The last post I made was about the hike I did in the nearby mountain of the Heydalur farm we spent the night at. In this location, later in the evening, we saw some gorgeous aurora over the sky. It was forecasted to be a totally clear night so my hopes were high in the first place.
It was a full moon though and this is generally something you don't want when watching northern lights, it brights the sky. Fortunately for us, we are in Iceland and when the lights are strong, the full moon doesn't matter much. Also, this part of the country is totally dark in terms of artificial light pollution, it's very remote.
Northern lights we got.
Actually, I got a story as well. We were sitting in a family restaurant, there were some other tourists as well. We were eating and drinking when at some point, a group of other visitors suddenly ran out of the house. My first thought was like WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED, why? Then I realized, they were sitting near the window and all of them probably saw northern light for the first time in their lives.
I took my camera and went outside as well, of course, the sky was lit with northern lights. Then the picture-taking began.
A little later most of the stronger northern light dimmed a bit and we all got to finish the delicious food the local family cooked for us.
Fast forward a couple of hours we did get to see more northern lights.
All the other people were already sleeping but I and my girlfriend were in a natural hot pool and looked in the sky. The aurora that appeared was much brighter than the one that happened earlier.
I felt sorry for other visitors a bit but shit happens when you decide to sleep instead 😀.
It was crazy, lights dancing all over the head. I have seen norther lights many times cause I live in the northern country but it was my first time to see them so brightly overhead.
The first photo of this post is also taken later in the night.
This is taken straight up, above my head.
It was a magical night and I was so happy and fortunate to see this sight. Even though northern lights in Iceland are nowhere near rare, the weather is often cloudy and you can't see anything. We had several evenings when the aurora was out heavily but the cloud cover was too thick. Just need that one night when everything works out.
