsula, nature, Northern Lights, Ofoten, Ofoten Fjord, Reflections, travel, weather, White balance | 2 Comments
I totally fell in love with this photo by taniajessicasmith.wordpress.com Alkali Lake, Bolivia. I hope you enjoy it too. Big thanks to Tania for letting me re-blog this beautiful landscape!

Alkali Lake, Bolivia
via Alkali Lake, Bolivia.
15. April 2012 | Categories: Nature's Delight, Other Bloggers | Tags: Alkali, Alkali Lake, beautiful, Beautiful Landscape, Beautiful Sky, Bolivia | 1 Comment