Posts Tagged Iceland

Our Strange Sky: The Auroral Rings of Iceland

We’ve returned, faithful reader! The battle for reliable Internet connectivity has been won. And the winner is everyone.

While we get back into the groove of things, have a look at Iceland’s beautiful green sky.

On this night, the sky was not only the best show in town, but a composite image of the sky won an international competition for landscape astrophotography. The above winning image was taken two months ago over Jökulsárlón, the largest glacial lake in Iceland. The photographer combined six exposures to capture not only two green auroral rings, but their reflections off the serene lake. Visible in the distant background sky is the band of our Milky Way Galaxy, the Pleiades open clusters of stars, and the Andromeda galaxy.

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In Iceland, There is a Volcano There That Does Not Sleep

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