LAST NIGHT IN REYKJAVÍK: GIANT SHOOTING STAR STARS THE NORTHERN LIGHTS It was probably the longest and most powerful shooting star I have witnessed in my life. I was so vowed, I even forgot to make a wish. See it from second 11. Icelandic have been left...
Chasing the northern lights often resembles playing a card game. Knowledge and experience clearly enhance your chances a great deal, but in the end, it’s all about a little bit of luck. And then there are these nights: Perfect forecast, right timing, clear skies –...
We have been waiting for it, and Mother Earth did not let us down: a new spectacular eruption has started! Magmatic activity at our doorstep On March 19th, after weeks of what appeared to be a never-ending seismic swarm to residents on south-west Iceland, the tremors...
Iceland‘s last eruption: Bárðarbunga 2014. Photo: Icelandic Met Office Iceland is likely to do justice to its name again: a volcanic eruption is imminent at the so-called “Land of Fire and Ice”. Home of the biggest glaciers in Europe and thousands of...
By Chris Ayliffe Photo credit: Rocky Raybell As is the case with astronomy, there are constantly new discoveries and observations that lead to new and exciting theories and hypotheses. Particularly, with the Northern Lights, science has propelled our understanding of...
