Northern Lights outside Alta - Vibrant Aurora over Snowy Arctic Forest

A stunning winter night scene captured outside Alta, Norway, in the heart of the Arctic. A brilliant, sweeping band of green Northern Lights dances across the star-filled dark sky. Below, a serene, snow-covered landscape features tall, dark evergreen pines and bare, pale-barked birch trees. In the foreground, a thick mound of snow heavily blankets a stacked pile of cut firewood. A warm, amber artificial light (likely from nearby accommodation) softly illuminates the trees and a small wooden cabin on the right, creating a striking colour contrast with the ethereal green glow of the aurora borealis.