Aurora over Iceland

Aurora over Iceland

Astrophotographer Jónína Óskarsdóttir: "Beautiful northern lights tonight. I was happy I could take . . . photos before it got cloudy."

Iceland is a Nordic island country between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, located on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between Europe and North America.

Also known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), auroras are colorful, dynamic, and often visually delicate displays of an intricate dance of particles and magnetism between the Sun and Earth called space weather. When energetic particles from space collide with atoms and molecules in the atmosphere, they can cause the colorful glow that we call auroras.

Learn more about auroras: 
https://science.nasa.gov/sun/auroras/

Image Credit: Jónína Óskarsdóttir

Jónína's website: https://www.facebook.com/IcelandicQueenOfAuroraBorealis

Image Details: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Canon EF 14mm f/2.8L II USM. ISO 2000, 5s exposure
Location: Fáskrúðsfjörður, Iceland
Release Date: March 20, 2026

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