The walk across the massive frozen lake to get to this spot was one I'll probably never forget. It was 700 metres from one side to the other, walking over crazy frozen cracks to the eerie sound of creaking and deep booming as the gigantic ice plates heaved and squeezed against each other. I was seriously questioning my sanity with every step I took!
It was all okay though, turned out that the ice was actually very thick and we kind of got used to the scary noises as the night wore on. Stayed here in bitterly cold conditions (minus 16) for about 4 hours waiting for the show to kick off, this was as good as it got though, not as lively as forecast but still totally magical.
More green stuff over a frozen lake at Sommaroy, Norway.
A rapidly shifting vertical plume at Sommaroy, Norway.
The walk across the massive frozen lake to get to this spot was one I'll probably never forget. It was 700 metres from one side to the other, walking over crazy frozen cracks to the eerie sound of creaking and deep booming as the gigantic ice plates heaved and squeezed against each other. I was seriously questioning my sanity with every step I took!
It was all okay though, turned out that the ice was actually very thick and we kind of got used to the scary noises as the night wore on. Stayed here in bitterly cold conditions (minus 16) for about 4 hours waiting for the show to kick off, this was as good as it got though, not as lively as forecast but still totally magical.
A magical display of the aurora, pulling shapes over a frozen lake near Grotfjord, Norway.
This was captured by the roadside near Abisko in Sweden around 1am, following an 8 hour drive across the border from Norway. Our first sighting of aurora on this trip.
View from the frozen coast at Sommaroy to the island of Haja in the distance. Norway.
A magical display of the aurora, pulling shapes over a frozen lake near Grotfjord, Norway.
There's green stuff up in them there mountains! Tromvik, Norway.
Aurora over the fjord at Ersfjordbotn, Norway.
Aurora over the fjord at Ersfjordbotn, Norway.
Ersfjord, Senja, Norway.
captured during rapidly changing conditions at sunset, swirling low cloud and the occasional burst of light adding drama to the view across Llyn Llydaw to Crib Goch, Snowdonia.
Stood on a frozen lake at sunset, it creaked, it cracked....
Taken somewhere in Norway, exact location unknown, we got lost!