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Northern lights in Iceland

The photos on this page were all taken with normal film cameras. I have not made them with a help of a computer or used other techniques in that way.
These are all real photographs, and if you think they are strange and unreal, wait until you see the Northern lights with your own eyes.

Comments and vote are welcome.

Hope you enjoy.


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Tomasz Mikonowicz PM reply 14-Dec-2010 12:22
I must come back to Iceland again. This time for northern lights. Thanks for sharing. V
del 22-Feb-2010 10:59
hi. do you possibly have photos from 17th feb 2010? we were in Iceland and saw some amazing sights of the northern lights but unfortunately both our cameras refused to work! any help you can give me to obtain some photos would be greatly appreciated. thanks
Duncan 11-Feb-2010 16:50
Hi Thor
DO you have any time lapse sequences I can buy off you?
I need about 1 minute of footage

Many thanks
Duncan
duncan@pacific7.com
John Paskey PM reply 03-Feb-2010 02:37
...wow.
paula rodriguez 29-Jul-2008 01:17
these pictures are breathtaking. how can i get some copies for my wall? Our twin girls were born at keflavik and iceland is near and dear to our heart,


Paula Rodriguez
Guest 29-Nov-2007 00:34
Gorgeous pictures. I have seen the northern lights in Iceland and they are spectacular.
Guest PM reply 02-Oct-2007 15:07
wonderful collection
©KM PM reply 25-Dec-2006 18:45
Love your Northern light photos, Thor.

Also loved visiting your country a while back. Too late to see the Puffins and too early for the lights but loved the geological wonders on your island.
Ronald Zincone Photography, astrophotographer PM reply 06-Dec-2006 20:28
Pure magic! A wonderful northern lights gallery!
Guest PM reply 18-Nov-2006 02:03
just first class and excellent !!!!!!
jc
Jean Chiasson PM reply 17-Nov-2006 02:29
Outstanding gallery Thor vote I make aurore picture too
Antje Schulte PM reply 15-Nov-2006 15:15
Out of this world indeed. Breathtaking!
firstbrook PM reply 09-Nov-2006 18:02
Fantastic.....v
Petter Hamnes PM reply 08-Nov-2006 23:22
Stunning! Some of the greatest aurora captures I have ever seen. v
Mike DiRenzo PM reply 11-Oct-2006 12:05
These are stunning.
Gervan PM reply 10-Oct-2006 07:16
Fantastic gallery. Brilliant pictures of this magnificent natural phenomenon.
Congratulations!
Joseph Y. Chang 12-Sep-2006 19:41
Beautiful, elusive, and stunning.! What a show! Hope I'll be lucky enough to see the real thing in my forthcoming trip to Iceland.
GdL PM reply 21-Aug-2006 21:11
Wow. It is absolutely out of this world! Perhaps I will see this display with my own eyes one day!
Steven Weng PM reply 18-Aug-2006 09:27
Excellent gallery!
William Hartshorn PM reply 12-Aug-2006 05:36
Wow!!!!!!!!! Amazing Thor !!......... Hope to see them once in my lifetime!! ~V~
Guest 23-May-2006 14:36
brilliant gallery
teresa 02-May-2006 23:49
amazing. i want top go too and see it
thank you and Mother Nature also
Claude Renault PM reply 01-May-2006 10:30
a beautiful gallery.. really nice
J. Hellmann PM reply 04-Mar-2006 17:57
Great pictures and good presentation!!
Jean Chiasson PM reply 03-Mar-2006 01:00
Spectacular gallery bravo
Ian Goodier PM reply 28-Feb-2006 17:21
Wonderful images of Aurora Borealis,
I have yet to see this living in central England,

I often use the geomagnetic disturbance effects created by Aurora Borealis to good effect on VHF radio frequencies to communicate with other radio hams throughout Europe
The Doppler effect distorts the signal so badly that voice communication via this phenomena is virtually impossible therefore morse code (CW) is the most effective mode,

Thanks for sharing
Ian
Niki Kalogiratou PM reply 26-Feb-2006 04:30
Thank you for those beautiful northern lights photos. I so much want to visit Scandinavia just to see them!
suriya nuntasukhon PM reply 25-Feb-2006 11:13
amazing nature
Fernando Rodriguez PM reply 24-Feb-2006 21:34
Amazing gallery, I must see this kind of lights someday....it must be magic....

