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Capture the Atlas Unveils 2025 Northern Lights Photographer of the Year Gallery

The curated selection reflects a solar-maximum year that expanded aurora visibility from subarctic strongholds to unusually far south.

Overview

  • Capture the Atlas published a top-25 set of winning images showcasing standout aurora photography from 2025.
  • The gallery spans classic northern locales and rarer southern viewpoints, including Victoria in Australia and multiple sites in New Zealand.
  • Notable scenes include Tori Harp’s ice-cave silhouette in Aoraki/Mount Cook and Douglas Thorne’s lupine-framed panorama in Fiordland.
  • Photographers combined planning with spontaneity, using real-time solar wind data or seizing unexpected displays, as described by Mari Jääskeläinen and Nikola Vukotić.
  • The collection highlights varied auroral forms and features a March 21 G2 storm over Kirkjufell, Iceland, captured by Roi Levi.