This Photographer Captures Finland's Night Skies In The Most Majestic Way

by N/A, 8 years ago | 2 min read

Finland's night skies are enough to make even Perez Hilton an outdoorsman - especially the way Joni Niemela captures them.

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Finnish nature photographer Joni Niemelä has a knack for capturing the beauty of nature in captivating ways, and he travels the world looking for picturesque settings.

But when it comes to finding magnificent night shots, he doesn't have to look too far from home.

Since 2011, Niemelä's been capturing Finland's night skies, which are without fail, breathtaking.

Many of the shots for the series, simply named "Night Skies," are taken in Southern Ostrobothnia, a thickly wooded, rural area near the nation's east coast.

And due to the utter lack of light pollution, it provides some of the most strikingly clear night skies...

Which, as you can see, are one of Niemelä's specialties.

The Finnish photographer has a passion for nature but particularly loves capturing its host of details invisible - or unnoticeable - to the naked eye. And star-filled skies are the perfect subject.

"Though I like to capture moments from various things in nature my favorite subjects are world of macro and those little details that usually get unnoticed," he writes on his website.

Nature is something that must be experienced firsthand in order to be fully appreciated, but Niemelä aims to "transfer all those moments and ambiances to the viewer as best as I can."

And judging by his "Night Skies," he's doing a fine job.

Check out more of his awe-inspiring work on his website.