The Midnight Sun - a timelapse film from Norway

Experience the midnight sun north of the Arctic Circle through silky smooth timelapse sequences. This is the first of a series of films that describes the nature of Scandinavia through timelapses and aerial photography.

Film locations in “The Midnight Sun”: Snefjord and Havøya (Måsøy Municipality in Finnmark county)

Photographer and editor: Casper Rolsted
https://CasperRolsted.com/

Midnight sun is when at least a part of the Sun's disk is visible above the horizon 24 hours of the day. These white nights without a sunset is a natural phenomenon caused by the axial tilt of the Earth and occurs in the summer months in places north of the Arctic Circle.

The material for this project was shot during a 7000 km long road trip through amazing scenery in the summer 2016. This adventure went from Copenhagen in the south of Scandinavia through the always changing landscapes of Norway with its deep fjords, snowy mountains, glaciers and many waterfalls, through the untouched islands of Lofoten and all the way to the moon landscape at the North Cape before returning to Denmark through Finland and Sweden with thousands of lakes and deep mysterious forests. On this epic journey not only the most popular tourist places were visited. To get the right shots it was often necessary to hike for hours with heavy equipment to remote locations.

During my hiking in the nature I shot 35 thousands time-lapse photos and several hundred aerial photography videos in 4K of some of Scandinavia's most beautiful spots. Afterwards this footage was combined to make a series of 4K video films that show the beautiful landscapes of the Nordic countries. Nature's beauty can be so easily missed. It is my hope that these films will contribute to a deeper understanding and gratitude of the natural wonders in our world and to the preservation of our fragile environment in the future.

Camera equiptment:
Sony A6300 Mirrorless Digital Camera Body
Carl-Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* E 16-70mm f/4 ZA OSS
Samyang 12mm f/2.0 NCS CS lens
Samyang 21mm F1.4 ED AS UMC CS lens
Samyang 100mm F2.8 ED UMC MACRO lens
Digislider 2 Axis Auto-Pan Video, Time Lapse & Stop Motion Camera Slider

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KORTFILM OM MIDNATSSOLEN
Jeg har i mange år været fascineret af Norge og drømt om at opleve det magiske nordlys og den flotte midnatssol. På en fantastisk tur til Nordkap fik jeg endelig mulighed for at opleve midnatssolen. Nordlyset er perfekt til timelapse, men kan desværre kun ses om vinteren.

Formålet med turen til Nordkap var ikke kun at opleve midnatssolen og den storslåede norske natur. Jeg ønskede også at lave timelapse optagelser og drone optagelser til en serie af kortfilm om den Norske natur.

HVAD ER MIDNATSSOL?
Fænomenet Midnatssol opstår, når solen nord for den nordlige polarcirkel og syd for den sydlige polarcirkel en eller flere nætter hvert år ikke går ned under horisonten. Kravet er, at mindst en del af solenskiven er synlig over horisonten alle 24 timer i døgnet. Disse hvide nætter uden solnedgang er et naturligt fænomen forårsaget af Jordens aksiale hældning i forhold til solen. I sommermånederne peger Nordpolen mod solen, og derfor går solen ikke ned i flere uger nord for polarcirklen. Tilsvarende gør sig gældende for Sydpolen. Perioden med midnatssol bliver gradvis længere des nærmere man kommer henholdsvis Nordpolen og Sydpolen.

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