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Lowlight Drama
A climber's glowing headlamp. Dawn-kissed mountains. Sunset silhouettes. Moonlit forests. Shimmering night skies. View stunning images captured in a land lit by only three hours of daylight.

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Photo taken with the Lumia 950 XL
Lapland Shaman Jari Rorn performs a traditional ceremony in Finland's far
north, beating out rhythm on a ritualistic painted drum with a reindeer bone drumstick.

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Photo taken with the Lumia 950 XL
Silhouetted by a vibrant sunrise and braving minus 35º C cold, a Lapland
Shaman crosses a frozen lake near his home in northern Finland.

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Photo taken with the Lumia 950 XL
A golden January sun provides little warmth for those who snowshoe above the tree line near Levi, Finland.

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Photo taken with the Lumia 950 XL
Winter's arctic sky bathes a frozen forest and lone explorer in magical blue light near Levi, Finland.

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Photo taken with the Lumia 950 XL
Lit by moonlight and the Aurora Borealis, the forest above Levi, Finland seems dipped in sugar frosting.

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Photo taken with the Lumia 950 XL
Sunlight kisses snowy mountaintops on the Synnov Nordvegen Road near Tromsø, Norway.

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Photo taken with the Lumia 950 XL
Caught in the moon's spotlight, John Burcham contemplates a snowy climb near Tromsø, Norway.

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Photo taken with the Lumia 950 XL
Norway’s winter sun sets mid-afternoon, requiring Lyngen Alps climbing guide, Mikal
Nerberg, to switch on his headlamp while scaling frozen waterfalls.
