Now that we are past Thanksgiving I am definitely in the Christmas Spirit. I took my festive passion into the Alaskan wilderness last night to fuse together a little Christmas Cheer and the aurora borealis. I sat in the waist deep snow and tossed Christmas ornaments into the powder as I belted Christmas carols and watched a crescendo of pink and green aurora dance over my head like the twinkling lights of a monstrous, celestial Christmas tree. Of course, there is no reason to put a star on top of this metaphorical tree, it is a tree that is covered in them, not crowned with one. There were no presents under this tree, because it was already a gift. I had a lot of fun doing this shoot last night, I hope you enjoy!

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Merry Christmas!

I experimented with a variety of arrangements through the night, but I trended towards ones with color in front.

The aurora is reflected perfectly in this shiny Christmas Ornament

A drop of green aurora fell from the sky and landed in the snow 🙂

I took advantage of this fully covered black spruce to make a Christmas tree!

The hoar frost on top of the snow just adds to the beauty of the scene!

I love the splashes of color the Christmas Ornaments provide!

I am reflected in this stack of Christmas ornaments 🙂

A big moon shadows the ornaments, and is a brilliant aurora reflection shines from overhead.

I love the reflection in these ornaments!