Auroras: Fire in the Sky

Excellent book explaining and photographing Auroras. Next best thing to being there. Photos good quality and colouring. Very good buy for self or gift

Not only are the pictures visually compelling and stunning, the book itself is well made. High quality heavy glossy paper is used for the publication, with a plastic-laminated hardcover. The writing by Dan Bortolotti is informative and complements the astonishing pictures from Yuichi Takasaka.Northern lights has been studied and can now be explained in scientific terms – produced by photons released from charged nitrogen and oxygen atoms originating from solar wind that have been directed toward Earth’s poles via Earth’s magnetic field – one cannot escape the feeling of awe that is inspired by this phenomenon.According to Takasaka, “My love of colours in nature led me to my love affair with the Aurora Borealis…These Lights became a part of my life.”

Buy this book for the glorious pictures, not if you're looking for a detailed explanation of the aurora. The text is to a large degree secondary - although the photographs are heavily skewed towards Alaskan/Canadian views of the aurora, they are plentiful and sumptuous and worth the price of admission alone...

Christmas gift for grandchild.

Well done by Yellowknife person