Tuesday, 25 December 2012

Birth, life and fading of the Northern Lights over Lake Inari

 1st picture 9:48pm, Lake Inari, North-East

 Due West

 Due North


 The Lights grow stronger..

 ...and stronger...

 ...and start undulating.

 Peak of activity, starting around 10:30pm

The dance is starting, impossible to capture with a still picture

But 'tis engraved in my memory 






























We can now feel the activity is much less intense, the Lights are fading. It's about 11pm 





The last fringes of the first Northern Lights I ever saw slowly fade into space.
I will never forget.

Across Inarijärvi / Lake Inari 25.12.12



  Early morning, around 10am







 I have yet to identify this bird


 Late afternoon, around 2pm


Man I must be healthy...


"Walking is man's best medicine."

Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine (460-377 BCE)

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