Dancing Aurora

From the photographer: “During the last week of October 2021, me and my friends Tomas Slovinsky, Josef Kujal, and Balazs Szarka made it happen to get to Sweden to Aurora Borealis chasing. Based in Abisko National Park, we were pretty lucky for the weather but also for COVID restrictions and so we could travel a bit around for clear skies. Most beautiful aurorae appeared in the sky just the first night we had clear skies–in fact, we traveled for it in far Tromsø, Norway, where our friend, legendary photographer, and cinematographer Adrien Mauduit was our guide. And I will never ever forget that night, October 26th/27th… Loooong way up north to Tromsø for better skies, me and my friends were quite pessimistic to see any aurora this year anyway. The sky was just moonlighted by never setting Moon that night. Adrien Mauduit was full of higher expectations and never let us think we come back without any aurora experience. And he was just right. Long hours with no aurora changed of a sudden in one of the most spectacular natural performances I have ever seen. Even the photographs cannot fully mediate the personal experience.

Locations: Abisko and surroundings (Sweden), Tromsø (Norway).

Here is a short timelapse video of the two nights with a full experience of the dynamics of the aurorae.”

Technical details: For images and the timelapse: Canon Ra and Canon 6D, Samyang 12mm (f2.8), Samyang 14mm (f2.8), Samyang 24mm (f2.2) and Sigma 35mm (f2.2), ISO 2000-4000, vary exposures (between 4 and 8 sec.), taken from a tripod.