The photographs
of the aurora borealis were taken in Svensby, Norway
in December 2003. Svensby
is located at about 70 degrees longitude, within
the Arctic Circle. It
was a clear night and there had been a lot of activity
on the sun recently, resulting in amazing shows
of light in the night sky.
These pictures
are amazing. However, in order to take
the shots, I needed to keep my shutter open for
about 30 seconds. The digital camera then
ran an algorithm to clean up the noise in the
picture which resulted in a slight graininess
in the photograph. The grain is apparent
if you stand right next to the photograph, but
becomes less obvious if you stand back further.
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