r/spaceporn • u/aureliamachiavelli • Jan 22 '23

In Green Company: Aurora over Norway NASA

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u/tuxooo Jan 22 '23

This is SICK! BEEN TWICE TO Norway... that is paradise on earth. Also been once in Tromso to see the aurora ... that is something magical!

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u/TooDenseForXray Jan 22 '23

that is paradise on earth. Also been once in Tromso to see the aurora ... that is something magical!

Been there once too, that was unbelievable!

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u/ChumbaWambah Jan 22 '23

Sister lives there, she videos calls and shows the aurora. Have to plan a visit.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '23

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u/tuxooo Jan 22 '23

I'm born in a warm place and I want to move up there. Uno reverse?

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u/countzer01nterrupt Jan 23 '23

Went to Tromsø from Vienna for a few days around year’s eve some years ago. I figured it’d be super cold, so I bought some really warm clothes and boots to prepare for -20 to -30 degrees weather, arctic circle and all. Imagine my surprise when the day we arrived it was about the same temperature as back home. Upon returning, it was colder than in Norway. Just checked, it’s currently even slightly warmer there than in Vienna. Busted expectations.

Did some dog sledding (solo), didn’t open my parka early on, then had to keep it closed because I was soaked underneath. A bus driver I talked to complained about it being too warm in recent years as it makes street conditions more dangerous due to melting/refreezing. Bus driving on hard mode, as if bus driving wasn’t hard enough already. Looks like your regular European Bus, but they go up quite steep mountainy roads.

In short…that was a surprise. It’s not that cold in Tromsø, perhaps related to the gulf stream/island situation there and perhaps not always. You don’t need to buy clothes as if you were to endeavor to go on a north pole or lunar expedition. It’s more like maybe a skiing trip without the skiing gear.

Overall though - fantastic place and clear recommendation to go there for about 4 days to a week if around by foot/bus, checking everything out, museums, some restaurant dinners or pubs (expensive af beer) and some activities like northern lights and whale watching, dogsledding or horse riding. Really nice people too, arriving in the dark, two women doing some nordic walking we came across getting to our accommodations talked to us and just gave us some snap-on reflective bands to make sure we’re more visible to cars.

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u/sythyy Jan 22 '23

Bruh it was like 10c today

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '23

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u/Str41nGR Jan 23 '23

Don't be rude, I'm sure he meant to say brøh

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '23

Tell me where to go? I have money, I have time and I want to go do this.

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u/tuxooo Jan 22 '23

What I did at first is I took a trip with a rent a car from Oslo to Odda to visit troltunga (crazy views) and during our trip, we stopped at the big fjord. After that we moved toward Stavanger (amazing road trip, with underground tunes and faries), and there we went to see this amazing place

After that we went to see the pulpit rock, and then back to Oslo. That took us about a week, but we had good planning in advance. Worth every second! And I would not want to have a trip with a boat because I will miss the inland and will not be able to visit trolltunga or pulpit Rock.

This trip we made during mid/end of summer, and we were planning to hit the best weather, and we did, except 1 day, but prep clothes for bad weather as that is pretty regular there.

For the aurora we when to Tromso, took a airbnb and stayed for a week I think it was mid feb so we could chase the aurora and we again prepped with info and apps about where and how to chase them and we started circling at night around Tromso but you can see them in Tromso too, but we catcher them few times at our second night trip and third night trip.

A few pieces of advises: whatever you do prepare well in advance with information, accommodation, transportation! Very important as time flies there and there is never enough time, even though we spend over a week each time. Also ... pretty expensive whatever you do, food and all about 5 years ago a nice meal was 100 euro, a cheap meal was about 50 euro, and doner or burger was 25-35 euro without a drink, so you make the math with inflation and all that how much it's now.

Happy to help with more info if you need more, it's amazing nature and country there! We going again there but it will be probably 2025.

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u/toth42 Jan 22 '23

amazing road trip, with underground tunes and faries

Norwegian here. I have to disappoint you all, there is no music underground and no fairies.

We do have subsea tunnels, and ferries if you like those.

