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Holy Smokes! Three straight days of witnessing the Aurora in Iceland. I can die happy now. =) This night was INSANE. The aurora danced and danced above. Talk ab...
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Holy Smokes! Three straight days of witnessing the Aurora in Iceland. I can die happy now. =) This night was INSANE. The aurora danced and danced above. Talk about a hard subject to photograph! The light changes so much in such a short amount of time! So much fun! The landscape shifted continually. Incredible to witness. This shot features the moon accentuated as a moonstar with the Zeiss Loxia 21mm lens.
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SONY ILCE-7RM2

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Aperture f/5 ISO 3200 Shutter 8/1 Focal Length 210/10

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Apr, 2018

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