{"id":1492,"date":"2013-04-01T10:31:22","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T14:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.migrate.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/?p=1492"},"modified":"2019-12-01T13:10:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-01T18:10:24","slug":"iceland-aurora-borealis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edwardbacon.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/iceland-aurora-borealis\/","title":{"rendered":"Iceland: Aurora Borealis"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have returned from a photo trip to Iceland in mid March. Keeping with the theme of auroras and ice caves we went out most nights to capture the Aurora Borealis. The shuttle to the airport at the end of the trip confirmed that we picked the right time to be in Iceland for the aurora, as most on the bus were attending a geophysics symposium on The Fundamental Properties and Processes of Magneto-tails<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

This collection comes from three locations and includes some dabbling in long exposures and light painting.<\/p>\n

\"The <\/a>
The continental drift between the North American and Eurasian Plates can be clearly seen in the cracks or faults which traverse the \u00deingvellir region <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Fjalls\u00e1rl\u00f3n <\/a>
Fjalls\u00e1rl\u00f3n is a glacier lake at the south end of the Icelandic glacier Vatnaj\u00f6kull. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Orion <\/a>
Orion sets for the evening over Fjalls\u00e1rl\u00f3n (a glacier lagoon). <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Fjalls\u00e1rl\u00f3n <\/a>
Fjalls\u00e1rl\u00f3n is a glacier lake at the south end of the Icelandic glacier Vatnaj\u00f6kull. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Fjalls\u00e1rl\u00f3n <\/a>
Fjalls\u00e1rl\u00f3n is a glacier lake at the south end of the Icelandic glacier Vatnaj\u00f6kull. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Fjalls\u00e1rl\u00f3n <\/a>
Fjalls\u00e1rl\u00f3n is a glacier lake at the south end of the Icelandic glacier Vatnaj\u00f6kull. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Aurora <\/a>
Aurora over a stream located between Gullfoss and Geysir. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Aurora <\/a>
Aurora over a stream located between Gullfoss and Geysir. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Fjalls\u00e1rl\u00f3n <\/a>
Fjalls\u00e1rl\u00f3n is a glacier lake at the south end of the Icelandic glacier Vatnaj\u00f6kull. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"J\u00f6kuls\u00e1rl\u00f3n <\/a>
J\u00f6kuls\u00e1rl\u00f3n (literally “glacial river lagoon”) is a large glacial lagoon in southeast Iceland, <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Aurora <\/a>
Aurora over a stream located between Gullfoss and Geysir. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"The <\/a>
The continental drift between the North American and Eurasian Plates can be clearly seen in the cracks or faults which traverse the \u00deingvellir region <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"\u00d6xar\u00e1rfoss <\/a>
\u00d6xar\u00e1rfoss is a small waterfall in \u00deingvellir National Park, Iceland. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

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