Congratulations,

Fernando
Michel Carlué PM reply 23-Feb-2006 23:51
Fantastic Thor, wonderful colors, light, composition, a dream on earth !
Beautiful and strange Iceland
Congratulations
Get my vote
Emidio Machado PM reply 23-Feb-2006 13:13
Wonderful pictures!!!
Excelente Galeria!!!
Ron Horloff PM reply 22-Feb-2006 23:18
Excellent captures in this superb gallery. Thank you.
Ron
Arthur van Riet PM reply 22-Feb-2006 11:08
Superb shots! I know now were to go for my next trip. Shot some Aurora's myself during trips in Lapland, Finland.
http://www.pbase.com/tuur10d/lapland_winter_2006
http://www.pbase.com/tuur10d/lapland_winter_2004

Thanks for sharing! Voted.
Janny 21-Feb-2006 22:06
Amazing! Well done!
David Hasenick PM reply 21-Feb-2006 14:11
Excellent work Thor. I have viewed these lights from Canada and Alaska, but the show was not as spectacular as yours. Well done!
Carlos García PM reply 21-Feb-2006 10:20
Absolutely beautiful. Don't get to see the lights in Texas,but I can imagine spending many a night watching them. Great work.
Gil Purcil PM reply 19-Feb-2006 17:12
Amazing gallery. Excellent capture.
Rodney Douglas PM reply 18-Feb-2006 12:00
Nice Gallery Thor!
Le Tuan Anh PM reply 18-Feb-2006 07:20
A great gallery with wonderful photos!
Gilles Navet PM reply 17-Feb-2006 19:37
Impressive sequence of pics here
Dreaming north feeling
Vote
Gilles
Mike Smith 16-Feb-2006 14:46
The last time I saw them was in Central Washington State, USA, in the late '50s and early '60s. They are most amazing.
Mike Long PM reply 13-Feb-2006 20:55
I like the frames. Nice job.
BumbleStumble 13-Feb-2006 20:05
Wonderful pictures, but terrible frames. Can't you get rid of them?
Deborah 13-Feb-2006 17:30
Hi! I am from Newfoundland and find the landscapes similar however your pictures are the best I have ever seen. Those are prints I would consider purchasing.
Chan Circle PM reply 13-Feb-2006 15:04
beautiful and stunning gallery!
Amazing~~
One thing is .... it's better to use Fuji RVP F (Positive film) instead of NPH...
Should be more pretty.
Torarinn Olafsson (Toti) PM reply 13-Feb-2006 01:49
Great Lights...
Toti
Jaime Serrano PM reply 12-Feb-2006 23:49
Spectacular. Congratulations. Voted.
Guest PM reply 12-Feb-2006 22:58
Amazing! I would love to watch them once in my lifetime.. thanks for sharing this.
Marisa
Merche Pasamontes PM reply 12-Feb-2006 21:26
The miracle of the nature in a wonderful photographies¡¡ Voted¡¡
Sergio Padura PM reply 12-Feb-2006 11:57
Film user too and a dreamer about northern lights, wish one day to turn my dream into a real experience. Your pictures makes me feel I didn´t woke up this morning. Thanks indeed.
lorin niculae PM reply 11-Feb-2006 19:16
a dream. voted. I'm so happy to see old/good film cameras still at work. very very well done. Bravo and thank you for sharing.
Marco Valk PM reply 11-Feb-2006 17:52
spectacular images; voted
Carol J. Phipps 11-Feb-2006 17:36
Thank you Thor for posting these pictures from Iceland Northern Lights. I've not seen them personally, but have heard many testimonies and seen some photos. Your gallery is EXCELLENT! Bravo. Thanks again.
kagogrl PM reply 11-Feb-2006 14:55
Stunning collection of shots. Bravo. This gallery truly does deserve to be among the top 8 Most Popular. Congrats on the shots and the ranking. Voted!!
Katie Jones PM reply 11-Feb-2006 13:41
Absolutely beautiful gallery.
gina_dl PM reply 11-Feb-2006 08:57
wonderful strange pictures-uneartghly beautiful-voted
Gary Eckert PM reply 11-Feb-2006 08:30
Fantastic photo's. I hope the Aurora Australis are as beautiful when/if I finally get down to Antarctica.
Amanda Valentine PM reply 11-Feb-2006 06:45
Beautiful!!
Miel Pieters PM reply 10-Feb-2006 19:41
great! vote!
don nieman PM reply 10-Feb-2006 07:56
Having spent 5 years living north of the Arctic Circle I can attest you have captured the true brilliance and majesty of this phenomenon. Wonderful photographs.
Gus R. PM reply 10-Feb-2006 01:41
Good god!!! Do people wear lead underware when they walk outside in Iceland? ;-)

