To get photos of the northern lights, photographer Carla Goldschmidt first had to become a hunter. Not in the traditional sense, rather hunting with her camera and her wits for the elusive and spectacular aurora borealis.

"You can't just decide willy-nilly to go out and see the northern lights tonight," she said. "There's a lot of factors, so learning that was very helpful."

Goldschmidt, who currently has an exhibit of her aurora and nature photographs on display at Cloquet's Common Ground Coffee Bar & Deli, is actually a relatively recent convert to the joys of capturing the northern lights w...