Recent content by M_J_Helin

When will I ever learn to leave early enough for a shoot? That was what I was wondering as I rushed towards Lake Littoistenjärvi. The destination was decided at the very last minute. Once I arrived, though, it proved to be the right call. There was an unobstructed view to the western horizon...

Thanks everyone. Here's a new picture that I just got done. That's a photo I've been trying to get for ten years. Pretty much the best NLC photo I've ever taken.

Thank you! I did get some sleep on the following night. 2,5 hours. .....

The preparations for our daughters confirmation party had stretched late into the night on several evenings, and I had built up more sleep debt than I cared to admit. I stepped outside to bring the rugs in and, as is my habit, glanced up at the sky. Cirrus clouds... no, wait... noctilucent...

Thanks everyone! Let's add one from today

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The wristwatch buzzed. 1:20 a.m. Ugh. I turned over. The watch buzzed again. I had set four alarms so I wouldn’t oversleep this time. Sigh… I guess I have to get up. I drove for a good half hour through the spring night. Quiet, as expected. At the end of an overgrown forest track, I parked and...

Thanks. A croft... I'm not sure if it's the right word, but anyways.. Here in Finland we call(ed) those as "torppa". They were build in a landowners land with their permission. An payment, the people living in those crofts worked for the landowners Well, that's a very simplified version :D...

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Thanks! I fixed the last two in mages, should be visible now. I'm too tired to write straight :D

The aurora values started looking so good in the evening that I just had to get out. It had been way too long since the last time I had photographed auroras At first, it looked like we’d just get something "nice and small," but right as I was about to head out, the Bz took a massive dive. Then...

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