Northern Lights shine at Timespan
Finn was surprised to find the prints were not photos but drawings, made when Tromholt’s photographic process failed. The works in the exhibition are made from the original glass plate negatives now held in the Tromholt collection in Bergen. Since 2013, this archive has been included on the UNESCO Memory of the World register. The exhibition, which runs until November 15, is part of a tour lasting eleven years – a nod to cycle of the aurora borealis.
Whilst Tromholt’s contribution to the development of auroral science is well recognised, his images of the Northern Lights have remained relatively unseen and unknown.
Archaeologist and journalist Christine Finn turns the spotlight on 19th century Danish teacher and scientist Sophus Tromholt who founded a Northern Lights research centre in Norway.Under the Rays of the Aurora Borealis features a set of drawings made by Tromholt which she unearthed by chance in the University of Bergen archive earlier this year.
THE aurora borealis phenomenon is the focus of an exhibition which has just opened in the Timespan Centre in Helmsdale.
