Arctic Dragon (2024 Custom Print)

Astronomy Photographer of the Year is an annual competition featuring the world’s greatest space photography. Photographers from across the globe compete to take home the prestigious title.

"This aurora panorama that looks like a big dragon over those rock pyramids, was the result of a geomagnetic storm level G2 during the night of February 25th 2023, generated by a coronal mass ejection sooner that day. The result was intense red-greenish auroras during the whole night. And the location of the photo is the Arctic Henge, located in Raufarhöfn, Iceland, as it has a rich cultural meaning for Icelanders, and also that night only the north east side of Iceland had clear night skies. 

The technique used was a panorama, made with 11 frames, using PTGui Pro to merge them, after that, in Photoshop, StarXterminator was used to separate stars and process the night sky with auroras, after that camera raw was used for developing the colors, brightness, contrasts and colour corrections, to finally add again the stars and re-frame in a 5:4 proportion image." Carina Letelier Baeza

Our Custom Prints and frames are all handmade to the highest standards. As each Custom Print and frame is made to your required specification, they take a little longer to prepare. Custom Prints are printed on sustainable, matt 250gsm conservation digital paper. Unframed prints are carefully rolled with acid free tissue paper inside a sturdy cardboard tube. Frames are made in the UK from sustainably-sourced woods.

Custom Prints (those which are customised by choosing a size and frame) are made to order and therefore take a little longer than our standard fulfilment times. Please read our Delivery and Returns page for our latest information about UK and international shipping. Custom Prints cannot be sent via our FedEx delivery service option.

Please check the size and frame options carefully so that you are happy as once ordered we will be unable to change. Every purchase supports the work of Royal Museums Greenwich.