Olympic Athlete Captures Impressive Photo of Northern Lights from Airplane
An Olympic-winning athlete and photography enthusiast ingeniously worked out how to shoot the northern lights mid-air whilst he was on a flight to Paris.
Photographer Shocked to See Northern Lights from Southern California
A photographer was shocked to capture the northern lights as far south as she was in Death Valley, California.
25 of the Best Aurora Photos of 2022
One of the gorgeous niches of nighttime landscape imaging is aurora photography, which shows the dazzling natural light shows seen in the sky when charged particles from the Sun ripple across Earth's magnetic field.
15 Photos From the 2022 Northern Lights Photographer of the Year
Capture the Atlas has published its annual Northern Lights Photographer of the Year selections, which feature the best photos of the aurora borealis or australis captured from around the world.
Photographer Captures Aurora and Orion With Never-Before-Seen Details
A photographer captured the aurora lights and details from the Orion constellation that have never been captured in the same image before.
Photographer is Left Baffled After Seeing Strange Lights in the Sky
A photographer was left baffled after he captured a series of strange lights over a city in South Korea on Monday.
Photographer Takes Stunning Photos of the Northern Lights While Asleep
Photographing the northern lights is not easy but one lensman managed to do it while taking a nap.
Photographer Captures Rare Starlink Satellites Sailing Through the Aurora
Starlink satellites are normally invisible to the eye but photographer and aurora tour guide Ronn Murray captured 49 of them as they sailed through the beautiful northern lights in Alaska.
Photo of Sunflowers and Aurora Taken Moments Before Camera Broke
Aurora chasing photographer MaryBeth Kiczenski had to battle a camera that failed on her to capture this gorgeous photo of the northern lights dancing over a sunflower field.
Astronaut Captures Magnificent Aurora Storm From Aboard the ISS
NASA astronaut Bob Hines photographed the aurora from the International Space Station (ISS) capturing a spectacular image of the magical lights dancing on the Earth's surface.
Rare Photo Captures Noctilucent Clouds and Aurora Borealis Together
Astrophotographer Göran Strand captured not one, but two rare celestial phenomenons in the same image yesterday.
Photographer Shoots Stunning 8K Timelapse of Auroras Over Alaska
Astrophotographer Vincent Ledvina is an avid northern lights enthusiast, photographer, and physics undergraduate. During his latest trip, he captured a spectacular 8K aurora timelapse in Fort Yukon, Alaska.
Photographer Captures Aurora and Light Pillars in Epic Self-Portrait
A Brazilian photographer in Norway has captured a rare photo in which two dazzling night sky phenomena, the northern lights and pillars of light, are seen in the sky at the same time.
Photographer Captures Stunning Shots of Northern Lights in Real-Time
Wow. Just wow. Last night’s northern lights over Sweden were some of the most beautiful auroras I’ve seen. Such activity and fast-moving corona are not that common, so I’m glad I stayed up all night waiting.
Photographer Captures Epic Photos of a Skier Under the Northern Lights
My name is Virgil Reglioni, and I am a 33-year-old photographer from France. I have spent the last six winters working as an outdoor nature guide and aurora photographer in the Arctic.
15 Photos From the 2021 Northern Lights Photographer of the Year
Travel and photography blog Capture the Atlas has released the images from its annual Northern Lights Photographer of the Year competition which features 25 of the best photos that highlight the aurora borealis or australis captured from around the world.
How to Find and Photograph the Northern Lights
The northern lights, otherwise known as aurora borealis, are the winter-time spectacle that sees northern skies filled with incredible dancing lights. Caused by the interaction of photons exciting the gas molecules in Earth’s atmosphere, they can appear as green, pink, or blue. Photographing them is near the top of almost all photographers’ wish lists, but getting a good shot is decidedly difficult.
Iceland Hotel Offers Month’s Stay In Exchange for Northern Lights Photos
A hotel in Iceland is offering a unique opportunity for one photographer: in exchange for photos of the Northern Lights, it will provide airfare to the country as well as a month of room and board.
Iceland’s Eruption and the Northern Lights Captured in One Photo
A photographer captured an extremely rare moment that shows the Northern Lights above the recent volcanic eruption in Iceland in just a single exposure.
Photographer Captures Aurora Over Iceland’s Erupting Volcano
When the Geldingadalur volcano in Iceland erupted last month, photographer Christopher Mathews set out to capture memorable photos of it. After several disappointments, he was treated to the dazzling sight of the northern lights dancing over the eruption.
Photographers Send Sony a7S III to Shoot the Aurora Borealis from Space
Three photographers recently sent a professional full-frame camera, the Sony a7S III, to near space on a weather balloon and managed to capture groundbreaking "close-up" shots of the Aurora Borealis (the "northern lights").
11 Amazing Photos from the Northern Lights Photographer of the Year
Travel and photography blog Capture the Atlas has released the images from its third annual Northern Lights Photographer of the Year – a compilation of 25 of the best photos highlighting the aurora borealis/australis from around the world.
Shooting the Aurora Out of an Airplane Window
Andy here, checking in from cloudy and chilly London. Here for work for a week or so but had a pretty epic flight over, as you’ll see in a second. I had a few friends with systemwide upgrades expiring on American Airlines soon and they were generous enough to upgrade me to business class for the flight over.
Aurora Hunters Have Discovered a New Type of Aurora Called ‘Dunes’
A group of aurora enthusiasts in Finland have discovered a new kind of aurora that scientists had never noticed or classified before. It's called "the dunes," and it's being hailed as a boon to scientific research about a mysterious layer of Earth’s atmosphere.
Using an iPhone 11 Pro to Capture the Northern Lights
The latest crop of smartphones all feature incredible low-light photography modes that can capture things that were unthinkable just one year ago. Case in point: Zach Honig, Editor-at-Large of The Points Guy, recently captured the Northern Lights in Coldfoot, AK using just an iPhone 11 Pro Max... handheld!
Photographer Captures ‘Invisible’ Northern Lights Out His Airplane Window
Photographer Pierre T. Lambert got very lucky on a flight from Chicago to Seoul, South Korea recently. While flying near the arctic circle, he decided to just... try taking a photo out of his airplane window. To his surprise, his camera captured the glowing Aurora Borealis that was invisible to the naked eye.
A Mini Guide on When, Where and How to Photograph the Aurora
The aurora season is here again and I figured I’d do a short post here regarding when and where to photograph it. When I’m browsing pictures online, sometimes seeing aurora pictures and checking the comment section, I see a lot of questions and responses from people that all have something to say about the northern lights (aka aurora). As someone who has seen and photographed the aurora many times, here is my little guide.
My Journey in Photographing the Northern Lights
In December 2014, I decided that I wanted to practice shooting the night sky in order to expand my photography skills. Of course, I made every possible mistake. My compositions were completely off, I severely underexposed or blew out the sky and the images were not sharp.
How and When to Photograph Auroras
With winter around the corner, I thought I'd write a quick aurora guide. I'm a professional landscape photographer. I also guide lots of photo tours and have done many in the north. I'd like to help all of you out with a bunch of stuff regarding auroras.
The Ultimate Guide to Forecasting, Shooting, and Post-Processing the Northern Lights
The crown of the (Ant)arctic. Known in the northern hemisphere as the Aurora Borealis (northern lights and as the Aurora Australis in the southern hemisphere, these brightly colored bands of moving and waving light are a majestic display in the night sky.