Northern Lights Diary

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: What a beautiful night. It felt so warm because there was as good as no wind, so none of our passengers even wore our overalls to keep warm. As we were sailing out, while still going through the most important safety inf

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    ✘ TOUR CANCELLED  | at 21:00

    Aurora activity: 3/9 

    Weather conditions: SW 7m/s 5°C

    Cloud Cover: Fully clouded

    Moon status: Last Quarter

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    ✘ TOUR CANCELLED  | at 21:00

    Aurora activity: 2/9 

    Weather conditions: E 10m/s 7°C

    Cloud Cover: Fully clouded

    Moon status: Waning G

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: Our evening tour was a pleasure in terms of sailing. Almost no wind, calm waters and peaceful atmosphere. The tour started in a very promising way once we could see a lot of starts above our heads but

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    ✘ TOUR ON SCHEDULE  | at 21:00 

    Report from Eldey: The tour began with a beautiful clear sky. The weather was rough but the sailing was comfortable as we never left the sheltered areas close to land. Unfortunelty thick clouds came rolling in

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    ✘ TOUR CANCELLED  | at 21:00

    Aurora activity: 3/9 

    Weather conditions: S 13m/s 7°C

    Cloud Cover: Clear skies

    Moon status: Waning Gibbous

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: The evening started with some lightings (not very usual in Iceland) and light rainfall but suddenly it cleared up and we started to see some stars. Once we reached our main "northern light waiting area

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    ✘ TOUR CANCELLED  | at 21:00

    Aurora activity: 3/9 

    Weather conditions: SE 7m/s 5°C

    Cloud Cover: Fully clouded

    Moon status: Waning Gibbou

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    ✘ TOUR CANCELLED  | at 21:00

    Aurora activity: 4/9 

    Weather conditions: E 10m/s 1°C

    Cloud Cover: Partly clouded

    Moon status: Full Moon Il

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: The night looked promising. The sky was mostly clear and the activity level the same as yesterday when we saw stunning lights. However, the lights never appeared, the clouds filled the sky and we ran out of time. We stil

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: Great things come to those that wait! We have been longing for some proper northern light performance for days and were finally rewarded with a spectacular show! It was a true Icelandic experience, with strong northerly

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: It started out as a windy night but we soon reached the shelter of Mt. Esja to enjoy a calm and quiet night. While we did catch some northern lights through the clouds with our cameras, they never became fully visible to

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: Finally a tour with a completely clear skies! It was a perfect night for the northern light, such a calm and peaceful evening. The lights appeared late at night, as a faint arc above Esja. Even though they were visible o

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: We were waiting for such a good forcast for some time, finally sky was clearing up and activity was predicted quite high. Our exciment was growing when all evening before departure we had clear sky. But Mother Nature in

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: We were so unfortunate tonight. The sky was totally clear when we started boarding for the tour, but right before we sailed out the clouds came in. There was a complete overcast throughout the whole tour. Soon after w

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: We knew it was going to be though as the forecast predicted mostly clouded skies but as anything can happen we wanted to try our luck. It rained and snowed for majority of the tour, but at one point a small cap a

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Aurora activity: 2/9 

    Weather conditions:  E 3m/s 2°C

    Cloud Cover: Partly Clouded

    Moon status: Waxing Crescent Illumination

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: It was one of those nighs when we could sense that spirits of our passengers were not very high. Previous night predicted activity was stronger but no lights were seen and tonight we had to deal also with clouds covering

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: It was a good night for a northern lights cruise, with calm seas, mild weather, completely clear starry night sky and minimal moon light. A faint northern light arc appeared soon after we left harbour. It came and went t

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: Yet another great Icelandic experience out at sea, with strong northerly winds and incredible green and purple northern lights. The lights can hardly get better than tonight. They were all around us, performing in all sh