{"id":8884,"date":"2022-03-01T14:01:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T14:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/?post_type=artikler&p=8884"},"modified":"2025-09-01T11:17:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T11:17:32","slug":"virgil-and-florian-made-the-2022-unique-aurora-shot-on-the-second-attempt","status":"publish","type":"artikler","link":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/artikkel\/virgil-and-florian-made-the-2022-unique-aurora-shot-on-the-second-attempt\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgil and Florian made the 2022 Unique Aurora shot on the second attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\tDo you have a dream of making that perfect shot? The one nobody else has made before. The award-winning photographer Virgil Reglioni and his friend Florian Ledoux planned for that special shot for a year and a half. They went to \u201cthe Tooth\u201d \u2013 a rock formation in the rugged mountains just west of Troms\u00f8. The site is only accessible for good backcountry skiers. But to get it right, they needed both Northern Lights activity and the right kind of weather. Here is their story of the 2022 Unique Aurora Shot\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n

I am Virgil Reglioni<\/a>, 33 years old. I come from a small town between Lyon, in France, and Switzerland. I have spent the last six winters working as an outdoor nature guide and aurora photographer<\/a> in the Arctic. After discovering Lapland, Finland, for the first time in 2016, I witnessed my first Northern lights and got hooked with night photography and especially the auroras<\/a>. This unique niche of photography has now become my signature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Northern Lights are in the north, like an arch over Florian, who is standing on a ridge. The tent is down to the right \u00a9 Virgil Reglioni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I want to catch a motif for the first time<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I simply adore exploring and finding new places. Be it inaccessible, deep valleys or mountain tops. I try to catch aurora photographs never taken before, to see the unseen<\/em>. I want to capture the Northern Light in a way we never see it, to be able to demonstrate its uniqueness and spontaneity. Searching for and composing impactful aurora photographs with the help of good organising, planning and profound creativity has become my first priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fine art Aurora Photography is some of the most difficult photography around<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To me, Fine Art Aurora Photography<\/strong> is one of the most complex styles of landscape and night photography. This is because it brings together a vast amount of knowledge about the aurora, the weather, the locations, and of course technical photography. Plenty of patience, creativity, photography skills, frustration, and perseverance are needed.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Virgil found Northern Lights on a difficult night near Troms\u00f8<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
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Kristoffer went hunting for the Northern Lights in Senja<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
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Jens and Marius catch the Northern Lights in Vester\u00e5len<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
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The idea is born, and the battle plan is being laid \u00a9 Virgil Reglioni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A crazy idea was born<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We had studied this place for a long time and got this idea one and half year ago. Florian Ledoux, my best friend here in Troms\u00f8, had spent many hours and many ski tours up on this mountain top on the western side of Troms\u00f8 city. He kept showing me some nice phone photos of the impressive mountain formation. That gave me this insane idea. Why don\u2019t we try to get you up there, standing on the top of this Tooth, with some dancing aurora behind us, Troms\u00f8 city lights in the back, and our tent lit up on the side? It sounded like a dream shot to me, but not the easiest to plan and to achieve. We both agreed this could be our project for the winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What gear was needed?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The project got stuck in our mind and we started to plan. Equipment needed would include avalanche safety gear, a shovel and a search device. Also, a tripod and strong headlamps would be needed for the camera. To stay warm, we brought sleeping bags resistant down to -30C and a tent for shelter. We couldn\u2019t know how long the wait would be. Finally, a change of clothers would be needed. After skiing 750 metres up, we would be sweating heavily. All in all, it would amount to 25 kg on our backs.  <\/p>\n\n\n

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Roam the Helgeland archipelago for a different Northern Lights holiday<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
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Jann finds Northern Lights in Lofoten behind the next mountain<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
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Go to Svalbard for 24\/7 Northern Lights<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
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We needed a radio to communicate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Once standing apart from each other with Florian, we knew that communication could have been an issue because I would be staying at the bottom of the tooth, and he would be standing up there, exposed to the wind. We therefore took with us some VHF radios to be able to speak to each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aurora intensity should be at a certain level<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To be able to capture the aurora correctly, we had to understand what direction<\/strong> we were facing to be able to calculate what intensity of Northern lights we needed.  When we know what aurora index we would need, we\u2019d know what night to go. After studying the exact spot where I wanted to take the photo from, I figured out that I would be facing toward east\/southeast. We concluded we would need a KP index of 3\/4 out of 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\t

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