The Observer

Me, Siggi (the model) and Haukur Jó went shooting Aurora like any serious photographer in Iceland did last Saturday. The combination of clear skies, snowy foreground and highly active Aurora is a rare thing in Iceland but it makes a great shot.

Taken on Mosfellsheiði, between Reykjavík and Þingvellir.

20.08.2008: This image made it on the front page of Earth Shots

If you are interested, prints can be purchased from The Icelandic Wonder

07.10.2009:1,000 favorites. Thanks to max_dev for making the 1000th favorite.

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gargaro says:

Seen in 1000+ Best Places On Earth Group!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

GabrielS says:

Extremely nice! Wonderful photo!

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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

ShakyTripod says:

Wow I love this dreamscape!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

hó says:

Alveg sérlega vel heppnuð norðurljósamynd!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Tobyloc (again) says:

truly wonderful
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

steve_lacy941 says:

An amazing scene - I would love to see this in person, but your image is the next best thing - beautiful....
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Paul VFR says:

WOW!!!! That's just an amazing shot.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

yooper1949 says:

Add my amazment to it too. Nicely done!!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

ana - rosa says:

Hola, soy el administrador de un grupo llamado La hora mágica - The magic hour y nos encantaría agregar tu foto al grupo.

I saw this wonderful photo in

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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

yanyanego says:

How I wish I were born in Iceland
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

© Lucie's Photography / www.luciedebelkova.com says:

Absolutely stunning. Lucie

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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

kzappaster says:

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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

antifa says:

100+Natural Landscapes
Superb landscape !!
Congratulations !
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Kappa Wayfarer says:

Wish I could be there......
Stunning photo.
Congratulations!

100+Natural Landscapes
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

fridgeirsson says:

Great capture.
100+Natural Landscapes
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

dizus says:

faaallegt! og já, það var fimbulkuldi þessa helgi..
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

'Tabbiekat' says:

Fantastic dreamy shot!

Seen in Noctography

This is an Amazing Shot!!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Claude@Munich says:

This is perfect! Great composition and wonderful scenery!
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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

alonsodr says:

Love your work!

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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

little_frank says:

Fantastic, magic, ancestral....

100+Natural Landscapes
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

reds 1964 says:

magic
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Cristina W says:

invitation to cdj
Collective Dream Journal
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Lady Vervaine says:

that is absolutely breath-taking - well done :)

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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

merri.morningstar says:

Amazing shot!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

e|[d]|ge. says:

just beautiful!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

sigfus.sigmundsson says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Exploring Iceland, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Tobymutz says:

a landscape or nightscape shot with a human perspective.
inspiring!!!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Matt Burrard-Lucas says:

This is a really wonderful photo!

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We would like to invite you to submit your wonderful image to our contest. To find out more visit EarthShots.org or view our Flickr profile. You can submit your photos to Earth Shots by adding them to our Flickr pool. If you win photo of the day three times then you win $50!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

emaraty_in_usa says:

I like :)
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Visual Iceland says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Visual Iceland, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Rodolfo Giunta says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Foto da sogno/ Dream photos-New contest, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Anna.Andres (Internet problem) says:

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BELLISSIMO SCATTO_BEAUTIFUL IMAGE
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Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

vuokkopeter says:

BELLISSIMO SCATTO_BEAUTIFUL IMAGE
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fantastic shot!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

oOElena Airaghi PhotosOo says:

BELLISSIMO SCATTO_BEAUTIFUL IMAGE
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Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

mr mczippy says:

That is a fantastic shot. The Northen LIghts are a truly good thing to take a shot of.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

juntos (ON/OFF) says:

BELLISSIMO SCATTO_BEAUTIFUL IMAGE
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Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

NickD58 says:

Stunning
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Andri Elfarsson says:

Brilliant !

