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RE: 7 World’s Continents Photo Challenge - European Thursday week #21 - the absolute winner takes 200 SBD!
Northern Lights break out over the glacial lagoon in southern Iceland called Jökulsárlón. I lit the ice with a flashlight. The Aurora can be seen on many clear winter nights in Iceland, but this display was particularly good.
That looks amazing! How long did you have to spend there to get a shot like this?
Thanks! Not long, the Aurora was going steady that night, and I was going around to different places taking photos. :)
Splendid! This really is a nice shot :)
Thank you! :D
Amazing colors of the northern lights . I never seen one ever 😞 . Could you please advise, which month is the best time to come and see that?and which place?
Well, Iceland is a pretty reliable place - northern Norway also, and northern Canada, around Whitehorse or Yellowknife, or parts of Alaska. Between 60 degrees north and the arctic circle is the sweet spot. Best time of year is fall through winter, and beyond that it's down to solar activity and weather. As it happens, @chaseburnett authored an excellent guide just last night: https://steemit.com/photography/@chaseburnett/photographing-the-northern-lights-an-in-depth-guide
Of course there's also the southern lights...but I don't have experience with them.
🙏 thank you for the explanation. Well noted for my next trip 😊 hopefully i can see it and take a great pics like yours
When I was travelling to Norway, they said September to March are the best time for Northern lights. We were lucky and saw Northern lights almost everyday, but just the green stuff, not the bright pink and yellow which are much rarer
Cool. Well noted too 👍 thanks for the info :) i really wanna see the Northern lights one day
How lucky you are...that looks like a dream!
Thanks! I've been lucky to be in Iceland at good times of year for this. :)
What a beautiful capture! Fantastic image. Tomas
Thank you! :D