Lone Tree under a Scandinavian Aurora (Custom Print)

Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year is the largest international competition of its kind. Organised by the Royal Observatory Greenwich and sponsored by Insight Investment, the competition receives entries from photographers all around the world. It annually showcases the best space photography from a global community of astrophotographers.

It was a very crisp -35°C evening in Finnish Lapland. We decided to explore on foot around the hotel when I found this tree and decided to wait for the misty conditions to change. I couldn’t believe my luck when the sky cleared and the aurora came out in the perfect spot. I spent about an hour photographing it before my camera started to lock up due to the conditions, but by then I was happy to call it a night.
Tom Archer
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