Aurora

Mariusz Szymaszek, Garðskagi lighthouse, Iceland, 2 February 2016. Equipment: Sony A7S camera, Samyang 14mm lens.

Astrophotography

Beautiful images of the aurora

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Astrophotography guides

How do you take photographs of the aurora?

Steve shines over Childs Lake, Manitoba, Canada, crossing over the Milky Way Credit: Krista Trinder

What’s up with Steve the aurora?

Aurora header Credit: Pete Lawrence

Flying to the Northern Lights

Jupiter-aurora

Jupiter’s aurorae pulse independently

A reconstructed view of Jupiter's northern lights through the filters of the Juno Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph instrument on Dec. 11, 2016
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Bertrand Bonfond

Mystery of Jupiter’s aurora grows

Olli Reijonen sent in this image of a Perseid, top right of the picture, that he managed to capture while photographing noctilucent clouds and aurora at Lake Päijänne in Finland. Olli used an Olympus OM-D E-M5 camera and Panasonic Lumix G 200mm lens.
Credit: O. Reijonen

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Dramatic aurora seen across the UK

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Observing the aurora

Aurora header Credit: Pete Lawrence

The ultimate guide to observing the aurora