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Bands to the Corona

Photographer

Nathan Myhrvold

Category

Fine Art Photography - Nature

Company

Modernist Cuisine

Submission Group

Professional

Year

2023

Country / Region

United States

This emerald aurora dances above the stark white landscape of Southeastern Iceland near Kalfatellsstadhur. Moonlight usually makes the elusive Aurora Borealis too difficult to photograph. In this rare instance, the Northern Lights were brighter than the moon, which enabled me to capture these electric ribbons of green, while also providing enough light to see the foreground.