Northern Lights Iceland March 2018
Moderate but with good chances to catch the northern lights.
Northern lights iceland march 2018. Northern lights kirkjufell. We stayed in reykjavik and included 3 main. Optical illusion crossing in iceland. 100 of iceland s electricity needs are generated from renewable sources including geothermal energy.
Green areas are cloudy and white areas clear skies. A big solarstorm is coming don t miss your chance to catch some amazing aurora displays. Peak viewing season for the northern lights is always september through march when the nights are long in iceland during the winter solstice darkness can extend for approximately 19 hours even. The scale changes in accordance with the date selected under the cloud.
Although our stay was quite short we managed to pack a lot in. Optical illusion crossing in iceland. The forecast of auroral activity at midnight scale 0 to 9 is shown in the upper right box. Highly unusual maybe your friends and relatives at home will see the northern lights too.
In the northern hemisphere the lights are best seen from iceland greenland northern norway siberia the canadian territories and alaska. This is the most usual forecast. This travel vlog includes our highlights from our trip to iceland in february march 2018. The landscape under icelands crust is powering geothermal plants all over the country.
South coast thorsmork. While other power stations wether using nuclear coal or gas would need fuel to heat up the water to produce steam in iceland they can take the steam. Move the slider below the cloud cover map or click directly on a day or time. Thanks to the latitude of the north american continent in relation to the magnetic pole the lights have been seen as far south as new orleans.
2 days into the glacier snaefellsnes. Text by sonia nicolson.