This weekend the northern lights return as we will have a clear sky over large parts of Iceland. According to the Icelandic Met Office’s (IMO) Aurora forecast service the conditions will be excellent around North Iceland Friday and Saturday night and hopefully quite good also both nights in the capital area, but it's a touch and go there as the sky is expected to partly cloudy.
According to IMO we can expect grade five or high activity (scale 1-9) which is indeed promising as IMO explains that grade 2 (low activity) can be beautiful and grade 3 (moderate) can be dazzling.
Did you know that the aurora zone comes and goes above Iceland all year round? It’s not the winter cold that brings this great natural phenomenon to life before our eyes but the lack of light during the shorter days. So even during the summer there can be northern lights dancing in the sky, but we just can’t see them because of the bright nights.
Read more: Beautiful short film commemorating a week of fantastic northern lights
Friday night it will be dark from 18.58 (6.58pm) to 7.30 (7.30am) Saturday. Sunset is at 18.10 (6.10pm) and as the moon sets 6.42 (6.42am).
This weekend the northern lights return as we will have a clear sky over large parts of Iceland. According to the Icelandic Met Office’s (IMO) Aurora forecast service the conditions will be excellent around North Iceland Friday and Saturday night and hopefully quite good also both nights in the capital area, but it's a touch and go there as the sky is expected to partly cloudy.
According to IMO we can expect grade five or high activity (scale 1-9) which is indeed promising as IMO explains that grade 2 (low activity) can be beautiful and grade 3 (moderate) can be dazzling.
Did you know that the aurora zone comes and goes above Iceland all year round? It’s not the winter cold that brings this great natural phenomenon to life before our eyes but the lack of light during the shorter days. So even during the summer there can be northern lights dancing in the sky, but we just can’t see them because of the bright nights.
Read more: Beautiful short film commemorating a week of fantastic northern lights
Friday night it will be dark from 18.58 (6.58pm) to 7.30 (7.30am) Saturday. Sunset is at 18.10 (6.10pm) and as the moon sets 6.42 (6.42am).
