Some images from the 1st day’s trip.

The day started rather slow with extremely faint sightings of the northern lights. In fact, this light is barely visible through naked eyes, but the camera was able to pick it up with a long shutter speed. I like how it’s hanging around beside the milky way.

Occasionally, it got a little more intense. It was like this for almost 5 hours.

The Milky Way. Prior to this, I didn’t know the Milky Way was that huge. I’ve always thought I needed a telephoto lens for it, but I was wrong.

The lights constantly teasing us.

Sometimes the streak of lights appear really long, stretching across the skies like a rainbow.

And without warning, things just exploded. Within minutes, we were surrounded by explosive bursts of the northern lights.

They were everywhere. It’s hard to pick the one you want to shoot. At some point in times, you can see the lights ‘racing’, somewhat like electronic equalizers.

These lights have a life of their own as they danced in almost unpredictable patterns.

The reds were hard to see with the naked eye and are more obvious on the camera.

The lake in a distance illuminated by the lights.

Massive burst of lights.

The lights running slightly below the clouds. In minutes, they were completely covered by the clouds and the entire area was blanketed with an eerie glow.