Aurora Borealis - Camping in Iceland

Apologies for a lag in the blog of late, the past two months have been spent in the high arctic around 80 degrees north, where internet signals are rare and expenses high. A fabulous experience however, and I will be soon to share some of the delights from this recent season in the Svalbard archipelago whilst I was working as Expedition Photographer on board the recently renamed M/V Silver Explorer.

I disembarked from the Silver Explorer ten days ago in Reykjavik, Iceland, met up with a Kiwi amigo and went on a low budget camping trip around the country in search of majestic waterfalls (powerful and dirty), free hot springs, a volcanic eruption and the northern lights. I am pleased to say we got 3 out of 4. As a bonus we also got snow and temperatures not that suitable for camping, and so we were sleeping (or trying to) in all the gear we had with us.

The past three nights, as the skies cleared for the first time since my arrival, Mother Nature put on her show. This was what I'd been hoping to see all along, but knowingly aware that I was perhaps a bit early in the season for this piece of sky cinema. Anyway, we got lucky. There is nothing better than being in the midst of nowhere, somewhere along a dirt track beyond the mountains, lying on your back in a dozen layers of clothes and watching the great gig in the sky, the Aurora Borealis, dancing across the heavens. Here are a few pics to share the magic...