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Aurora
Image Title:  Aurora
 
 By: . Icerock  
  Copyright ©2005



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Photographer . Icerock {K:4873}
Project #43 Unusual Vision Camera Model Canon EOS 10D
Categories Digital
Nature
Travel
Film Format
Portfolio Lens Canon  24-70 mm f/2.8L USM
Uploaded 2/12/2005 Film / Memory Type digital
    ISO / Film Speed 0
Views 237 Shutter 5s
Favorites Aperture f/5.6
Critiques 18 Rating
6.25
/ 10 Ratings
Location City - 
State - 
Country - Iceland   Iceland
About Do you never fell the need of being in the middle of nowhere? The need of leaving everything behind and just feel the necessity of emptiness, of clearness, silence and space. well I do and in stead I see ever-shifting, glowing patterns of light that twist and turn restlessly in the sky above my head on a frosty evening in high northern latitudes and it have the Latin name of aurora borealis. The Northern Lights, as the are commonly known, occur high up (40-120 miles) above the surface of the earth where the atmosphere has become extremely thin.

   What causes this spectacular phenomenon, so characteristic of our northern lights here in Iceland? Well, it's electricity that does it - and of course it all goes back to the sun. Tiny particles, protons and electrons caused by electronic storms on the sun (solar wind) are trapped in the earth's magnetic field and the begin to spiral back and forth along the magnetic lines of force - circle around the magnetic pole, so to speak. While rushing around endlessly in their magnetic trap, some particles escape into the earth's atmosphere. They begin to hit molecules in the atmosphere and these impacts cause the molecules to glow, thus creating the auroras.
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There are 18 Comments in 1 Pages
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Pete Akiens   {K:1884} 2/12/2005
Fantastic photo and wonderful brief to go with it. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Pete


NN     {K:26787} 2/12/2005
STUNNING ... sooooo beautiful!!!


Khaled Mursi Hammoud   {K:53382} 2/12/2005
Excellent image and tones.
Thanx for the about too.
Great work as usual Icerock,
Khaled.


Francesco Martini   {K:12304} 2/12/2005
a very suggestive image!!!!!!


Alison DuFlon   {K:36557} 2/12/2005
Wow a really interesting about, I just learned something new. The picture is outstanding, I could sit and look at that forever, preferably through a nice window in a warm house. Alison


Istvan VARKONYI   {K:3770} 2/12/2005
It is a MASTERWORK. Fantastic image, many thank for the good comments. Amaizing photo!

Best regards,
Istvan


Laura Spell   {K:24080} 2/12/2005
Very mysterious looking lights. Colors and tones are good.


Jeanette Hägglund   {K:59855} 2/13/2005
Fantastic, Icerock! Wonderul capture and so sublime!

Jeanette


Kelly    {K:20268} 2/13/2005
wow.... unbelievable.... i would love to see that.... thanks for sharing IR and i always learn something from your 'about's'.... thanks
cheers
kel


Margaret Sturgess   {K:49403} 2/13/2005
Fascinating and lovely image,
Margaret


Ursula Luschnig   {K:21932} 2/13/2005
It must be so great to see this wonder of nature,does one not feel tiny in this moment...
Gorgeous light ..and also thank you for your about!
Cheers,Ursula


Amna Al Shamsi   {K:21796} 2/13/2005
Really beautiful....it is a wonderful place to be in the middle of no where!


Roberto Carli   {K:13689} 2/13/2005
Stunning colours!!!!!!This is a really suggestive atmosphere,congrats,well taken!!!!!!!


Den Thompson   {K:30432} 2/14/2005
The thumbnail does not do this image justice Icerock. The sky is - dare I say it - out of this world. But, the barren landscape that doesn't show on the thumbnail gives it an added dimension. Simply magnificent shot.
Den


In Transit   {K:29394} 2/15/2005
Ahhh I have been away... and come back for some known education in terms of the About... but the capture... is what it is all about!

Well seen!


Samantha P   {K:2781} 2/15/2005
Indeed there are many times I feel like getting away, somewhere that you described perfectly in your description of this photo. Dreamy. Wonderful work.


narabia     {K:9560} 2/15/2005
excelent view
I would love to visit this place.


Manu Antigua   {K:598} 3/6/2005
aurora borealis....its on my things to see before i die list...nice 1


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