Spring is finally coming to us (I really hope that there will be no more changes from rain to snow), and I still have so many winter photos not published! Need to fix this ASAP :)
Today I want to share with you some more photos of the Northern Lights. They were taken in a small mountain circus, in the valley of Lake Maly Vudyavr, through which the Vudyavryok River flows, and all this is located in the Khibiny Mountains — a mountain range in the Murmansk region, Russia.
Near the winding and branching riverbed, there are two underground springs that come to the surface of the ground. In summer they are not very remarkable, but in winter... In winter they become big natural ice sculptures. Water freezes around and blocks of ice grow and take on bizarre shapes. And if you illuminate them with a flashlight and catch the Northern Lights above them, which often happens there, beyond the Arctic Circle, you get a wonderful picture!
Unlike a first large block of ice with open water in front of it, around the second, which is smaller, the entire surface is reliably covered with a dense ice shell and deep snow, so that you can safely walk around in search of the best view.
From this angle, by the way, you can see that the top of this ice sculpture is split in two and we have there cute "ears" :)
This is what both ice sculptures look like together. They are located very close, a couple of tens of meters from each other. But from this side, at first I was a little scared to come close — if you carelessly step on the edge, covered with a snowdrift, you could end up in the cold water. It's good that 
By the way, for comparison — here is a photo taken in the same place with a difference of a year. It's a smaller ice block that was there last year. We then went to the Khibiny for the first time and saw this interesting place.
This time, the Northern Lights here turned out to be rather impressive! Hope you agree with me :)
It's better to watch photos in high resolution.
Camera: OLYMPUS E-M1 Mark II
You can also see my photos in my blog LJ and in my profile on NatGeo. You can read a short interview with me here.
