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The Smoking Chimney, Dennis Lehtonen

The Smoking Chimney

The Smoking Chimney, Dennis Lehtonen

The Smoking Chimney

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Kilpisjärvi, Finland
October 19th 2022

As usual the weather forecast predicts clouds and snow, but we have a clear sky instead. This may be the 8th time this happens in the last 10 days. I guess it's not an easy task to predict weather when there's all the mountains and fells nearby. I am happy to see these pleasant weather surprises, but it does make planning things a bit tricky when it can change from clear to clouds in no time and vice versa. You just don't know what to expect. That also applies to the northern lights. The aurora parameters were actually not that impressive. Everything was very average, but we ended up getting a half-sky show with furious, fast moving auroras with lots of pink. This is just how it is in the middle of the aurora oval. 

For this photo I was observing the sky from my balcony, saw bright arcs overhead. I quickly dressed up, took camera and ran 100 meters to nearby lake.

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The Smoking Chimney, Dennis Lehtonen