This is a stunning gallery; and, I like that you explained what was done and what *wasn't* done in acquiring these images. Truth IS stranger than fiction. g
Guest PM reply 09-Feb-2006 23:24
A feast for the eyes, thank you.
Marcos García PM reply 09-Feb-2006 20:49
WOOOOW! Stunning stuff!!
Stefano Gaggero PM reply 09-Feb-2006 11:42
Great images!
I saw northern light when I was in Iceland.
I also take a pic but yours are best
Jim PM reply 09-Feb-2006 03:47
Awesome gallery.
Robert Marleau PM reply 09-Feb-2006 03:12
Amazing and outstanding gallery, bravo!
Fred Parsons PM reply 09-Feb-2006 00:14
Wonderful gallery ! Guess there has to be some offsetting benefit to freezing your "bleep" off every night. Thanks again - very interesting and colorful.
Naturephoto Monique PM reply 08-Feb-2006 15:19
Best gallery i'v seen in a long time, this is so beautiful!
Hope some day I could see it with my own eyes.... that must be a magic moment!
Chiachen Liang PM reply 08-Feb-2006 14:38
It's so amazing!Thanks for sharing..
Mike Long PM reply 08-Feb-2006 11:49
Awesome, ethereal and supernatural. Voted!
Curtiss Simpson PM reply 08-Feb-2006 03:30
Stuning beatiful mind blowing I have seen photos of the northen light's but never like this. Voted.
salim madjd PM reply 07-Feb-2006 20:09
WOW WOW WOW = VOTE VOTE VOTE
Dominic Cantin PM reply 07-Feb-2006 17:35
Excellent gallery , WOW !!! I added your gallery to my aurora borealis topics http://www.pbase.com/topics/dominiccantin/aurora_borealis I hope you don't mind.
Keep shooting !
Dominic :)
John Hudson PM reply 07-Feb-2006 05:06
this gallery is stunning and beautiful
Richard Calmes PM reply 06-Feb-2006 21:13
WOW! V
Tine Verheyden PM reply 06-Feb-2006 15:46
Outstanding work! Thanks for sharing.
Barri Olson PM reply 06-Feb-2006 02:01
Fantastic series!
Matt Myles PM reply 05-Feb-2006 15:01
Simply amazing. Stunning work Thor!
Sue Robertson PM reply 05-Feb-2006 12:07
wow this is amazing.
photokhan PM reply 04-Feb-2006 19:26
Wow...Mother Nature sure has its ways of reducing us to our true dimension...
Beautiful! (voted)
PK
Eli 02-Feb-2006 13:55
Beautiful, one of my must-dos before I die. I saw this from a plane on the way back to Europe but I want to have a closer look! Thank you!!
Blandine 20-Oct-2005 11:23
I hope I could took as nice pictures as yours.
Guest 06-Oct-2005 08:37
Hi Thor

