Before I Went to Bed at 2am, This is What I Saw: Night and Northern Lights Over Greenland

Looking Up Towards the Ice Sheet of Greenland at Night

Before I went to bed, at about 2am, this is what I saw near my tent–the aurora borealis (Northern Lights). The movement overhead and closeness was actually terrifyingly beautiful; oddly, the moon also illuminated the scene during this longish exposure.

This was part of a fine art photographic project awarded by the American-Scandinavian Foundation’s grant, which allowed me to spend a month taking pictures mostly at night in Southern Greenland. The time was mid-September and was fairly chilly at night.

Steve Giovinco

With over three decades of experience, Steve Giovinco's recently has created night landscape photographs made a sites of environmental change, particularly focusing on the transformative beauty of remote and challenging locations like Greenland. A Yale University MFA graduate, his career highlights include over 90 exhibitions and is a three-time a Fulbright Fellow semi-finalist.

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