Started very softly but built over 90 minutes enabling me to try a couple of locations. Canon EOS 5D mkII with a 24mm f1.4 10 seconds at F1.8.

This is a wonderful example of a loop, or hoop. I have several loop images but I think this is a particularly nice loop. Full moon or nearly so but the Aurora was very visible. 13sec at f2.8 ISO 400 Canon MKII, 16mm. 6 shots stitched into a pano. More to come from feb 19 following this first pano.

We had a busy night here in Inari -Finland - and my friend, Paul Sanders, and I were out photographing the Aurora Borealis until approximately 2 am. A truly wonderful night of Aurora hunting. Equipment and settings: I was using a Canon EOS 5D Mk II with a Canon EF 24mm f/1.4 lens attached. ISO 640-800, Shutter speed varying between 8 and 13s at f/1.6.

On my ground current instrument the solarwind shockwave arrived at 01.34 UT. Febr.18,2011.

With a clear sky, with all the predictions, I had to get some pictures of the northern lights before the clouds came back. So, during 2 hours, I went in a cold weather (-30 C) to take a few nice picts... many colors. I start to like my new camera a little more :) At the end, went I came back home, I saw a very special Moon Halo... with 2 rings. Details : Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 16mm, f 2.8, 400-2000 ISO, >10 sec. exp.

Another great night in Abisko!! Just after moonrise the show began and continued for most of the evening. We cant wait to see what the new moon may reveal. Shot with a Nikon D7000, Tokina 11-16 2.8, ISO 1000, 8 second exposure.