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u/gin-o-cide Jan 22 '23

I was like.. Where are my fairies?? I was there in May and I saw no fairies :(

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u/tuxooo Jan 22 '23

Underground tunnels* not tunes like. Autocorrect I'd beating my ass. Stavanger has an incredible underground tunnel between thr mainland when coming from odda

Faries... maybe I don't know the correct word I think I know what you mean. I mean to say the boat that you travel with your car on board (excuse my poor english)

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u/elmz Jan 22 '23

Well, if you like underwater tunnels Stavanger is the place for it.

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u/tuxooo Jan 22 '23

Yeah I seen one, big one! It was fun driving with my car facing the bottom of the earth lol

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u/toth42 Jan 22 '23

Yeah those are the ferries ;)

Find the Lærdal tunnel next time, even awesomer!

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u/tuxooo Jan 22 '23

Thanks, but I think I will be going towards bergen and to cross the big fjord next time, at least that's the plan., maybe a bit north but not much.

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u/aslak1899 Jan 22 '23

Do people really find tunnels interesting? Drove through the Lærdalstunnel twice and its so boring because you do not see anything for 20 minutes...

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u/toth42 Jan 22 '23

You didn't like the lightshow? For me, it's the engineering I always ponder when driving through unusual tunnels.

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u/aslak1899 Jan 22 '23

I guess the blue light was the most interesting part yeah. I will think about the engineering next time, maybe that makes the drive a bit more interesting. Also heard that they need to upgrade the tunnel so maybe it will be a nicer drive in a few years.

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u/IReadd1t Jan 23 '23

Some people easily bore, they are called boring and should be in charge of boring tunnels so the rest of us can enjoy the respite of 20 minutes.

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u/IReadd1t Jan 23 '23

Some people easily bore, they are called boring and should be in charge of boring tunnels so the rest of us can enjoy the respite of 20 minutes.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '23

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u/toth42 Jan 22 '23

And Haggis and Loch Ness monsters!

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '23

The main thing is that I’m looking for an artic destination to just chill, cross country ski and digital detox.

Problem is that it is crazy expensive.

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u/MarlinMr Jan 22 '23

I mean, you can just go to basically anywhere in Norway then. Like Oslo. And just take the tram 20 minutes to the cross country ski slopes..

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u/tuxooo Jan 22 '23

You can do this but ... you need deep pockets!

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '23

Yeah I know. That’s why I’m starting in Norway for information and will probably end up in Finland.

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u/hates_stupid_people Jan 22 '23

If you plan in advance you could also book a room where they filmed parts of Ex Machina(the room with a large window overlooking the forest, river and mountains in the background).

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u/tuxooo Jan 22 '23

Finland has some dope places as well, I live to visit the ice palace(hotel). But I can't switch Norway with Finland two different ball games.

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u/jabunkie Jan 22 '23

We can be friends

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u/Chicken-Chak Jan 23 '23

Hi, What is the best month to visit Tromso to experience the magical aurora?

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u/tuxooo Jan 23 '23

I was there in mid-Feb, I was told that I missed a very potent Aurora within a week. With the aurora you can't be very certain but Feb is a good bet. We saw the aurora but not as potent as the week prior. There are apps that can show you the general location of thr aurora and the times it is supposed to show, but that still can be hit on miss even though it helps alot to get a general understanding of the location. Still you can end up hunting full night and barley see it or you can just walk out of the door and the whole sky to be lit like a dancing fire haha 😀

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u/Chicken-Chak Jan 23 '23

Hey, thanks for your info. Got to plan for the magical trip. I think the best is probably to get a short term 3-to-6-month attachment in Tromso via Eramus+ program.

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u/tuxooo Jan 23 '23

Idk how that works sorry...

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u/Chicken-Chak Jan 23 '23

No worries. It's good to experience the aurora, like things to do.

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u/aureliamachiavelli Jan 22 '23

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Image Credit & Copyright: Max Rive

Raise your arms if you see an aurora. With those instructions, two nights went by with, well, clouds -- mostly. On the third night of returning to same peaks, though, the sky not only cleared up but lit up with a spectacular auroral display. Arms went high in the air, patience and experience paid off, and the creative featured image was captured as a composite from three separate exposures. The setting is a summit of the Austnesfjorden fjord close to the town of Svolvear on the Lofoten islands in northern Norway. The time was early 2014. Although our Sun passed the solar minimum of its 11-year cycle only a few years ago, surface activity is picking up and already triggering more spectacular auroras here on Earth.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '23

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u/Rinellie Jan 22 '23

The image is extremely photoshopped. It's only a slight incline in real life, but the photographer decided to "drag" the image to make it look extremely steep. I suppose it makes the wow-effect greater ...

