All caught in one photo: meteor, milky way and Northern Lights

Photog: Tommy Eliassen, 33 (amateur)
Place: Ifjord, Finnmark, Norway
Date: 25 Sept 2011
Camera: Nikon D700 with wide angle lens
Exposure: 25-30 seconds

In his own words:

I quickly went and took some pictures in a regular spot of mine, and thought to myself that I had got some good aurora shots and also some separate good milky way shots. But just as the clouds started to come in over the mountains I noticed this faint aurora lining up perfectly beside the milky way. Normally the lights from the aurora is much, much stronger than the lights from the stars, so getting the right exposure on both is difficult. But it was ideal conditions - almost once in a lifetime. I was so focused on getting it right that I didn't think about it at the time. But afterwards I realised that this was something special and that it might be years before I get an opportunity like it again.

He was able to snap seven images of the scene before clouds moved back in.