Eclectic Perambulations in the Noosphere
Antti Pietikäinen is a passionate photographer from Muonio, Lapland. Main focus in his photography spins around auroras and nature photography. His new concepts and ways to lift up nature photography is stunning and unique. The very basic idea in his photos is to capture the northern phenomenas and landscapes with unique ideas.
"To find the ancient and dreamy dimension of the Aurora Borealis and how they appeared to the people we know from our folklore."
Aurora over Faskrudsfjordur, Iceland on March 8, 2012. © Jónína Óskarsdóttir.
"Even though the CME unleashed by active region 1429 initially hit Earth a bit softer than expected yesterday, it ended up gaining some extra “oomph” once the magnetic fields lined up right… enough to ignite some amazing displays of aurorae like the one shown above over Iceland."
Waterfall, Moonbow, and Aurora from Iceland
Image Credit & Copyright: Stephane Vetter
"The longer you look at this image, the more you see. Perhaps your eye is first drawn to the picturesque waterfall called Skogarfoss visible on the image right. Just as prevalent, however, in this Icelandic visual extravaganza, is the colorful arc of light on the left. This chromatic bow is not a rainbow, since the water drops did not originate in rainfall nor are they reflecting light from the Sun. Rather, the drops have drifted off from the waterfall and are now illuminated by the nearly full Moon. High above are the faint green streaks of aurora. The scene, captured one night last month, also shows a beautiful starscape far in the background, including the Big Dipper, part of the constellation of the Great Bear (Ursa Major)."
Poland Goes Purple Photograph by Kamila Mazurkiewicz
Dancing Sky Photograph by Olivier du Tré
"Two August 3 solar flares were each accompanied by giant clouds of charged gas—or coronal mass ejections—aimed at Earth, triggering the sky show. About 48 hours after NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory had detected the first eruption, the "solar wind" slammed into Earth's magnetic field, creating a geomagnetic storm that lasted four hours."
