Did you miss out on yesterday's Aurora? Don't worry! The forecast for tonight (Thursday), tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday all look really promising. The Icelandic Meteorological Office is forecasting a level 5, high activity tonight and tomorrow, and a level 4 active Aurora activity on Saturday. With mostly clear skies over West, South West and South Iceland you have at least three nights of prime Aurora viewing ahead of you.
Read more: Heads up: The Aurora forecast is looking very promising for the rest of the week
And if yesterday's Aurora display was any indication of what's to come for the next few days we are in for one amazing show! Even locals, who are used to the Northern Lights were blown away by the intensity and beauty of yesterday's Aurora and Icelandic social media was overflowing yesterday evening as people were sharing photos and videos they had shot from their balconies or backyards in Reykjavík.
We assembled a small collection of the best photos – keep in mind many of these are just regular people snapping photos on their phone cameras, not trained photographers using state of the art equipment!
First up is the founder and former editor of Iceland Insider, Jón Kaldal, who said on Twitter he had never seen brighter Northern Lights over the city:
Sturluð norðurljós yfir Reykjavík núna. Hef aldrei séð þau svona sterk áður yfir borginni. pic.twitter.com/MDmtvpejDF
— Jón Kaldal (@jonkaldal) November 8, 2017
Halldór Sigurðsson caught these lights above his home in Reykjavík:
Sigurður Valdimar Steinþórsson caught these beautiful photos out in the eastern suburbs:
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Nov 8, 2017 at 2:46pm PST
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Nov 8, 2017 at 3:13pm PST
Guðmundur Óli Pálmason shared this view of the Aurora over the suburb of Breiðholt:
Did you miss out on yesterday's Aurora? Don't worry! The forecast for tonight (Thursday), tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday all look really promising. The Icelandic Meteorological Office is forecasting a level 5, high activity tonight and tomorrow, and a level 4 active Aurora activity on Saturday. With mostly clear skies over West, South West and South Iceland you have at least three nights of prime Aurora viewing ahead of you.
Read more: Heads up: The Aurora forecast is looking very promising for the rest of the week
And if yesterday's Aurora display was any indication of what's to come for the next few days we are in for one amazing show! Even locals, who are used to the Northern Lights were blown away by the intensity and beauty of yesterday's Aurora and Icelandic social media was overflowing yesterday evening as people were sharing photos and videos they had shot from their balconies or backyards in Reykjavík.
We assembled a small collection of the best photos – keep in mind many of these are just regular people snapping photos on their phone cameras, not trained photographers using state of the art equipment!
First up is the founder and former editor of Iceland Insider, Jón Kaldal, who said on Twitter he had never seen brighter Northern Lights over the city:
Sturluð norðurljós yfir Reykjavík núna. Hef aldrei séð þau svona sterk áður yfir borginni. pic.twitter.com/MDmtvpejDF
— Jón Kaldal (@jonkaldal) November 8, 2017
Halldór Sigurðsson caught these lights above his home in Reykjavík:
Sigurður Valdimar Steinþórsson caught these beautiful photos out in the eastern suburbs:
A post shared by Sigurdur Steinthorsson (@steinthorsson) on
Nov 8, 2017 at 2:46pm PST
A post shared by Sigurdur Steinthorsson (@steinthorsson) on
Nov 8, 2017 at 3:13pm PST
Guðmundur Óli Pálmason shared this view of the Aurora over the suburb of Breiðholt:
