Marty Weintraub, from Duluth, Minnesota

Aurorae, clouds, and terrain mix to create the phantasm of a vortex of sunshine erupting from the mountains, seen from Tungeneset on the Norwegian island of Senja on this shot taken Feb. 6. The photographer used a Sony mirrorless digicam and 14mm lens at f/1.8 to take a 2.5-second publicity at ISO 1600.