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But, there was valid reason for such excess.

Gonna be lazy and just pop a little "in-camera" timelapse from late in the evening. Things were dialling down by this stage, and the snow was about to arrive.

January 19, 2025.

January 21. 7pm. Possibly the best hour of Nordlys on our entire Aurora Chase.

Just finished dinner and noticed a wiggle on the stackplot, so stepped outside to enjoy the slow burn of an aurora arc to the north. It started to build, get more elaborate and complex, and then it erupted.

Have never seen an aurora move so fast and wide. Just an exceptional moment.

Another in-camera timelapse, but a different style for me. Instead of rapid shutter, this used 30sec exposures across an hour of the night. Finishes with a fishing boat zooming through the scene!

This is how the evening began. Super clear skies and a deep rich red hue in the fading light. A gentle glow of nordlys in the north hinted at the night to come.

The next morning we had clouds rolling over, but just enough gap for the winter light to paint pink and peach hues for us.

Increasingly I find myself moving towards more gentle expressions of aurora photography.

I've always been averse to the hyped up saturation that dominates aurora photos on social media. Our eyes don't see those pimped up colours, and it takes a lot of tweaking in Photoshop to get the camera to deliver them anyway.

I like reality. I think the real world is beautiful enough and doesn't need to be faked.

@ewen Its a brilliant image Ewen. Doesn't need anything more!