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Northern Lights: Tonight Might Be The Night
According to the weather forecast of the Icelandic Met Office, tonight might be a good night to spot northern lights in Iceland. The forecast says the probability of seeing aurora today is 7 on a scale from 0 to 10. [su_pullquote]The Icelandic…
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Extraordinary Aurora Weekend Ahead
After a slow start of this autumn’s aurora season, the upcoming weekend is looking good in the forecast. Both Icelandic weather and solar particle levels will be ideal on Friday night, thus late-night travellers are going to be rewarded with an extraordinary…
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Excellent Night For Northern Lights Tonight (Clouds Permitting)
If you’re in Iceland and have been itching to see the northern lights for the first time, tonight just may be your lucky night. For those unaware, the Icelandic Met Office actually has a dedicated page forecasting aurora activity. With the sunset…
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Clouds Vs. Zen: Escaping Reality In Search Of The Aurora
It had been a long day when we boarded the minibus to venture out into the darkness of the Icelandic winter in search of the northern lights. Indeed, the prospect of gorging ourselves at the Laugarvatn Fontana’s restaurant, before baking in their…
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Ask An Astrophysicist: Will The Aurora Fade In 2019?
Everyone who comes to Iceland wants to see the Northern Lights. During a powerful display, you can see huge bursts of strong green, purple and red lights weave their way across the night sky. But if you’ve booked your trip in 2019,…
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On High Alert: A Night Of Aurora Chasing
After seeing a recent high-alert aurora forecast, myself and a few other Grapeviners decided to jump in the car and get out of the city for the promised spectacle. Our photographer became a special Northern Lights tour operator for the night, deciding…
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City Will Shut Off Streetlights For The Northern Lights
Due to a predicted high amount of aurora activity tonight, the City of Reykjavík will shut off all the streetlights between 22:00 and 23:00 tonight. Many of our readers have been awed by the recent spate of aurora activity in Iceland. The…
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Intense Northern Lights Over Reykjavík Captured On Film
Some stunning northern lights put on quite a show over Reykjavík last night. Our Facebook feed was full of brave but futile attempts to capture the lights on iPhone—but one Vimeo post stood out spread widely on the social network. The film…
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The Icelandic “Spring” On Instagram: Winner Of This Week’s #GVPics
Spring is upon us, or so we thought. The country’s flowers had just started to bloom when the snow came and covered all of it. Winter’s back, and as beautiful as it may be, we hope it won’t stay for too long.…
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The Northern Lights Forecast Looks Good Tonight, Northern Lights Fans!
According to the Iceland Meteorological Office, the atmospheric conditions tonight are gonna be tip top for aurora spotting. The sky is clear, so the biggest obstacle is out of the way. And, luckily, some of those charged particles from the sun will…
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Good Week For Aurora Spotters
The coming of the dark nights heralds the end of summer, but it’s also the time that the flickering aurora becomes visible in the sky over Iceland. Last night, on the night of the equinox, there was a big display of northern…
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Twin Solar Storms = Northern Lights Galore!
While the planet is bombarded with charged solar particles, this translates into some fantastic Northern Lights displays for Iceland. The Guardian reports today that two coronal mass ejection (CME) bursts from the Sun sent charged solar particles hurtling towards Earth yesterday and…