A small aurora for Halloween! First seen low in the north at 20:40, and the activity stayed as a low arc across the northern sky for the duration. However, as well as the green arc that was visible by eye, there was also a nice band of purple along the top of the aurora on camera. Ima

There was a better-than-expected show this evening, with a high arc visible after 20:30 and turning into a pretty strong and active aurora over the following hour with some active dancing curtains and pinks to the naked eye. The activity was generally pretty low in the north, but we h

Aurora was visible this evening from at least 21:00, although it was a weak one! A low green arc in the north, which I was only able to see for a short while before the low clouds above the mountains obscured it. Image 1. 22:09 UTC. Settings = f/2.8, 14 mm, 8.3 sec. Back to top of pag

I returned to Iceland this evening after a quick trip away. My window seat on the starboard side of the plane offered a good view to the north, and I spent much of the flight watching a weak low aurora arc. Just goes to show that even when the statistics suggest almost no aurora, ther

This evening there was another sizeable geomagnetic storm from the same coronal hole that has produced auroras for the last few nights. However, the main activity peaked in Iceland while it was still daylight, and had mostly moved southwards of Iceland by the time it became dark. I sa

There was a big blast of aurora this evening – I saw a bright band forming in the sky at 20:45 UTC, and over the next 15 min it developed into a bright dancing aurora directly overhead with some pinks to the eye. Unfortunately I was not quite ready with the camera, but I had lov

This evening was somewhat cloudy, but nevertheless I could see a low arc of aurora across the northern sky shining through the cloud gaps. It was visible on camera from 20:19 UTC, and also as a glow to the naked eye from 20:58. I watched until 21:31 when the cloud thickened at my loca

A strong geomagnetic storm occurred this evening, due to enhanced solar winds from a coronal hole. Some activity kicked off in Iceland even before it was fully dark, and that turned out to be the strongest display of the night (at least for the period I watched, until midnight) with d

After a few nights of cloud and rain in south-west Iceland it was nice to get a lovely clear night this evening and an unexpectedly nice show of aurora. I noticed a faint (to the naked eye) arc forming in the north sky at 21:35 UTC, and this arc developed over time into a vivid green