The Northern Lights

 
Strangely enough, it is actually easier to see the Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis from the northern parts of Norway, than it is to see it from the North Pole. This is because the polar lights fall roughly in a circle around the planet’s poles. So when I was in the arctic, the northern lights that I actually saw were far south of me. But it did not make them any less spectacular. These are 3 sketchbook drawings that I did of the Aurora Borealis during my time on the boat in the arctic. What they miss out most of all is just how bright the stars were - incomparable, and shining all the way across the sky until constellations meet the horizon, and drop off the edge of the world. I hope to get the chance in the following months to look through my photographs and video footage to make new drawings and films.

Temujin Doran

 

Here's a few more of Temujin's illustrations.

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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