This year im going back to Iceland (end of october), and if the Airwaves festival isnt too hard and exhausting id be glad to go hunting the northen lights.
Congrats again for those pics.
Clotilde
Niksa Glavic 26-May-2005 16:07
The pics are very beautiful, great colors. It is nice to share something like this with others, nice gear, too, Bast, Niksa
Thor Marteinsson PM reply 30-Apr-2005 13:16
It starts to get a bit dark at the night in August, and if the sky is clear and activity high then you could see a realy good show nige50, but the best time to see the northern lights is from September to April.
nige50 PM reply 19-Apr-2005 20:09
these are fantastic ,, does this happen in August as I'll be there then ..
Lewis 23-Nov-2004 17:49
The northern lights remind me of tornados in the U.S. Tornados are vertical columns of winds sucking up things from the grounds. The northern lights are more peaceful and colorful.
Lewis 19-Nov-2004 20:19
Do you get 24 hours of daylight in June and 24 hours of nighttime in December? What is it like to live in a place that has very short day in the summer?
Lun www.fotop.net/QA/Allan 12-May-2004 10:46
stunning.
how i wish i were there to shoot such pics.
Peter van den Wijngaard PM reply 03-May-2004 18:12
I have seen it in Scotland ( see my pictures at http://www.pbase.com/pvdwngrd/aurora_borealis ) but this is much better.
In one word FANTASTIC, and an extra word WONDERFUL.
We will never see this in Holland.

Peter
Mary PM reply 01-May-2004 20:32
So beautiful! Someday I hope to see it for myself. Thanks for sharing!
Yuan-Juhn Chiao PM reply 30-Apr-2004 18:26
Absolutely stunning. Hopefully you brought along something hot to drink while taking those shots.
Guest PM reply 23-Apr-2004 21:58
Oh, my word, how cn I describe such a gallery?
billyma 17-Apr-2004 18:19
One my eye
Fantastic

www.billyma.net
www.fotop.net/billyma
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Kenneth Zimmerman PM reply 14-Apr-2004 12:59
The best photographic advice I've ever received was "F8 and be there". This explains the "Be There"
Wonderful photos!
Guest PM reply 06-Apr-2004 21:47
Lovely photos, wish i was there.. excellent work
Alexcure 04-Apr-2004 16:42
The pictures are beautiful, the thorough power of nature, I haven't even imagined the sky to be so majestic, ectatic... perfect ...

Thank you for sharing your pictures with us...
Lloyd McKee 30-Mar-2004 19:05
Excellent work. You have not only captured the colors of the aurora but have managed to record fascinating geometric shapes and complementary foreground elements as well!
Guest PM reply 27-Mar-2004 22:04
Superb - I saw the best show I'd ever seen this year, but not this good!
Shaun Lowe PM reply 26-Mar-2004 17:50
Thank you for sharing this profound gallery of aurora
Thor. I can appreciate the efforts you've put into this
work, which is huge. A well deserved vote, no question.
Thor Marteinsson PM reply 26-Mar-2004 10:22
The aurora belt is near the poles, north and south. Iceland is a really good place to see the northern lights because when the activity is normal or high the belt lies right over Iceland. The activity is all year around, but you can’t see the lights in the summer time because the sun never sets completely so the nights are too bright. The best time too see the northern lights is from September to April.

Thank you all for your comments.
Thor Marteinsson
Jihun 25-Mar-2004 23:56
Apprecaite sharing such wonders with us. Can such Aurora be seen all year round? Or, are there certain time frames?
Ted Levin PM reply 24-Mar-2004 20:44
What a beautiful gallery. THanks for sharing
Mario Martino PM reply 18-Mar-2004 20:44
Whaooo!!
what interesting and wonderfull gallery.
Yuor photos are a pleasure for my eyes.
ciao mario
Deb (Australia) 02-Mar-2004 04:16
Absolutely spectacular!! Would love to see the lights with my own eyes!
Paul 08-Feb-2004 16:29
beautiful pictures !
I'm coming to Iceland again in april and I do hope I will be luckier than in october last year.
Kenji 03-Feb-2004 17:05
Your pictures are beautifully composed as they are but your framing accentuates them even more. I'd love for you to be my mentor!
kapil 03-Feb-2004 10:42
colours for life & life for colour
Howard Sandler PM reply 02-Feb-2004 03:36
Spectacular shots! You should consider entering the aurora photo contest at this site:
http://www.northern-lights.no/index.shtml
Guest PM reply 01-Feb-2004 22:38
Wow! Those are amazing pics! I would love to see the lights in person one day.
Brian Gustafson PM reply 01-Feb-2004 03:17
Very nice collection! I'm fascinated by the Auroras but have yet to see them in person. Your photos are the next best thing.

