Northern Lights [Second Edition]

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"A wonderfully comprehensive and well-written guide about all facets of Northern Lights-hunting. You'll find enjoyment from this excellent guide to a fabulous natural phenomenon." ★★★★★ Jamie Carter, BBC Sky at Night Magazine

The perfect gift for anyone looking to explore the wonder of the Northern Lights.Discover the incomparable beauty of nature's lightshow the Aurora Borealis in this fascinating guide for aspiring and seasoned night sky observers and stargazers. Covers the essential equipment needed for observation and photography and is full of stunning photographs. Tom Kerss covers the cultural and scientific context for auroras, and offers a comprehensive guide to forecasting and photography, so that readers can fuse their own technical mastery with the infinite creativity of nature.,

∗Read about the formation, properties and types of auroras,

∗Discover the mythology and history of The Northern Lights,

∗Find out about Aurora science from Antiquity to the modern day,

∗Learn how to take stunning photographs of the Northern Lights with your own smartphone or camera,

∗Includes a comprehensive travel and forecasting guide and a glossary of key terms.The Northern Lights will give you a complete understanding of one of the true wonders of the natural world and leave you prepared for the adventure of a lifetime.

About the author

Tom Kerss F.R.A.S. is an astronomer and author of numerous books about the night sky. Having worked at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, he now shares his passion for the stars with people all over the world, delivering courses, podcasts and media interviews. Tom loves nothing more than to seek out the darkest and most beautiful skies on Earth, but he does most of his stargazing from his home in London. Find out more about Tom's projects at tomkerss.co.uk

The Royal Observatory, Greenwich is the home of Greenwich Mean Time and the Prime Meridian of the World, making it the official starting point for each new day and year. It is also home to London's only planetarium, the Harrison timekeepers and the UK's largest refracting telescope. It runs the annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year exhibition.