Kiruna Northern Lights

This was taken right outside of Kiruna, Sweden during a snowmobile tour of Swedish Lapland. We were super fortunate to have been able to see these even though it was just for 10-15 min. Seeing the northern lights was high on my list of things I want to see before I die, so I'm incredibly thankful. The temperature was consistently around -20 Fahrenheit up here, and one of our tour guides said it got to around -40 Fahrenheit. It was painfully cold even with all the warm clothes they provide! The foreground on this image is lighter due to the moonlight from the 25 sec exposure

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  1. Martin.Merz, Ionut Iordache, enpizza, brad kavadas!, and 614 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. Martin.Merz (5 months ago | reply)

    ...oooooOOOO
    that's what i wanna do since years :-/

  3. Ionut Iordache (5 months ago | reply)

    Excellent
    Congrats

  4. Cappy Benton (5 months ago | reply)

    You are lucky indeed. Firstly because I've met people that have hung out in Sweden or Finland for a whole month trying to see the Northern Lights and weren't able to manage it. And second because your camera worked in such cold temperatures.

  5. Bowman66 (5 months ago | reply)

    Fantastic Matt!!!

  6. Bright Creation (5 months ago | reply)

    Great shot! Added to Favs!
    Please check my last photo
    Best wishes!

  7. Bibek Singh's Photography (5 months ago | reply)

    Dude. This is insane. I am so jealous. Great capture

  8. kingbobouk (5 months ago | reply)

    beautiful capture
    love the colors

  9. And cassoli (5 months ago | reply)

    Lovely capture!!!
    Amazing!!!

  10. Pan.101 (5 months ago | reply)

    very beautiful,wonderful shot.

  11. jbillings06 (5 months ago | reply)

    Wow, awesome story and photo! That must have been an incredible trip. I would imagine it was well-worth freezing to get this shot.

  12. Richard Larssen (5 months ago | reply)

    The northern light is so beautiful, well captured and congrats on explore

  13. giorgosgrigoriadis16 (5 months ago | reply)

    wonderful picture ,
    wish you a happy new year my friend.

  14. cutix (5 months ago | reply)

    Wonderful shot, many congrats.

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  15. jaimepersonne (5 months ago | reply)

    Superbe !!!!!!

  16. ingrid eulenfan (5 months ago | reply)

    Perfektes Foto! Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Explore! www.fluidr.com/ LG. Ingrid!

  17. STJ Photo (5 months ago | reply)

    Great shot! I will be in Kiruna in a few weeks, hopefully I will be just as lucky and catch a glimpse of the the lights

  18. DMT@YLOR (5 months ago | reply)

    great capture, congrats on explore

  19. garrison2012 (5 months ago | reply)

    Beautiful scene, superb compo, excellent details, fantastic colors...
    Very well done... Happy new Year...

  20. Caz 71♥ (5 months ago | reply)

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  21. shanghaimike (5 months ago | reply)

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  22. KiShoPix (5 months ago | reply)

    Very good shot and image!
    (seen on EXPLORE!)

  23. zoomin63 (5 months ago | reply)

    Fantástica imagem. Excelente trabalho

  24. Sprengben [why not get a friend] (5 months ago | reply)

    Better than good! This photo really deserves to be explored.
    A great Thursday wish!
    Ben

  25. Nevena Uzurov (5 months ago | reply)

    Beautiful scenery.Amazing light.

  26. Project 1080 (5 months ago | reply)

    That's a mind-blowing picture!

  27. ♥ Katie ann .internet problems, (5 months ago | reply)

    WOW what an amazing image,
    Truly Beautiful.

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  28. lemontree.photographie (5 months ago | reply)

    That rocks! Amaaazing, really, I'm stuned! Wonderful ..

  29. Tiny justin (5 months ago | reply)

    Wow,how amazing!

  30. amberlee882 (5 months ago | reply)

    I love this picture u captured alot of beatiful colors

  31. ~Tranime (5 months ago | reply)

    This is awesome! :D

  32. trazylee (5 months ago | reply)

    Amazing! I saw it last year and was absolutely blown away! Happy new year :)

  33. coco77mi (5 months ago | reply)

    Great shot.

  34. Becca2810 (5 months ago | reply)

    Wow... Great image

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  35. Mr.Max42 (5 months ago | reply)

    amazing shot just simply amazing

  36. sly.space (5 months ago | reply)

    Fantastic photo!
    Congrats on Explore!

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  37. GlobeTrotter 2000 (5 months ago | reply)

    So beautiful !

  38. raineys (5 months ago | reply)

    Amazing! On Explore!

  39. Spumador (5 months ago | reply)

    Beautiful picture !
    Congratulation for explore.

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  40. Kjetil (5 months ago | reply)

    Excellent!

  41. LKungJr (5 months ago | reply)

    wonderful - congrats on Explore!

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