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20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Green Genie

I tried several times to shoot Aurora over this five-meter stone. On February 20, 2021, at 25 degrees below zero, the sky was clear. Radiance played for a long time and in different directions. The most unusual is the crown of Aurora, which I called the "Green Genie".

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 02.2021
Date Uploaded: 09.2022
Photo Location: Russia
Camera: NIKON D850
Copyright: © Alexander Stepanenko