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    A good chance of catching the aurora is just one of the highlights of Swedish Lapland. Credit: Visit Lapland
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    Aurora adventures: visiting Swedish Lapland for the Northern Lights

    Follow our tips and techniques and you too can capture the spectacle of a beautiful auroral display. Image Credit: Jamie Carter
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    How do you take photographs of the aurora?

    An image of the aurora. Credit: Pete Lawrence
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    Flying to the Northern Lights

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    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.
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    A curtain aurora seen by Paul Money in Bardufoss, Norway. Credit: Paul Money
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    An image of the aurora. Credit: Pete Lawrence
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