The Shimmering Spectrum in the Sky

in #photofeed7 years ago

Northern Lights dance above a glacial lagoon in southern Iceland, a popular location called Jökulsárlón, where icebergs calve off a glacier and mill around for a while before threading the needle and flowing through a channel and into the sea. The Aurora can be seen on many clear winter nights in Iceland, but this display was particularly good, and I was happy to . If you're wondering, I lit the ice with a flashlight.

Northern Lights and Ice

For those interested in seeing and photographing the Northern Lights themselves, @chaseburnett wrote a wonderful guide last night.

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Stop it... Just... That's ridiculously cool! Best photo I've seen today!

Hehe! Awesome! :D

Holy Schnitzel!

Gesundheit!

Whoaaa ... What a shot! Of all Nature's gifts of splendor, my favorite is the aurora borealis! This is an exquisite capture! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for commenting! I agree, it's one of the most unique things that nature has to offer. :)

Nice work. I always find it hard to get a composition at places like Jokulsarlon. It always seems so "messy" with all the icebergs everywhere.

Nice to see that you recommended @chaseburnett post from last night, i was lucky enough to find that post and get it submitted to curie :)

(I should have posted this as @markangeltrueman - wrong account!!)

Yeah, what he said...

I agree, it's a difficult place for composition - you either have to get high or find some bergs (or smaller chunks like this) that are closer, but everything moves around constantly.

Thanks for stopping by, @markangeltrueman! :D

Wow! This is amazing! Wish I could've been there to see it :o

Northern Lights happen often enough, you can see this if you want to! :)

Wow!! Absolutely gorgeous! Must have been so neat for you to witness that in person. Lol, actually, Iceland fascinates me because Vikings discovered it!

Also though, I think it is definitely interesting and valuable to know you lit the ice with a flashlight. Because I am currently taking a Digital Photography course, and was just learning about light sources in night photography. So it's interesting to see how you applied that here. :)

It's always amazing to see the Northern Lights like that! :)

Yes, a flashlight is an invaluable tool for lighting at night - it's more versatile than a simple flash. It's good to have both a throwing (long beam) and a flooding (wide beam, doesn't shine so far) flashlight - between the two you can do a lot!

Wow this is stunning, I love how you lit up the ice!

Thank you! :D

Nice mate. The lights are always special to see.

Yes they are. Thanks! :)

Man, that additional lighting really made the picture and even with that lighting you can see the reflection in the water from the aurora! What a gorgeous shot

Thank you, @beyonder! :)

a beautiful and cool and very beautiful spectrum sparkling in the sky @derekkind

Thanks! :)

Wow, this shot is breathtaking! Maybe someday, I'll be also the lucky one to be the eye witness of Aurora Borealis ;)

I hope so! It's worth the effort. :)