Northern Lights

My wife and I decided to travel the coast of Norway back in 2011 to view the aurora.  As March and October appeared to be the best months to view them, we chose March for a cruise on the Hurtigruten Ferry line from Kirkenes near the northern border southwestward to Bergen.  Six days and five nights aboard the MS Trollfjord visiting about 23 ports along the beautiful Norwegian coast provided us with a very memorable vacation.

We had armed ourselves with a Canon 16-35mm II f/2.8 L-series lens for our Canon 5D mark II and hoped the weather (terrestrial and space) would provide some opportunities, unlike the sailing immediately prior to ours which had been socked in with clouds the whole time.

Sure enough, dinner on the first night of the sailing was interrupted by the Captain announcing the presence of the aurora.

This kicked-off five nights of more and more auroral activity, which we did our best to capture on the usually-moving large ferry.  Varying the exposure lengths and taking as many as we could while docked at ferry ports produced some images I'm kinda proud of, but the next time we will definitely try to have opportunities by land to improve the chances of crisp image.



Also, here's an interview I did with KTBS on the aurora...

https://www.ktbs.com/news/arklatex-indepth/northern-lights/article_75208998-c11b-11e7-a182-b3aaac7c7335.html