Brian.
http://www.pbase.com/galleries/DigiDawg



Lisa Feuer PM reply 31-Jan-2004 23:19
FANTASTIC!!!
It is my dream to see the Lights...thank you for posting these!
Christine Allen 31-Jan-2004 15:33
Thank you SO much for sharing Iceland's sky beauty with those us who may never get to see it for ourselves. Much gratitude!
Phyllis Stewart PM reply 31-Jan-2004 08:12
Wonderful gallery!
Anna Yu PM reply 30-Jan-2004 19:05
most beautiful!
Dave Rose PM reply 30-Jan-2004 18:32
Stunning, I'm browsing with envy both at the images and a sight I have always yearned to see.
Guest PM reply 30-Jan-2004 16:43
oh my god! they are amazing!! very well done thor ;0)
George 30-Jan-2004 15:15
While in the US Navy, I was stationed in Iceland for six months in the mid '60s. Your photos have brought back memories of my time there and the wonderful views of the night skys. Thank you.
George
joshua 30-Jan-2004 13:56
wish to be there..magic!
Koray Mutlu PM reply 29-Jan-2004 22:31
north! wonderful area. i wish i'll be there.
great shooting. thanx.

http://www.pbase.com/turkei
Will Wycherley. PM reply 29-Jan-2004 11:04
truely magical.
Kim Randolph PM reply 29-Jan-2004 01:42
A wonderful gallery! I just began photographing auroras this fall and it is quite a job! You have such a terrific variety here! Well done! Kim
Jutka 28-Jan-2004 13:49
Thanks for the wonderful and interesting photos! They are really excellent photos!!
Lisa Haskins PM reply 28-Jan-2004 10:34
Stunning series! Thanks, Lisa
Zane Paxton PM reply 28-Jan-2004 07:10
Stunning and amazing! Wow!
tglass PM reply 28-Jan-2004 05:07
Breathtaking!
Jill PM reply 28-Jan-2004 00:59
Thor I am humbled, in complete awe of such a spectacular display. Amazing it is. Hopefully one of these days I can stand and watch them....Meanwhile thank you for sharing.
Hina Shimomura PM reply 27-Jan-2004 17:32
what is northern light??
Hina Shimomura PM reply 27-Jan-2004 17:32
omg!!! its soooo beautiful!!!
shadepuppy PM reply 27-Jan-2004 10:43
Absolutely mesmerizing!! The auroras are fantastic and beautiful, and you have given them a sense of place by your compositions. Thank you from one who has never yet seen the aurora in person - you've whet my appetite!
CJ
Linda Mingay PM reply 25-Jan-2004 15:59
Amazing gallery. Seeing these pictures certainly increases my desire to visit Iceland!
Don Northup PM reply 25-Jan-2004 04:25
very nice captures here. cheers
Guest PM reply 24-Jan-2004 22:48
Very interesting photos - I have never seen the northern lights in person; these photos make me feel like I'm there!
Franz Bauer PM reply 24-Jan-2004 16:44
Great photographs!Thanks for sharing such natural events we cannot see in our countries (very very seldom).Franz Bauer
Guest PM reply 23-Jan-2004 20:36
Fantastic photographs. I want to go and see that!!

On the technical side of things, a few exposure details would be really helpful. What film/camera etc.

Thanks for sharing

Steve
Simon Stanmore PM reply 23-Jan-2004 19:24
I want to visit Iceland even more after seeing this gallery.
Romatti PM reply 23-Jan-2004 19:14
Phenomenal! Thanks for showing the northern lights to those of us who live in areas of the world where we don't often see them. Just beautiful.
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