{"copyright":"Dennis Lehtonen","date":"2025-12-12","explanation":"In a Finnish m yth, when an arctic fox runs so fast that its bushy tail brushes the mountains, flaming sparks are cast into the heavens creating the northern lights. In fact t he Finnish word \"revontulet\", a name for the aurora borealis or northern light s, can be translated as fire fox. So that evocative myth took on a special signi ficance for the photographer of this northern night skyscape from Finnish Laplan d near Kilpisjarvi Lake. The snowy scene is illuminated by moonlight. Saana, an iconic fell or mountain of Lapland, rises at the right in the background. But as the beautiful nothern lights danced overhead, the wild fire fox in the foregrou nd enthusiastically ran around the photographer and his equipment, making it dif ficult to capture in this lucky single shot.","hdurl":"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/ apod\/image\/2512\/Firefox-Lehtonen-Dennis.jpg","media_type":"image","service_ve rsion":"v1","title":"Northern Fox Fires","url":"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/i mage\/2512\/Firefox-Lehtonen-Dennis1024.jpg"}
