Norwegian landscape photographer Terje Sorgjerd captured one of the biggest aurora borealis shows in recent years. The shots were taken at the Kirkenes and Pas National Park bordering Russia. Terje had to suffer through extremely cold conditions.

Norwegian landscape photographer Terje Sorgjerd captured one of the biggest aurora borealis shows in recent years. The shots were taken at the Kirkenes and Pas National Park bordering Russia.

In northern latitudes, the effect is known as the aurora borealis (or the northern lights), named after the Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for the north wind, Boreas, by Pierre Gassendi in 1621.The chance of visibility of the aurora borealis increases with proximity to the North Magnetic Pole. Auroras seen near the magnetic pole may be high overhead, but from farther away, they illuminate the northern horizon as a greenish glow or sometimes a faint red, as if the Sun were rising from an unusual direction.

Norwegian landscape photographer Terje Sorgjerd captured one of the biggest aurora borealis shows in recent years. The shots were taken at the Kirkenes and Pas National Park bordering Russia.

"I spent a week capturing one of the biggest aurora borealis shows in recent years. Shot in and around Kirkenes and Pas National Park bordering Russia, at 70 degree north and 30 degrees east. Temperatures around -25 Celsius. Good fun." – Terje Sorgjerd

Watch another timelapse video by Terje Sorgjerd: The mountain