Northern Lights photography
By DW
28 January 2023 |
7:18 am
The best places to see the Northern Lights in Europe are in Scandinavia above the Arctic Circle. Finnish photographer Markus Kiili takes amazing pictures of these natural light displays over Lapland.
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