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Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

flipkeat says:

awesome shot!!!!!!!!!! Greetings from Ontario, CANADA
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

cherry 07 says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Frío, hielo y nieve, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Hiker 72 says:

Beautiful.
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

graciesusie says:

This is totally STUNNING!!! Love it!
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

fotographix.ca says:

lovely. Thank god for the magnetosphere!
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

Doug McG. says:

Absolutely breathtaking shot!
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

ursularoxy says:

this is so beautiful
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

donnairene says:

Wow this is beautiful!!
I've always wanted to see aurora!
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

astropicachu says:

WAO
:)
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

gabisousarocha says:

what, I´m very confused about this... Love it!
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

1987porsche944 says:

Beautiful! I want to visit and see this for myself. : )
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

Wencey says:

i love it!
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

Anthony Beavers says:

out of this world truely amazing shot
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

barbara.elaw ceiling done! walls next! says:

stunningly beautiful

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Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

kkkkarl says:

Oh my goodness WOW!
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

Felipe Rossetto says:

WOW! This is just perfect, stunning!
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

BertrandRivière says:

Oh, wow. Just wow. Seeing the Aurora is definitely on my list of things to do before I die.
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

mraaronmorris says:

This is just beyond amazing! I agree. This is definitely on my list.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

noahschulte says:

Spectacular photo sir
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

言語科目  says:

i dont know what to say, beyond amazing.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Jong Soo(Peter) Lee says:

awesome shot ~~~
I like it.
Thank you.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

K~lliTa says:

so beautiful!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

laverrue says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Crème de la Crème/Cream of the cream, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

pheonixnyte says:

Beautiful shot!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Talop* says:

Amazing shot!!!!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

amos basso says:

Incredible view!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

www.bazpics.com says:

Absolutely amazing capture - well done :)
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

SheffieldStar says:

Bella bella!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

♠ nooooooor ♠ says:

amazing

thanks
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

lmiyake says:

Oh, wow. That is truly amazing and I really hope to go there someday :)
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Sallyluxe! says:

Stunning!!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

champagne.chic says:

This is so incredible that I don't have the words...

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Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Burt Youngsters (Hitting & Running - Sorry!) says:

Stunning, just stunning...
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

MichaelAx says:

genial ;)
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

nini_filippini says:

I dream to see one of these
you composed it perfectly
it's so magic....
thank you for that image
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Shoky Bsbs says:

so wonderful
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

pinksaturn says:

fantastic
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

LukaszT says:

really beautiful
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

mylittlepieceofcyberspace says:

Absolutely stunnning. A magical photo - the person in the foreground is the ideal finishing touch.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Miss Laid Plot says:

I would love to see these. Absolutely magic!

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Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Christiaan Triebert says:

Wow.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

alaska_girl says:

awesome shot.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

scleroplex says:

lovely :-)
saw them in montana on a cold february night many years ago.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

tony/m says:

on my "to do" list as well.

stunning image
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

johann Smari says:

flott , þessi mynd er hér
blog.flickr.net/en/2009/03/26/stargazing/

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Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

lmb1112 says:

my favorite in your stream :-) well done!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Brettl says:

This is a great shot! Is the light on the mountains from the aurora or the sun below the horizon?
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

lmb1112 says:

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Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

~johnnie~ says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called You Only Get It Once, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Please join the group, and submit more of the very best of your photos.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

37Hz says:

Wow
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

merlinprincesse says:

I used to see auroras borealis when I was living up north in the Sixties! I soooo miss them not that I am South..... :(
Your photos are beautiful!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

mr ruben says:

stunning! :0)
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

sir_watkyn says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Creative Imagery (Fav 1,Comment on 1), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Starlightworld says:

this is one of my dream, hope it will be come true next year...wonderful photo so sharp, the landscape so remote, sure you feel really tiny in seeing this beauty...bellissima photo! congrats...also for enter in flickrblog :))!!!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Daniel James Murphy says:

how did you get them to stay so still? Great shot!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

andreykhvatov says:

Ух красота какая))) хочу туда!!!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

WinterWriter says:

wow, this is really amazing!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )