Tag: photographing northern lights

The Hype of the Northern Lights in Scotland

Darth Vader photographs the Aurora borealis? Well, to be honest, it's me in a dressing gown. I was about to go to bed, stuck my head out of the window and saw the glow. Unfortunately, a security light was still on behind me. And, yes, for this picture, of course the brightness is turned up a bit.

“The Northern Lights of Old Aberdeen mean home sweet home to me…the Northern Lights of Aberdeen are what I long to see…” Ah yes, dripping with nostalgia, that snatch of the song ‘The Northern Lights’ is entirely appropriate for the phenomenon itself. Why? Well, the composer, Mary Webb, was from Leamington Spa, England, and had…