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rabs

11-21-2010, 01:52 PM

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Longyearbyen, Svalbard is a mining town in the norwegian Arctic. This barrack was housing the miners when some of the mines were still active. Now this city has a University Center focusing on Arctic topics (UNIS - The University Centre in Svalbard (http://www.unis.no)), and these barracks now house international students.
This picture shows the barrack farthest away from the rest of the town, and is lit by moonlight, mountain sides lit by the town, and there is also a starry ski with northern lights.

kat

11-21-2010, 02:05 PM

Awesome! Quite enjoy this..and looks like an experience to be there!

JAS_Photo

11-21-2010, 02:22 PM

Cool shot! Looks a little desolate and remote, but the inside lights give a feeling of warmth and shelter if that makes sense.

Gem

11-21-2010, 02:53 PM

I really like the composition of this, and while the faint green is nice, I would have liked to see a stronger presence of the aurora borealis.

Wicked Dark

11-21-2010, 03:09 PM

woah. now that looks cold. I like the moonlight on the snow.

jjeling

11-21-2010, 06:29 PM

Yeah, this is cool. These are the places I dream of taking vacations to.

AcadieLibre

11-21-2010, 06:36 PM

Really nice photo, works well.

Mad Aussie

11-22-2010, 02:50 AM

Another thumbs up ... pretty hard to critique this ... in fact I don't think I can :)

rabs

11-22-2010, 03:45 AM

Hey guys, thanks for the nice replies!
JAS_Photo: You got it, spot on! Thats exactly the message i wanted to tell with this image!
Gem: I have photos of the same building with much stronger aurora but i am not too happy with the image quality so i decided not to post it. I'll save the aurora pictures for later, when i get a great shot :-)

Richard

11-22-2010, 04:26 AM

thumbs up from me, excellent shot.

Marko

11-22-2010, 12:12 PM

very interesting image, I also like the glow on the mountain!

Paul72

11-24-2010, 08:31 PM

Nice shot

asnow

11-25-2010, 03:18 PM

This is just an awesome shot. The lighting is amazing where you can see the barrack lit perfectly, you can see detail in the mountain and still see stars and aurora in the sky.
Like JAS said, it has that cold feel to it, but warm shelter to the barrack