The green light of the Northern Lights (aurora borealis) lights up fishermans cabins, Hamnoy, Lofoten Islands, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Northern Lights (aurora borealis) and mountains reflected in the cold waters, Skagsanden, Lofoten Islands, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Northern Lights (aurora borealis) illuminate the sky and the snowy peaks, Flakstad, Lofoten Islands, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Northern Lights (aurora borealis) illuminate Hamnoy village and snowy peaks, Lofoten Islands, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Northern Lights (aurora borealis) illuminate the sky and the snowy peaks, Flakstad, Lofoten Islands, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Northern Lights (aurora borealis) over an abandoned log cabin surrounded by snow and ice, Flakstad, Lofoten Islands, Arctic, Northern Norway, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Blue of dusk dominates the scenery in Reine, Lofoten Islands, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Northern Lights (aurora borealis) on Skagsanden sky, Lofoten Islands, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Northern Lights (aurora borealis) over a small wooden house. Flakstad, Lofoten Islands, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Northern Lights (aurora borealis) over an abandoned log cabin surrounded by snow, Flakstad, Lofoten Islands, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Northern Lights (aurora borealis) reflected in the cold waters, Flakstad, Lofoten Islands, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Northern Lights (aurora borealis) and mountains reflected in the cold waters, Skagsanden, Lofoten Islands, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Northern Lights (aurora borealis) on Skagsanden sky, Lofoten Islands, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Northern Lights (aurora borealis) reflected in the cold waters, Flakstad, Lofoten Islands, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

The pink sky at sunrise illuminates Reine village with its cold sea and snowy peaks, Lofoten Islands, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Distant people descending a huge sand dune, iridescent on a summer evening, Khongoryn Els, Gobi Desert, Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

Hummingbird in the Monteverde Cloud Forest, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, Central America

Hummingbird in the Monteverde Cloud Forest, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, Central America

Hummingbird in the Monteverde Cloud Forest, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, Central America

The partial eclipse of the Sun, October 23, 2014, as seen from Jasper, Alberta, in this case shot through thin cloud but that makes for a more interesting photo than one in a clear sky. This is still shot through a mylar filter, on the front of a 66mm f/6 apo refractor using the Canon 60Da for 1/25 sec exposure at ISO 100. The colours are natural, with the mylar filter providing a neutral 'white light' image. With the Sun dimmed a lot by cloud, the longer exposure allowed picking up light and colours in the surrounding clouds.

Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

Concordia Station, Italian, European, French, Swiss and German flags. Tent, fire escape, containers, kerosene tanks, smoke from the power station, iridescent clouds. The station under a sky lightly covered with low, iridescent clouds. Concordia Antarctic Research Station, Dome C plateau, East Antarctica.