Here are non-photoshopped views:

And this is the location on Google maps, if anyone should wonder.

It's also a composite of multiple aurora pictures.

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u/followMeToTheParabol Jan 23 '23

Thanks for sharing these!

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u/MightbeWillSmith Jan 22 '23

I'm assuming the side we don't see has a safer approach.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '23 edited Feb 01 '23

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u/MightbeWillSmith Jan 22 '23

It does kinda look like that. Would also make sense if it's just a one man system that the camera would be on the same side they approach from.

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u/ingenious_gentleman Jan 22 '23

You're right, that's the side you approach from based on what I can see about the mountain. I think it's a bit of a trick of the eye, yes it looks like the tracks are really close to the cornice but I think they're further away than they look. The streetview pictures someone else posted make it look a lot safer than this image

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u/RedSquadLeader Jan 22 '23

Awesome picture, thanks for sharing it. I am off to Finland in two weeks and plan to capture the aurora if I'm so lucky with a full moon. Have you any advice on capturing the aurora? Any material you'd suggest for an amateur photographer to read up on?

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u/StjerneskipMarcoPolo Jan 22 '23

I used to spend summers in the village below at my grandfather's house, the colors in this picture look pretty unnatural and I think they might have stretched the peak of the mountain a bit but it's a beautiful place in real life too

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '23

its the exposure, my pics of the northern lights are more impressive than the actual lights.

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u/meep_meep_creep Jan 22 '23

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u/stoned_kitty Jan 22 '23

Fucking asshole just got up this morning and was like “yep I’m gonna be far” what a dickhead

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u/Alpha-Charlie-Romeo Jan 22 '23

For some reason I read that as fatpeoplehate. I was so confused, angry and also curious.

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u/RogueGhost37 Jan 22 '23

Im pretty sure that there was an original sub called that and this one was created to parody and make fun of them. (I think)

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u/Blackfeathr Jan 23 '23

It was once a sub, but got banned for obvious reasons. Now we have r/farpeoplehate and r/fatsquirrelhate.

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u/nickcooper1991 Jan 22 '23

Good lord what is happening up there!?!?

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u/nicolasmcfly Jan 22 '23

Uhh... Aurora borealis

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u/nickcooper1991 Jan 22 '23

Aurora borealis!?!? At this time of year!? In this part of the country localized entirely on top of that mountain!?

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u/BeardOfEarth Jan 22 '23

Photo editing.

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u/cerealghost Jan 22 '23

Looks like somewhere that a grinch's heart could grow three sizes.

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u/sharpshooter999 Jan 22 '23

This is the alternate universe where he's celebrating dumping that sleigh

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u/SanguinePar Jan 22 '23

Every time I see this, I feel like the person on the mountain looks too big for the scale to be right. I'm not saying it's faked, but I just feel that they ought to be smaller. Either that or the mountain is smaller than it appears (to me).

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '23

Doesn’t look faked at all to me. That summit is pretty close to the ridge line

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '23

the north cascades have ridges like this.

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u/Rinellie Jan 22 '23

The person looks strange because the image is extremely photoshopped.

It's only a slight incline in real life, but the photographer decided to "drag" the image to make it look extremely steep. I suppose it makes the wow-effect greater ...

Here are non-photoshopped views:

It's also a composite of multiple aurora pictures.

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u/SanguinePar Jan 23 '23

Aha, thank you - now I see those views, it makes more sense, and I can see how much it's been altered.

What a beautiful view it is in reality! :-)

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u/BertMacGyver Jan 22 '23

It's so funny, last time I saw this posted, the whole comment section was convinced it was fake to the point of noone contesting it. This time everyone is in awe and it's definitely real and you're the closest ice seen so far to someone suggesting it looks like it's cake and everyone's like, no don't worry it isn't.

