Standing under the Northern Lights as they were fueled by a G2-class solar storm was one of the most spectacular and rewarding moments in my life as a photographer. The swirling Aurora that seems to come out of the head-shaped rock to the left, with the clouds above it resembling a smoking gun, have given me a bit of thought before finally settling for the name of Spellcaster. The piece is a composition of two exposures taken in sequence, a shorter one meant to freeze the stars and the features of the swirling Aurora, and a longer one that captured the darker, naturally lit foreground.