Extraterrestrial Northern Light, Extraordinary Iceland

seandeanayao (52) in travel • 7 years ago (edited)

I've come for you, I legit waited for a moment like this for years.

It might sound easy to others, but I've started planning 2 years ago, from studying the sunspot cycle, searching for the possible darkest nights (new moon), to the committed travel dates and travel itinerary, I chose to go in October this year, that is also the period of transition in Iceland.

Reading through those bloggers' advices that October is considered as the wettest month and many people would avoid travelling to Iceland during this month, that even made me tougher to decide at first (I know all my travelmates suffered terribly from the drizzling rains and super strong powerful wind haha). However, that one mind-blown question popped up, "why would I follow others while I think I could make a different route?".

They say it's adventurous, I'd say it must be fun and I'm still glad we did!

Not a big fan of photography, but great that there are friends who are. I intended to make timelapse video composed of static photos because it's amusing to see the dancing lights in motion in the clear starry sky. Not the best but that's our effort and now I'm proud to say that I own it as one of my travel video collection =P

I wouldn't say we were 100% lucky to see the Almighty Aurora Borealis, we legit chased after it, that's perspiration behind the scene you probably wouldn't know, and I called it "Science Biatch!"
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7 years ago by seandeanayao (52)

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jazzresin (54) · 7 years ago

Throw caution to the wind/ discretion is the better part of valor. Adventure is real often dangerous. Hope for your safety. Look forward to reading your travelogue. All best.

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seandeanayao (52) · 7 years ago

Thanks @jazzresin for the advice. It was terrible dramatic weather the first 2 days I was there but gradually clear sky appeared. I would love to share my travelogue. Stay tuned ;)

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ubongj (58) · 7 years ago

Great effort you put into the trip there. How's the weather over there?

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seandeanayao (52) · 7 years ago

@ubongj A lot of people would rather pay to travel agency and let the experts do the job, but I would spend some time to do research on the travel background and not surprisingly I enjoy enormously doing such planning. Not a good start when I touched down at Reykjavik airport in Iceland as the dramatic weather killed us, however, the sky seemed to be clearer starting from Day 3.

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