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u/SanguinePar Jan 22 '23

Funnily enough, last time I questioned the scaling of the mountaineer, I got downvoted to oblivion! :-)

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u/BeardOfEarth Jan 22 '23

Not a fake photo, but very heavily edited.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '23

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u/ywBBxNqW Jan 22 '23

No it isn't. The photographer is literally credited in another comment. You can visit their Instagram and see their other photographs.

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u/ScholarlyExiscrim Jan 22 '23

The Grinch resides there, is that not so?

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u/ywBBxNqW Jan 22 '23

Wow. Talk about l'appel du vide.

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u/highandinarabbithole Jan 22 '23

My life goal. How incredible, thank you for sharing.

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u/paigesdontfly Jan 22 '23

Do people who see the Northern lights ever get tired of seeing them, or is every time as remarkable as the last?

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u/stupidbulbasaur Jan 22 '23

Skyrim vibes ✨

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u/Fhallion Jan 23 '23

Just by looking at the picture, I'm earing the music Mount Everest by Labrinth!!

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u/AnarkeyToTheCity Jan 23 '23

No that's the Grinch He's standing over Whoville

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u/RuthieBueno Jan 22 '23

Amazing photo!! I got to see the northern lights for the first time in person while visiting Tromso this past New Year's Eve. Was always a lifelong dream of mine, but I've got to say - absolutely nobody told me that you don't see the northern lights in color like this with the naked eye.

Don't get me wrong, it was still an amazing experience, and it's very cool to see them dancing. I got a ton of badass pics. I'm just astounded (maybe a little disappointed) that they appear a translucent milky white to us.

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u/Sharlinator Jan 22 '23

Human rod cells don’t perceive color, so our lowlight vision is almost completely monochromatic. Digital cameras have no such restriction. But you do have to expose for several seconds typically.

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u/G3ML1NGZ Jan 22 '23

You're smoking something because it is absolutely possible to see the colors.

Source : Icelander that sees them regularly

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u/RuthieBueno Jan 23 '23

Huh, then that's even more disappointing that I didn't see any colors. When there was a huge energy burst, I could see a little bit of green in the outer edges, and occasionally pink/violet. But that only happened a few times and it was a very small amount of color.

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u/mermzeep99 Jan 22 '23

No this is Skyrim

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u/expendablecrewman Jan 22 '23

I was born in the wrong country

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u/babytaybae Jan 22 '23

How get up there

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u/SeverePsychosis Jan 22 '23

I was told cars don't exist in Norway??

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u/TooDenseForXray Jan 22 '23

CGI?

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '23

Long exposure, at the very least.

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u/moskusokse Jan 22 '23

Probably not very long exposure. Like 20 seconds would be enough. Any longer and the stars would be stripes. But they are not, so it’s not a very long exposure. I’ve photographed northern lights myself, at about 20 seconds if I remember correctly. The newer cameras are just insanely good at picking up light.

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u/Sapiogram Jan 22 '23

It's probably a good bit shorter, since the aurora doesn't seem to be particularly spread out?

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u/GrantacusMoney Jan 22 '23

Was there last week. 5-7s exposure

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u/G3ML1NGZ Jan 22 '23

At 20s you'd be getting star trails. My guess is 5-8

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u/_KhajiitHasWares_ Jan 22 '23

What amazed me is the first time I saw an aurora it was behind clouds and we could barely just make it out, but using even my old android camera with exposure brought out all the colors vividly. Was wild, I was jealous of the camera.

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u/TooDenseForXray Jan 27 '23

Saturation boosted to max, maybe?

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u/Rinellie Jan 22 '23

Just extremely photoshopped: Composite of multiple aurora images and dragged to make it look extremely steep when it's not in real life.

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u/TooDenseForXray Jan 27 '23

Interresting thanks

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '23

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u/anubus72 Jan 22 '23

It’s 3 separate exposures combined into a single picture, so it is unreal

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u/CleanMachine2 Jan 22 '23 edited Jan 22 '23

Awesome photo! Would love to jump in and be there too!

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u/tittywhisper Jan 22 '23

Going to Tromso in a few weeks for a couple days. Hoping to catch these!

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u/ulysses_s_chungus Jan 22 '23

Mount Crumpet?

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u/OrdinaryCactusFlower Jan 22 '23

Pthalo green is my favorite

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u/spannerphantom Jan 22 '23

Max Rive. Huge fan of his landspace photographs.

