Beautiful shots! When I took my 2009 trip to Iceland during the winter, I
was fortunate in that it rained /snowed every night ... but of course
that's not good viewing weather. I'll just have to go back. My pictures
certainly will not be as lovely as yours however. Thank you for sharing
them.
On Thursday, September 29, 2016, Tom Polakis <tpolakis@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Jenn and I are back from our 13-day circuit of the Ring Road in Iceland.
We scheduled the trip for late September in order to get some darkness in
hopes of seeing the Northern Lights. The sky was cloudy and aurorae were
inactive for the first nine nights, but the tenth brought small sucker
holes and good activity. The twelfth night was very transparent, and the
display was beyond any expectations.
Still photos are here, mostly taken from near the beautiful Snæfellsjökull
glacier.
http://www.pbase.com/polakis/iceland_aurora
The brightness at the base of the curtain in the last photo occurred about
10 percent of the time, and completely overwhelmed even 1st magnitude
stars. This brightest band would migrate across the sky, exhibiting
impossible twisting and swirling motions in living color. We agreed that
this sight beats a total solar eclipse. Rather than flail away at an
explanation, the best way to show it is with "real-time" video shot with a
f/1.4 lens and ISO 25600. I can't decide if my favorite is the flickering
vertical bands, the twisting rope, or the raining from the sky.
Four videos are on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIt865PJwF0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PctUSrRZRoM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onv-nN78e7c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVUqIjvDZXU
Tom
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