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February 2023 · journal
28 February 2023
SINGLE FRAME
Aurora over the Normandy sky.
↳ Normandy — France
In ancient Greek and Roman records, the northern lights were described as a divine show that changed the colour of the sky. Last week the curtain came down as far as the Normandy coast — history's wheel passed over the same spot again.
#history#science#europe
February 2023 · journal
23 February 2023
ALBUM
Lofoten lights, again.
↳ Lofoten — Norway
Every season in Lofoten carries a different character. This year the curtain stayed especially long and slow; it spread across the shore like a white wave and didn't disperse for hours.
#norway#lofoten#aurora
February 2023 · journal
23 February 2023
SINGLE FRAME
From the Hamnøy bridge.
↳ Hamnøy — Lofoten
For many years Hamnøy was linked to Reine only by ferry; now a bridge joins the two islands. The angle from the bridge became the spot I used for the most personal frames of the last seven years.
#norway#lofoten#location
February 2023 · journal
05 February 2023
SINGLE FRAME
Same village, another night.
↳ Hamnøy — Lofoten
The same bridge, another night. Once you get used to a spot for the Lofoten lights, you find the same frame in different weather on every return. Repetition, too, is a kind of collecting.
#norway#lofoten
November 2022 · journal
03 November 2022
SINGLE FRAME
“The pink, again.”
↳ Tromsø — Norway
The name — Chasing Pink — was the reflection of a single night in 2018. After the pandemic years, the same colour returned over Tromsø: green again, pink again, again a silence words can't describe.
#norway#meaning#pink aurora
August 2022 · journal
23 August 2022
ALBUM
Jupiter's own auroras.
↳ JWST · Jupiter
In the James Webb telescope's first Jupiter images, the ultraviolet auroral bands at the planet's poles were clearly seen. Earth is not alone — every magnetic planet raises its own curtain.
#science#webb#space
April 2022 · journal
06 April 2022
SINGLE FRAME
Over the Atlantic, at 35,000 feet.
↳ Boston → Reykjavík route
The Boston–Reykjavík route passes to the north; to see the aurora from the cabin on a night flight, choose the right-hand window when you book. Above the clouds, it stretches like a saturated green band.
#flight#iceland#aurora
December 2021 · journal
01 December 2021
SINGLE FRAME
When the road north got harder.
↳ Tromsø — from afar
When the pandemic closed the borders, the exchange rate did it a second time, financially. Chasing the aurora became impossible for most people that year; we watched it in the light of our screens.
#pandemic#process
August 2021 · journal
31 August 2021
SINGLE FRAME
Aurora season opens for the northern hemisphere.
↳ Vesterålen — Norway
Early September, the moment the northern nights start to grow long and dark again. The first observation reports come in from Tromsø and Vesterålen; the season is officially open.
#season#norway
April 2021 · journal
18 April 2021
SINGLE FRAME
The blue hours are growing.
↳ Lofoten — Norway
Towards the end of April the northern nights shorten and the blue hours grow. This year the last curtain fell on 18 April; the northern sky quietly turned to summer.
#season#lofoten
February 2021 · journal
20 February 2021
SINGLE FRAME
A green road from Russeluft.
↳ Russeluft — Alta
Russeluft, the interior of Alta. Dark, wide, bare. The green seen on this road stretches in a single line; the curtain doesn't scatter, it flows.
#norway#location#green
February 2021 · journal
04 February 2021
ALBUM
The book is on sale.
↳ Türkiye
A compilation of a seven-year journey is on the shelves. The order link is in the profile and the Instagram shop — the printed book goes directly through Evrim Ağacı Agora.
#book#process
February 2021 · journal
04 February 2021
SINGLE FRAME
The night green was most dominant.
↳ Norway
When solar activity is intense the sky surrenders to a single colour. If you happen on a night when green saturates, you remember nothing else.
#green#norway#colour
January 2021 · journal
30 January 2021
SINGLE FRAME
Quiet as on the moon.
↳ Lofoten — Norway
A low-intensity night, close to full moon. The aurora burns faintly but lasts; the light falling on the snow stays steady, like a night lamp.
#lofoten#norway
January 2021 · journal
27 January 2021
ALBUM
Just before dawn.
↳ Lofoten — Norway
The aurora doesn't always peak at midnight. Sometimes it bursts half an hour before dawn; at that hour no one witnesses it but a few photographers still on their feet.
#dawn#lofoten
January 2021 · journal
27 January 2021
ALBUM
Same dawn, another frame.
↳ Lofoten — Norway
The second frame of the same morning. Sometimes there are moments a single frame can't hold; the gallery is born then, the choice of frame comes later.
#dawn#lofoten
January 2021 · journal
13 January 2021
SINGLE FRAME
When you lift your head.
↳ Skaftafell — Iceland
A corona is the moment the aurora gathers right above you. The whole sky seems to turn around a single point; a photo frame can't convey it.
#corona#iceland
January 2021 · journal
12 January 2021
SINGLE FRAME
Pink auroras are back.
↳ Tromsø — Norway
The pink curtain is born at low altitude in high-energy solar storms — so it's rare. It appeared again over Tromsø after a long absence.
#pink aurora#norway
January 2021 · journal
10 January 2021
SINGLE FRAME
The magnetosphere · Earth's filter.
↳ Science · general
When a solar storm arrives, Earth's magnetic shield steers the charged particles towards the poles; the colours we see in the sky are the visual proof of that steering.
#science#magnetosphere
January 2021 · journal
07 January 2021
ALBUM
Different frames from the same night.
↳ Norway
A single night has more than one face — the solar wind's direction shifts, the curtain scatters and gathers again. Swipe to see the transitions.
#norway#aurora
January 2021 · journal
06 January 2021
ALBUM
The e-book is on the digital shelves.
↳ Türkiye · global
For those who can't get the paper edition: a digital version is on sale through Google Play Books, Kobo and D&R. The same content, in a design optimised for the small screen.
#book#e-book
December 2020 · journal
31 December 2020
SINGLE FRAME
2020 is closing.
↳ Ankara · archive
A year we couldn't go north has ended. A farewell to the year with a frame from the archive — we'll set out again.
#process#year's end
December 2020 · journal
21 December 2020
SINGLE FRAME
Winter solstice · 21 December.
↳ Tromsø — Norway
The longest night of the northern hemisphere. In Tromsø the sun drops below the horizon before this date and stays out of sight for weeks; all-day blue twilight, then the long night.
#solstice#norway
December 2020 · journal
13 December 2020
SINGLE FRAME
Sunday lights.
↳ Reine — Lofoten
A pre-pandemic Sunday night, in Reine. In the hours when the streets are empty and only a few of the houses are lit, the sky opened.
#lofoten#reine
November 2020 · journal
24 November 2020
SINGLE FRAME
A sunset in Reine.
↳ Reine — Lofoten
The aurora is always a night light, but in Lofoten the sunsets are a show of their own. The pink-gold light that falls to the east of Reine is like a prelude welcoming the night.
#lofoten#sunset
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