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u/Bl00dRa1n Jan 22 '23

Mangnifique!

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u/steambooter Jan 22 '23

Bucket list.

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u/MacrossX Jan 22 '23

Believe this is from here: https://www.jamesappleton.co.uk/

His site hasn't updated in a few years now. He used to sell some pretty amazing prints.

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u/ScryForHelp Jan 22 '23

That face looks ripe for a avalanche. Probably just the lighting though.

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u/freonblood Jan 22 '23

I too play The Long Dark

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '23

this is magical

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u/Sudden_Display6026 Jan 22 '23

So I'm curious, how did he actually get up there? I tried climbing up something half that steep with snow and noped put of the pretty damn quick. How do you attach ropes and stuff? Was thi king of trying this myself. However might be the wrong subreddit to ask!

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u/Rinellie Jan 22 '23

By walking.

Here are non-photoshopped views, where you can see it's not too difficult to walk as long as you're brave enough, and careful to not trip or slide.

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u/JadedSpaceNerd Jan 22 '23

How did that person get up there?

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u/kwxl Jan 22 '23

That is an AMAZING photo! Well done!

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u/ZombieDracula Jan 22 '23

GLORIOUS PURPOSE

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u/MatEngAero Jan 22 '23

I’ve had this photo on my desktop background rotation for years, always blows me away when it’s up. Now I have a better resolution AND I know who created it, thanks!

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '23

For view like that, I just might have to conquer my fear of heights !

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u/PraiseTheAshenOne Jan 22 '23

That person was really, really cold. It's an accomplishment just to withstand the cold long enough to do that without even considering the hike.

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u/Shoddy-Indication798 Jan 22 '23

I need to scrape this

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u/eddiewrc Jan 22 '23

What is the name of this peak?

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u/Due_Ring1435 Jan 22 '23

This doesn't look real!!!

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u/Nightshade_404 Jan 22 '23

This has always been on my bucket list. Amazing.

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u/Nder_Wiggin Jan 23 '23

I'm pretty sure this is a famous well known pic. I didn't want to call it a repost but I've seen this before

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u/DesignerFox2987 Jan 23 '23

so real thats its not

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u/Cool_Cheetah658 Jan 23 '23

Why do I feel a sudden urge to let things go?

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u/Cold-Inside-6828 Jan 23 '23

Is that the Grinch on top of Mt. Crumpet?

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '23

Man! This is sooooooooooo beautifullllllllllll!

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '23

Loved it

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u/iss_nighthawk Jan 23 '23

Found the Grinch’s home.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '23

Too f'ing cold for me to ever go up there. Thanks for sharing the pic.

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u/STLJagsFan1996 Jan 23 '23

I wanna see the northern lights before I die. Too bucket list item for me. Doesn’t even seem real.

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u/Torontokid8666 Jan 23 '23

Necron tomb world.

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u/SteevahnUneevurse Jan 23 '23

This is magical ✨

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u/IReadd1t Jan 23 '23

Clearly the human on top the mount is photoshopped in.

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u/Gastwonho Jan 23 '23

I thought it was something to do with skyrim 🤷‍♂️

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u/lVlIXAI Jan 23 '23

Is that person fo toe shopped?

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u/lVlIXAI Jan 23 '23

MintScoop

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u/NiteGlo77 Jan 23 '23

i imagine this is what i’m supposed to see when i die

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u/miklayn Jan 23 '23

Is this Mt. Crumpit?

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u/bobo-the-dodo Jan 23 '23

How did he get up there.

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u/TheEvilOne92 Jan 23 '23

Looks beautiful

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u/snoopwaq Jan 23 '23

Pictures like this really motivate me to go there.

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u/Noocawe Jan 23 '23

Literally my dream to get this view in real life one day! Great shot even if it's a bit shopped and overexposed.

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u/Wannabehappy2 Jan 23 '23

Ok goal is to do shrooms here

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u/aeniFi Jan 23 '23

Unbelievable! I just discovered this group and am saving so many pictures already. That guy looks like he's in prime condition to receive some heavenly revelations lol.

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u/noodleq Jan 23 '23

That's skyrim

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '23

This looks gorgeous. Thank you for sharing.