So I decided to book a Northern Light tour. Then they will bring you to a remote place with no light pollution. Now I’m back in Iceland, this chance to see the Northern lights, so why do it half-way? So I booked a Northern Light excursion. Of course it got canceled again. The second time I book the excursion it didn’t. ‘That is strange’ I thought, because it was a cloudy day and the weather & aurora forecast was not that good that day…so I had my doubts when going on this trip. Doubts if it was possible to even see the Northern Lights, and if the circumstances were right for it. 

When I arrived at the bus terminal for the pick up I got surprised by the many people going on this trip. There were 6 full tour busses going on the Northern Lights tour! 6!!! I was afraid that I won’t have any privacy on the location itself to make a good photo. We drove 30 minutes away from the city. While sitting in the bus, the guide told us more about the aurora and gave some tips how to capture it. We arrived on a big remote area. ‘Oh, enough space to create some privacy‘ I was thinking.  All the people were waiting at the entrance, I was the first one to walked into the nature and in the dark. Then many people followed me, but they followed me so far up that I still didn’t get the privacy I wanted. ‘Dammit, these people!’. But I continued walking and finally they gave up following me and I had my own space.  It was still cloudy and it began to snow. After half an hour the sky started to clear and I got surprised by an amazing view of the stars. But after half an hour the sky got cloudy again. It was interesting to witness how fast the weather can change. I was dressed warm with merino thermal clothing and snow pants. But still it was quite cold. After more than an hour waiting and lurking to the sky I got cold, very cold. But still I was holding on, I don’t want to be a pussy. Half an hour  later people were leaving and I was in pain from the cold. It was almost time to leave and the sky stayed cloudy. I thought there was no chance of seeing the Northern Lights anymore so I decided, like many people, to head back to the bus to warm-up. It wasn’t healthy anymore, standing outside in the cold. It took me 10 minutes to warm up a little bit. Then our guide walked to the bus and said: ‘The aurora is coming!’. So I immediately took my bag and went outside again. I saw a small green-grey line in the sky. I walked to a small remote area and sat on the ground to get my camera ready. Short after that the aurora expended and was dancing above us. It looked great, but still it was behind a big cloud. 

A good thing to know, is that the Northern lights doesn’t look so green in real life as what you see on the pictures. That’s because camera’s capture more light than what we can see with our own eyes. But still you’ll see some green. The aurora I saw was just beginning…warming-up what the guide told me. So probably the next day it would be even a better day to see it! ‘Damn it, I knew the weather conditions wouldn’t be optimal today‘ was I thinking. It was much better to go the next day. 

 I tried to make some pictures, but that’s very difficult, and you don’t want making pictures ruine the moment. But while my phone war shooting a picture (it was on a shutter speeds of 20 seconds) I look up to the sky to enjoy the moment. It’s so magical! And it’s a rare thing to see the Northern Lights, most of the people never seen it, so I can count myself as a lucky girl to witness it, even if it wasn’t the best due to bad weather conditions.