It was a clear full moon on an extremely cold ( -30c(-22F)) night in Lapland, Finland. “The aurora forecast looks promising”, our guide had told us, but through experience and many failed attempts in the past, a full moon brings down our chances if we had a weak aurora due to brightness of the moon, we have to pray for a very strong level of aurora. We arrived at the gates of Riisitunturi National Park and started our trek, It was surreal how the full moon shone on the park making it easy for us to find our way navigating at night. After around two hours of photographing different areas in the park with a very weak aurora in the distance, we were almost ready to call it quits when I decided to walk across to the other side of the park to give it one last try. In the distance the weak aurora burst right in front of my eyes and filled the sky green. I screamed to the rest of the group“ Aurora behind you” and fell to the ground shooting in a frenzy, not wanting to miss a moment of this and like any great show (10 minutes to be exact) the auroras slowly began to fade but the smile on our faces surly stayed for the rest of the night. There is an indescribable energy when it comes to the Auroras, that despite the cold I find myself drawn to visit the arctic circle just to witness it again if i could. At times we are lucky enjoying a whole night and at times for just a few minutes. It is all worth it and I hope you will as well.

Photographer: Ayesha Aka Ajtravel
Edition: 1/1
Location: Lapland, Finland
Camera: nikon 850, Zoom Lens: tamron 15-30
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