After a frustrating and pretty much fruitless night of aurora chasing on Thursday night we tried again tonight.
Following a route we took during the day. The temperature had dropped to -8 with a wind chill of instant frost bite. Challenging conditions for us, the tripod and the camera. First stop - an arc of green over a frozen lake. Not spectacular (by Norway standards anyway) - but still showing signs of pinks. Not too shabby. Then we stopped near the sleeve chewing horses. Couldn't see them in the dark so I set up to grab a couple more shots. Christ on a bike - they can creep up on you! I nearly had a bloody coronary and knocked over the tripod when I turned round to see a large shape behind Stu. The leader of the pack had spotted us and come over to say hi. The rest were close behind. We didn't stay long as we were worried about them slipping on the sheet ice that had formed on the road. So we set off for some scenic foregrounds. Best laid plans and all that... Another few km on and the skies were dancing. We quickly pulled over, camera out, focussed on a handy tree and start snapping. Beautiful display that lasted around 15 minutes. The result is below (I have to say that that display would have looked just as nice shot over our cabin...)
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