During my last trip in Iceland, after spending night in the South of the island we moved to the North trying to avoid the clouds. Once arrived in the north the landscapes changed, and snow covered almost everything.
The road from Vestrahorn to Myvatn was one the longest and exhausting of the trip. We first arrived at the Sunset at Rjukandafoss were the plan was to spend a night in a hotel parking. But the hotel was quite dismal and the landscapes was quite disapointing after all the insane scapes we saw before. So we decided to drive for few hours more to reach Hverir. On this last portion the night totally felt, we start crossing desertic area and the snow and strong wind start. We was in the middle of nowhere riding our big van zigzagging with the winds on frozen road. It was unreal and a little bit scary.
The night of when I shot this timelpase, offer us a beautifull aurora activity. We start by shooting auroras above Godafoss and then come back to Hvrir. We spotted this place earlier during the day offering a beautiful view on the volcano. The spot was at the top of a roughly 30-meter-high hill formed by a lava flow, we had to walk about 150 meters wearing crampons, crossing fairly deep snow with a steep drop right beside us. I wasn’t very comfortable and felt anxious about walking over what could have been a snow bridge. Once the timelapse started we went down and spent hours alone in the Dimmuborgir lava field under huge auroras. What a souvenir !
In the background you can also see the geothermal factories.
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This timelapse was, of course, created without any AI. Nowadays, it feels important to specify this, as we see more and more fake, AI-generated aurora images and videos.
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Canon 6D – Sigma ART 20m
ISO-3200 – F1.8 – 4 sec
plymer968 on
I’ve only ever done Aurora timelapse once, and it was definitely worth it. This is lovely!
I’m headed to Iceland in June and my only regret is that it will be far too bright for Auroras.
LotsaCatz on
Beautiful.. and I’m wondering, what’s that off to the left, close to the ground? Looks like a flame of some sort.
Leakyboatlouie on
Are they less impressive without the timelapse? I don’t think I’ve seen one at regular speed.
SunGoddessXo on
That’s very pretty, it’s amazing how nature knows that pink compliments green
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During my last trip in Iceland, after spending night in the South of the island we moved to the North trying to avoid the clouds. Once arrived in the north the landscapes changed, and snow covered almost everything.
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The road from Vestrahorn to Myvatn was one the longest and exhausting of the trip. We first arrived at the Sunset at Rjukandafoss were the plan was to spend a night in a hotel parking. But the hotel was quite dismal and the landscapes was quite disapointing after all the insane scapes we saw before. So we decided to drive for few hours more to reach Hverir. On this last portion the night totally felt, we start crossing desertic area and the snow and strong wind start. We was in the middle of nowhere riding our big van zigzagging with the winds on frozen road. It was unreal and a little bit scary.
The night of when I shot this timelpase, offer us a beautifull aurora activity. We start by shooting auroras above Godafoss and then come back to Hvrir. We spotted this place earlier during the day offering a beautiful view on the volcano. The spot was at the top of a roughly 30-meter-high hill formed by a lava flow, we had to walk about 150 meters wearing crampons, crossing fairly deep snow with a steep drop right beside us. I wasn’t very comfortable and felt anxious about walking over what could have been a snow bridge. Once the timelapse started we went down and spent hours alone in the Dimmuborgir lava field under huge auroras. What a souvenir !
In the background you can also see the geothermal factories.
—-
This timelapse was, of course, created without any AI. Nowadays, it feels important to specify this, as we see more and more fake, AI-generated aurora images and videos.
—-
📷
Canon 6D – Sigma ART 20m
ISO-3200 – F1.8 – 4 sec
I’ve only ever done Aurora timelapse once, and it was definitely worth it. This is lovely!
I’m headed to Iceland in June and my only regret is that it will be far too bright for Auroras.
Beautiful.. and I’m wondering, what’s that off to the left, close to the ground? Looks like a flame of some sort.
Are they less impressive without the timelapse? I don’t think I’ve seen one at regular speed.
That’s very pretty, it’s amazing how nature knows that pink compliments green