Here’s how NOT to take a photograph of the Aurora Borealis while in the Orkney Islands:
(1) Take the photograph in the summer when there is still twilight in the sky
(2) Make sure it’s a partially cloudy evening
(3) And when there’s a full moon
(4) Take the photograph hand-held, without a tripod, using only the roof of the car as a prop
Follow these simple instructions and it will look like this:

Northern Lights over Orkney on a cloudy, moonlit night.
Here’s what happened.
We were visiting...
Published on July 26, 2016 23:47