Northern Lights private photo tour in East Iceland.
If you are travelling around Iceland and one of your stops will be the town of Egilsstadir in the East of Iceland , don’t hesitate to contact us if you would like to be photographed under the Northern Lights by a professional photographer .
Here in East Iceland, if the weather is nice, we experience the best shows of Aurora in the country. There are many great spots where we can observe and photograph this beautiful phenomena. The Northern Lights are very good visible in East Iceland as we don’t have much light pollution like in other big cities. And when the weather is good, the Aurora is dancing for us almost every night here in the East of Iceland.
How does the Northern Lights form.
Many have heard of them but few people actually saw it. For those who did see the Northern Lights they will all tell you it is unbelievably beautiful but not many know what it is, where it comes from or how it is created. The northern lights (also known as “aurora borealis” or Polar lights) and the southern lights (also known as “aurora australis”) are the most mysterious and still not fully explained phenomenon that we can observe on our planet. We owe it to the sun and the magnetic field of the Earth. But how are they formed? When and where to watch them? What colors does it take and on what does it depend? All online content is written by physicists which makes it difficult to understand for the average person. We will try to explain it.
The northern lights are formed after an increase in solar activity. Strong explosions occurring on the suns surface form the so-called solar wind. This stream of particles (protons and electrons) carry an enormous amount of energy and are moving at enormous speed. When they reach the Earth’s magnetic field some of these particles are dispersed by it and directed into space, while some of them move along its lines and reach the magnetic poles. When solar particles enter the ionosphere they collide with the atoms present there, induce them and consequently cause them to glow. The color of the light observed in the sky depends on which atoms are “activated”. If they are more oxygen molecules the visible light will be red or green.
Due to collision with nitrogen the aurora will be more purple. If lighter gasses such as hydrogen and helium are activated we will be able to admire the “Aurora” with blue tones.
The auroras are most often observed in so-called “zonal zones” extending between 20 and 25 degrees from magnetic poles. In more affordable terms, this is around the Arctic Circle. The best time of year to observe the aurora (seeing her is very likely but not guaranteed) is December, January and February.
The northern lights are something that you definitely need to see at least once in your life . So get going! We are waiting for you to take you on a journey to the explore Northern Lights in East Iceland!
Information about the Northern Lights at East Iceland tour:
- Pick up around 8:00 pm
- Duration Time : 1,5-2 hours or more
- We will take you to the best places in east Iceland where we should be able to see and photograph the Aurora .
- Difficulty level: very easy – possible short walks to the places we will visit.
- What to bring with you: warm cloths and warm shoes, camera
Price: 13.300 ISK/per person
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