[av_heading heading=’Behind the scenes of this photo’ tag=’h3′ color=’custom-color-heading’ custom_font=’#949494′ style=” size=” subheading_active=” subheading_size=’15’ class=’alignleft size-full wp-image-5368′ src=’https://www.joshuacripps.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/aurora-borealis-chena-hot-springs-alaska.jpg’ alt=’Aurora Borealis, Chena Hot Springs, Alaska’ width=’583′ height=’880′ />dding=’0′ av_uid=’av-30tq3a’][/av_heading]
Taken at the Chena Hot Springs resort near Fairbanks, Alaska, on January 1st, 2014
Anyone who watches The Simpsons may get the joke in the title here. In early January I had my first real experience photographing the aurora borealis. I was visiting Chena Hot Springs near Fairbanks, Alaska for New Year’s and on January 1st a decent show sprung up. As soon as the glowing bands appeared in the sky I dashed out of the hot springs and kitted up to face the -10 deg night. Tromping uphill away from the lights of the hot springs resort as fast as my swaddled legs would carry me I found this patch of spruce facing in the same direction as the aurora. Standing thigh-deep in the snow I set up my camera for a series of long-exposures, the 30-second shots bringing out the color and forms in the sky.
Joshua Cripps is a renowned landscape photographer who has garnered worldwide acclaim for his breathtaking images of our planet’s wild places. His photos have been published by the likes of National Geographic, NASA, CNN, BBC, and Nikon Global.
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