Chasing the Northern Lights On The Lofoten Islands
Never-Ending Sunrises and Sunsets
A Photographer’s Paradise
I had visited Lofoten before, in the Summer of 2004 on a two-month camping trip around Scandinavia, and when I arrived to these Islands, north of Norway, I fell completely in love with the power of this landscape and the size and shape of the mountains and peaks. I had always dreamt of coming back, and the opportunity finally came in February of this year when Javier de la Torre and Iñigo Cia invited me to come along on their photography workshop.
Traveling above the Arctic Circle is always a unique and a very cold experience; however, although Lofoten features a sub-polar oceanic climate, winter temperatures are very mild considering its location. In fact, Lofoten has the largest positive temperature anomaly in the world relative to latitude. This is a result of the Gulf Stream, the North Atlantic Current, and the Norwegian Current.
Our goal was to capture some amazing landscapes in one of the most beautiful spots that you can find in Europe — and if possible, observe the Northern Lights. The trip had been planned to coincide with the peak of the Auroral activity and with the full moon. Even though it is probably best to experience the full colour of the auroras under a new moon, they say it’s best to go at full moon to be able to photograph the snowy mountains at night. They were absolutely right!
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I would brave the cold for a shot like this too.
