Northern Lights

[Fotografer]

<b>Aurora Borealis - as spotted last week on September 11 at Lake Torneträsk</b> close to the Swedish/Norwegian border in Lapland - some 150 miles north of the Arctic Circle. </p>
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<p>It was extremely cold, my batteries were dying and I could hardly move my fingers after the first hour outside the sleeping bag. So please excuse that I totally messed up exposure on some!</p>
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<p>This thread belongs to my Lapland series, with the following threads so far:</p>
<p>Reindeer-mania: <a href="http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=138573" target="_blank">http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=138573</a></p>
<p>Climbing Kebnekaise: <a href="http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=138703" target="_blank">http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=138703</a></p>
<p>Ladjuvaggi&amp;Tarfala: <a href="http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=138716" target="_blank">http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=138716</a></p>
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<p>1: Just after sunset, you can still see the red glow in the sky. Unfortunately this was my first shot that night and I totally underexposed, so I had to compensate later in processing.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.imagevault.eu/tpf/NL_6020.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></p>
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<p>2: Slightly better exposed, shortly afterwards.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.imagevault.eu/tpf/NL_6022.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></p>
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<p>3: They also come as stripes.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.imagevault.eu/tpf/NL_6042.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></p>
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<p>4: Detail</p>
<p><img src="http://www.imagevault.eu/tpf/NL_6043.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></p>
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<p>5: .. even more</p>
<p><img src="http://www.imagevault.eu/tpf/NL_6046.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></p>
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<p>6: .. always changing shape, coming and going ...</p>
<p><img src="http://www.imagevault.eu/tpf/NL_6047.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></p>
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<p>7: You can nicely see Ursa Major (the Big Bear) on this one and all following ones.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.imagevault.eu/tpf/NL_6051.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></p>
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<p>8: The darker it gets, the more stars you can see.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.imagevault.eu/tpf/NL_6053.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></p>
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<p>9: I spent almost the whole night outside</p>
<p><img src="http://www.imagevault.eu/tpf/NL_6061.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></p>
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<p>10: But I won't post all of the images I took that night.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.imagevault.eu/tpf/NL_6066.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></p>
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