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Northern lights hotspots

Tony — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:59:16 +0000

The Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights is a light phenomenon that occurs as a result of solar winds reaching earth’s outer atmosphere and burning different gases to give a range of different colours. The best place to see them would surely be from a very high viewpoint just outside earth’s atmosphere. Here on earth however, we need to travel to cold countries near the point where you would see the midnight sun in the summer and very short days in the winter. Iceland is one of those places. It is just touched by the Arctic circle on its very north isle of Grimsey, but most of Iceland is good for northern lights.

Jökulsárlón – the glacial lagoon

Tony — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:19:34 +0000

This place is a must on any trip to Iceland!
The glacial lagoon is now Iceland’s deepest lake at a depth of 200m. The huge lake holds tonnes of ice that has broken off the Vatnjökull Glacier. It is the only place where ice actually makes it from the glacier to the open sea. The ice on this lake is 1000 years old.

Reykjavik – the Capital Area

Tony — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:08:24 +0000

If you come to Iceland, please don’t spend all your time in Reykjavik! It is ok for one or two evenings, but there is so much more to Iceland. There is so much more in Iceland!