Iceland - Fire and Ice

With the skies being clear and we decided to go for a drive back down and arond the coast, away from the suburban lights and see if we could see the infamouse Northern Lights. There was a coule of women at our accomodation who had said they had seen them that evening near the lighthouse. There were plenty of other cars parked up with occupants also hoping to catch a glipms of this cosmic wonder.

At first we saw very little and then there were what appeared to be whisps of cloud on the horizon. One of us took a picture and the wisps turned green on the camera screen. It was the aurora borealis! I had read that the aurora appeared differently to the naked eye than in pictures due to the longer exposure time in night photography. It was amazing to watch it ripple across the night sky. We all had a go at using the tripod and capturing the perfect shot. Which was quite difficult when batteling the freezing cold wind and car headlights being turned on. However both these frustrations were well worth it. Having seen this spectacular sight for ourselvesand capturing some awesome shots we were eager to get out of the cold and the wind and back to our warm room and cuppa.Read more