Aurora over Iceland

Aurora over Iceland

Photographer Marko Korosec: "Spectacular northern lights display over Hofn and Vestrahorn, Iceland this evening as strong solar wind arrived."

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/

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.

Image Credit: Marko Korosec

Image Details: iPhone 18 Pro
Location: Hofn, Iceland
Date: Oct. 31, 2026 

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