See the Skies at Their Most Magical With the Best Aurora Photos of 2025

Photographer Tori Harp didn’t expect the stunning alignment captured in the top image: a glowing aurora, an icy cave, and the silhouette of a lone hiker. After eight months of scouting Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, Harp had initially envisioned setting up her friend against New Zealand’s night sky when auroras lit it up a brilliant pink—bringing out, by contrast, the chilling shade of blue in the ice caves.

Harp’s photograph is one of 25 winners of the 2025 Northern Lights…