Jupiter and the Magic Rock

Starry night by the Southern Ocean. Victoria, Australia 07/2019 Photo © copyright by Mika-Pekka Markkanen

Ghost Mushroom

Bioluminescent Omphalotus nidiformis on a moonlit autumn night. Tasmania, Australia 04/2019 Photo © copyright by Mika-Pekka Markkanen

By the Cosmic Coast

Magic Rock, Jupiter, Milky Way, and me, by the Southern Ocean. Victoria, Australia 07/2019 Photo © copyright by Mika-Pekka Markkanen

Wonders of Iceland

Northern Lights reflecting off the walls of a huge ice cave on a moonlit night. Iceland 03/2015 Photo © copyright by Mika-Pekka Markkanen

Starlit Bay of Fires

Milky Way rising over the Bay of FIres. Tasmania, Australia 04/2019 Photo © copyright by Mika-Pekka Markkanen

Green Winter Valley

Strong Northern Lights (Aurora borealis) color a snowy arctic valley with green. Tromsø, Norway 12/2017 Photo © copyright by Mika-Pekka Markkanen

Down to the Moonlit Fjord

Car is driving along the steep serpent road leading down to the Sifjordbotn on the island of Senja in Northern Norway. The crescent Moon was perfectly aligned with the gap that's revealing the little piece of the fjord. Senja, Norway 02/2018 Photo © copyright by Mika-Pekka Markkanen

Under the Aurora

Lucky twilight self-portrait with Aurora borealis. Tromsø, Norway 10/2017 Photo © copyright by Mika-Pekka Markkanen

The Frozen Forest at Night

Freezing cold clear night under the dancing Northern Lights in the snow covered northern forest. Lapland, Finland 02/2019 Photo © copyright by Mika-Pekka Markkanen

Watching as the World Spins

2-hour exposure taken under the southern sky on top of Mount Hollow in the Grampians. VIctoria, Australia 03/2020 Photo © copyright by Mika-Pekka Markkanen

Night Among Celestial Neighbours

Camping on top of Mount Hollow in Grampians. You can find Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Moon and Mercury in the dawn sky. VIctoria, Australia 03/2020 Photo © copyright by Mika-Pekka Markkanen

Stargazing

Watching the center of Milky Way rise with Jupiter, Mars and Saturn by my side. VIctoria, Australia 03/2020 Photo © copyright by Mika-Pekka Markkanen

Moonlit Vortex

Ice sheets swirl around in a side pool eddy of the river Kitkajoki in Oulanka National Park. Kuusamo, Finland 01/2010 Photo © copyright by Mika-Pekka Markkanen

Spring Night on an Acrtic Beach

Green flames on the blue vernal night sky and grumbled pieces of the mighty mountains pounded by the endless great open ocean waves. Lofoten, Norway 04/2018 Photo © copyright by Mika-Pekka Markkanen

Call of the Night

Self-portrait taken at the start of an epic Northern Light night. Lapland, Finland 03/2017 Photo © copyright by Mika-Pekka Markkanen

Starlit Azores

Starlit view over the southern highlands of the remote island of Flores in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Milky Way, Airglow and a Perseid meteor pointing at Saturn. Flores, Azores, Portugal 08/2017 Photo © copyright by Mika-Pekka Markkanen

Green Flames on the Blue Sky

Aurora explosion on the twilight sky over the mountains of Northern Norway. Hinnøya, Norway 04/2018 Photo © copyright by Mika-Pekka Markkanen

Living on the Edge

Camping in solitude by the famous peak of Segla few steps away from a 640m vertical drop to the fjord with the season’s last whispers of Aurora on the blue vernal midnight sky. Senja, Norway 04/2017 Photo © copyright by Mika-Pekka Markkanen

Northern Comfort

Self-portrait by the fire surrounded by the frozen northern wilderness. Lapland, Finland 02/2015 Photo © copyright by Mika-Pekka Markkanen

Winter Night in Lapland

Freezing cold clear night under the dancing Northern Lights in the snow covered northern forest. Lapland, Finland 02/2019 Photo © copyright by Mika-Pekka Markkanen

Cosmic Child

Self-portrait under the light pollution free sky of western Tasmania. Besides the Milky Way and the brilliant galagtic center, you can see Antares, Jupiter, Saturn and some fairly strong orange Airglow. Tasmania, Australia 04/2019 Photo © copyright by Mika-Pekka Markkanen

Winter Magic

Deep in the Arctic wilderness, by the campfire, under the Northern Lights and falling snow flakes. Dividalen, Norway 03/2018 Photo © copyright by Mika-Pekka Markkanen

Nightfall by the Great Ocean Road

Mercury, Mars and the crescent Moon setting behind the 12 Apostles by the Southern Ocean. Victoria, Australia 07/2019 Photo © copyright by Mika-Pekka Markkanen

Transition

The fine golden sand and the black schist rock formations of Praia do Castelejo during astronomical twilight. Algarve, Portugal 08/2017 Photo © copyright by Mika-Pekka Markkanen