Northern Lights Diary

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    Tour at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: We were on the verge of cancelling our tour this evening but we took a chance and we were sooooooooooo glad we did. We started our tour with clear beautiful starry skies and a strong illumination from the Imagine Peace

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    Tour Status: CANCELLED

    Aurora activity: 2/9 

    Weather conditions :  SW 4m/s 4°C

    Cloud Cover: Fully clouded

    Moon status : Waning Gibbous. Illumination: 81%

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    Tour Status: CANCELLED 

    Aurora activity: 2/9 

    Weather conditions :  S 11m/s 7°C

    Cloud Cover: Partly clouded

    Moon status : Waning Gibbous.

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    Tour Status: CANCELLED

    Aurora activity: 2/9 

    Weather conditions :  SE 6m/s 4°C

    Cloud Cover: Fully clouded

    Moon status : Waning Gibbous. Illumination: 99%

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    Report from Eldey: The weather was so calm this evening. There has hardly been any wind the last few days which meant the sea conditions were perfect and we could sail far out at sea without any movement of the boat. Unfortunately, it was cloudy the whole to

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    Report from Eldey: It was incredibly foggy when we sailed out. It rarely gets foggy in Reykjavik and I have never seen such a dense fog in the city before. Strangely enough, the fog had not been predicted, according to the main weather stations it was suppos

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    Tour Status: RUNNING

    Tour at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: It was another great tour this day but with such a perfect weather we did not expect anything else. Sea was flat and all light were reflected like in the mirror. Northern lights appeared as soon as we left har

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    Tour at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: What a tour we have had. It´s been incredible as we had calm seas, no traces of wind and no waves, plus clear sky. All of it combined to create the perfect night for northern lights and the show started quite early as we w

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    Tour Status: CANCELLED

    Aurora activity : 2/9 

    Weather conditions :  SV 1m/s 3°C

    Cloud Cover: Fully Clouded

    Moon status : Waxing Gibbous. Illuminatio

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    Tour Status: CANCELLED

    Aurora activity : 2/9 

    Weather conditions :  E 12m/s 6°C

    Cloud Cover: Partly Clouded

    Moon status : Waxing Gibbous. Illumination: 6

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    Tour at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: Our northern lights cruise started pretty well as we had calm seas and good visibility in the sky in which we could see many of the constellations that we are used to. We got very excited as we could start to see a green l

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    Report from Eldey: We sailed out full of hope, the forecast was promising and the sky totally clear. The city lights looked beautiful against the starry night sky. However, the northern lights remained elusive. Around 22:30 o'clock, thick clouds moved i

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    Tour Status: CANCELLED

    Aurora activity : 3/9 

    Weather conditions :  SE 10m/s 6°C

    Cloud Cover: Fully Clouded

    Moon status : Waxing Crescent Illum

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    Tour Status: CANCELLED

    Aurora activity : 2/9 

    Weather conditions : SE 6m/s 8°C

    Cloud Cover: Fully Clouded

    Moon status : Waning Crescent Illumin

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    Tour Status: CANCELLED

    Aurora activity : 2/9 

    Weather conditions : SE 9m/s 7°C

    Cloud Cover: Fully Clouded

    Moon status : Waning Crescent Illumination

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    Tour Status: RUNNING

    Report from Hafsulan: the only way to describe our tour was roller coaster. It is often said that weather changes every five minutes in Iceland, and we felt it last night in our own skin. Twice, we had to face strong hailing plus heav

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    Tour Status: CANCELLED

    Aurora activity : 2/9 

    Weather conditions : SE 15m/s 6°C

    Cloud Cover: Fully Clouded

    Moon status : Waning Crescent Illumi

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    Tour Status : ON 

    Aurora activity : 3/9 

    Weather conditions : E 8m/s -1°C

    Cloud Cover : Partly Clouded

    Moon status : Waxing Crescent Illumination : 5%

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    Tour Status: RUNNING

    Report from Hafsúlan: The Imagine Peace Tower looked lovely this calm evening. The aurora forecast was great but the sky was almost completely cloudy. We knew we needed some luck to get rid off the clouds to see the northern lights. After o

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    Tour Status: RUNNING

    Report from Hafsúlan: We were excited to sail out after watching strong northern lights before the tour began. However, it seemed as if the sky was tricking us. As soon as we sailed out, the clouds came in and the northern light activity vanished. The c