Northern Lights Diary

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    Tour Status: RUNNING

    Tour at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: Even though the situation was promising tonight and we had a lot of patience on board, the elusive Aurora Borealis decided not to show up to

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    Tour at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: the night started really nice with a huge green arc over the sky as soon as we were leaving the harbour. It last for few minutes and then it vanished. We were waiting next to Esja and we could see som greenish reflections

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    Tour Status: RUNNING

    Report from Eldey: It was raining when we set off from the harbour. According to the forecast there were not supposed to be any low clouds only high clouds. Like the forecast predicted the sky became partly clear between 22-23 o'clock. It stayed cl

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    Tour Status: RUNNING

    Aurora activity : 3/9

    Weather conditions : SE 1m/s  5°C 

    Cloud cover : Partly clouded

    Moon status :  Waxing

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    Tour at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: Finally we had clear sky and as aurora was visible earlier this evening we had high hopes and expectation. We left city behind staring at stars and looking for northern lights. For a long time only activity was visible for our cameras but we

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    Tour at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: We went out in the best hopes of the clouds above us clearing out... Unfortunately we were not lucky this time. The frustrating thing is that we could see a bit of gr

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    Tour Status: RUNNING

    Tour at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: Windy, cloidy start to the tour, as the tour unfolded the clouds broke up and clouded over once more, stars were beautiful and plentiful. Northern lights did show but late and low to the horiz

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    Tour at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: It was very cloudy when we sailed out and with the weather being as unpredictable as it is here in Iceland, our hopes to see the northern lights are always very sensiti

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    Tour Status: CANCELLED

    Aurora activity : 3/9

    Weather conditions : E 9m/s  6°C 

    Cloud cover : Fully clouded

    Moon status :  Waning Crescent Illumination: 2%&nbs

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    Tour Status: CANCELLED

    Aurora activity : 4/9

    Weather conditions : E 4m/s  -1°C 

    Cloud cover : Fully clouded

    Moon status :  Waning Crescent Illumination: 6% 

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    Tour status: RUNNING

    Tour at 21:00

    Report from the bus: It was very exciting night for us as for the very first time we decided to go out by bus instead of using boat. Reason for that was overcast sky predicted over the bay while rest of the sout

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    Tour status: CANCELLED

    Aurora activity : 5/9

    Weather conditions : N/E 9m/s  0°C 

    Cloud cover : Clear Skies

    Moon status :  Waning Crescent Illumination: 2

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    Tour Status: RUNNING

    Tour at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: Storm is coming and we had a pre-taste of that as wind was blowing strongly tonight. Luckily, our experienced and familiar with area captain took us where we had shelter from the mountain Esja

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    -Tour Status: RUNNING

    Report from Eldey: This was a perfect tour. The sky was totally clear at the beginning of the tour. We enjoyed gazing at the stars while we waited for the northern lights to show up, we even saw the red planet Mars. The northern lights finally app

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    Report from Eldey: The northern lights appeared even before we left the harbour! They shined between the stars on the clear sky. The northern lights were visible for the whole tour, but for most part they were a bit faint. Every now and then they

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    Tour status : Running 

    Tour at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: It was nice night, thanks to lack of the wind water was still and all lights were reflecting like in the big mirror. Specially Imagine Peace Tower looked impressive that night. Unfortunately

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    Tour status : Running

    Tour at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: Northern lights are always a wonder to admire and a very unpredictable phenomena. We sailed with our batteries fully charged and ready to face cold temperatures (thermometer sho

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    Tour status: CANCELLED

    Aurora activity : 3/9

    Weather conditions : S/E 2m/s  3°C 

    Cloud cover : Fully Clouded

    Moon status :  Waning Gibbous Illumination: 83%&n

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    Tour status: CANCELLED

    Aurora activity : 2/9

    Weather conditions : 7 S/E  3°C 

    Cloud cover : Cloudy

    Moon status :  Waning Gibbous Illumination: 

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    Tour status: RUNNING

    Report from Eldey: What an incredible tour! The lights appeared as soon as we left the harbour, first they were faint but after only 20 minutes we watched the most amazing northern light show! They covered a large part of the sky, changing shapes t