2nd place
silver star award
Dennis Lehtonen
finland 
Photo © Dennis Lehtonen
title
Explosion in South
He moves frequently, as each new location comes with its own adventures and new possibilities for photography.
Dennis hopes to take his adventures to the remote corners of Siberia, Alaska, and northern Canada in the future, and to learn more about these regions.
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entry description
The aurora forecast for the night was promising so I walked a few kilometers to a nearby swamp area. Soon as the sky got dark the aurora was visible overhead next to the bright moon, but eventually got so far south that it completely disappeared from my location. At the same time the people of south Finland had their first proper aurora show in years. Later on the auroras would return to the more northern latitudes where the lights would explode in brightness and you could see the purple rays rising high into skies. The best parts finished just on time as the fog was starting to cover the sky.about the photographer
Dennis is a 29-year-old photographer from Finland who started off with astrophotography. Having spent most of his life living in the big cities of southern Finland, he felt depressed about not being able to see the night sky properly due to light pollution. So, he moved to small communities in the Arctic, where dark skies are still a thing. First to Lapland where he stayed for three years and then followed by Greenland where he has by now been over two years.He moves frequently, as each new location comes with its own adventures and new possibilities for photography.
Dennis hopes to take his adventures to the remote corners of Siberia, Alaska, and northern Canada in the future, and to learn more about these regions.
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