Gold / 2023 / Nature / Sky

• Prize
  Gold in Nature/Sky
• Photographer
  Dennis Lehtonen, Finland
• Website
  https://denniina.com
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/astrodenniina/

It was a beautiful day with clear skies and the trees ready to turn into their autumn colors here in the far north. I went to photograph the road leading here with my drone. Happy with the photos I was heading home. While walking, I read the big news headlines on my phone: "The London Bridge has fallen." With head full of thoughts I kept walking. When arriving home I saw the aurora activity was high, so I swapped my drone for the camera and headed to the nearby cahkal waterfall where I witnessed some of the most impressive northern lights I had ever seen.

Dennis is a 29 year old photographer from Finland who started off with astrophotography. Having spent most of his life living in big cities of south Finland he felt depressed not being able to see the night sky properly due to light pollution, so he moved to the small communities in the arctic where dark skies are still a thing.

He moves frequently as each new location comes with its own adventures and new possibilities for photography.

Dennis wishes to take his adventures to the remote corners of Siberia, Alaska and northern Canada in the future and to learn more about these regions.