Science & Technology, 3rd prize
Olivier Grunewald
01 January, 2001
The Northern Lights—or Aurora Borealis—are produced when solar wind, eruptions of electrified particles from the sun, collide with Earth's magnetic field. These magnetic storms can also damage satellites and other telecommunications installations. In a new scientific field, researchers at the EISCAT base are pioneering space meteorology, to forecast the weather in space. In the period 2000-1, increased solar activity led to particularly intense light displays.
Olivier Grunewald
Olivier Grunewald was born in Paris in 1959. He started photographing birds at the age of 14. After studying commercial advertising photography at the Gobelins school of images, ...
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