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The Bergsbotn viewing platform on Norway's Senja island offers a 44-meter-long platform providing panoramic, dramatic views of the Bergsfjord, surrounding peaks, and the coastal village of Bergsbotn. Situated high above the ocean on a 180-degree turn in the road, it offers sweeping, open vistas of the coastal landscape. We were fortunate this year to have clear skies and active aurora from the viewpoint
When photographing it's a good idea to occasionally turn around and see what might be happening behind you. Looking back from the dramatic aurora arcing over the shark;s teeth mountains I found a more subtle bu colorful display around the radio mast on the hillside above the rocks.
The skies were clear and the auroras consistently active during our two nights at Nivunki.
Aurora behind snow covered trees; Nivunki Village, LaplandLapland
Although we were there at the time af a nearly full moon, the auroras were bright enough not to be overwhelmed, and the moonlight
illuminated the landscape where trees would otherwise have appeared as dark silhouettes.
The ultrawide Laowa
lens I use for aurora photography has an unusual 5-bladed aperture; an odd number that produces sun-stars with 10 spikes. To enhance this effect I stopped down the aperture to f4.
Capturing an aurora when it sweeps high in the sky involves tilting the camera upwards - which strongly distorts the perspective and makes the bridge towers appear to lean in toward each other. But when the aurora was lower to the horizon I could keep the camera level.
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