Aurora over Iceland

Aurora over Iceland

Astrophotographer: "It has been great night with northern lights. It started at 6:30pm when it was dark enough. I stayed outside for 7 hours and I could see northern lights most of the time. At midnight being alone outside in the darkness on Halloween was quite an experience."

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: Jónína Óskarsdóttir
Location: Fáskrúðsfjörður, Iceland
Image Details: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV. Lens: Canon EF 14mm f/2.8L II USM. ISO 2000, 1,2s exposure
Jónína's website: https://www.facebook.com/IcelandicQueenOfAuroraBorealis
Release Date: Nov. 1, 2026

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