“See you in April”

Freddy initially spent the better part of a week with me back through the middle of September. It ended up being one of the most beautiful weeks of this entire aurora season, and on one of our nights out together then, I talked about how much I love April and all of the reasons why it’s my favourite time of the year for the aurora here. It was enough to convince him.

So when we said goodbye at the end of our week, I said “See you in April” and he set off to Scandinavia for a month, and I continued on into what now looks like the coldest winter in 20 something years.

After a few cloudier nights to end March, Freddy and I met up for our first of 10 nights back together again to photograph and enjoy the aurora.

On our first night, we made a slow drive out to a long time favourite location where the skies were clear and the moon was nearly full. One of my favourite things about April is how the moon, even when full, just moves lower across the horizon and it’s light isn’t the harsh, high moonlight of mid-winter. So while we did need to wait hours through softer aurora conditions at first, eventually we got just what we had been hoping for. A wonderful beginning to the end of the season.