Posted on 01/22/2023 1:49:30 PM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: Raise your arms if you see an aurora. With those instructions, two nights went by with, well, clouds -- mostly. On the third night of returning to same peaks, though, the sky not only cleared up but lit up with a spectacular auroral display. Arms went high in the air, patience and experience paid off, and the creative featured image was captured as a composite from three separate exposures. The setting is a summit of the Austnesfjorden fjord close to the town of Svolvear on the Lofoten islands in northern Norway. The time was early 2014. Although our Sun passed the solar minimum of its 11-year cycle only a few years ago, surface activity is picking up and already triggering more spectacular auroras here on Earth.
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Beautiful.
Better than anything Merlin The Magician could do!
It’s going to be hard to top that one!
Waiting for the damn wet blanket to come in and call this breathtaking image a fake.
Just think, that crazy b@stard has to climb down from there in the dark!
Looks like a 1973 LP album cover.
Like a Yes album cover!
The emerald idiot.
Though the stupidity and physical prowess to climb that thing is impressive.
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