Arctic Adventurer

• Photographer
  Dennis Lehtonen
• Technical Info
  Full-frame, 14mm, F/1.8, Iso 2500, 3.2 Seconds
• Photo Date
  November 19th 2022

I didn't expect to get reflective photos of the aurora in November as typically the lakes freeze with snow covering it, but the year 2022 was different. We had an unusually low amount of snow in the early winter which allowed for nice photos. The space weather for this night was forecasted to be great, but ended up being low activity. Despite this, the aurora was still bright and furious, nicely reflecting from the frozen lake. I set a 10 second timer on the camera which allowed me to walk on the foreground.

Dennis is a 29 year old photographer from Finland who started off with astrophotography. Having spent most of his life living in big cities of south Finland he felt depressed not being able to see the night sky properly due to light pollution, so he moved to the small communities in the arctic where dark skies are still a thing. He moves frequently as each new location comes with its own adventures and new possibilities for photography. Dennis wishes to take his adventures to the remote corners of Siberia, Alaska and northern Canada in the future and to learn more about these regions.