Myvatn Aurora - 1

Good active aurora over the volcanic pseudo craters that surround the Myvatn lake in Northern Iceland. We were lucky to get two good nights of Aurora that followed a solar storm. This was taken literally yards from the Sel - Hótel Mývatn where we stayed for the week

Myvatn Aurora - 2

Good active aurora over the volcanic pseudo craters that surround the Myvatn lake in Northern Iceland. We were lucky to get two good nights of Aurora that followed a solar storm. This was taken literally yards from the Sel - Hótel Mývatn where we stayed for the week

Myvatn Aurora - 3 - The swirl

Good active aurora swirling over the volcanic pseudo craters that surround the Myvatn lake in Northern Iceland. We were lucky to get two good nights of Aurora that followed a solar storm. This was taken literally yards from the Sel - Hótel Mývatn where we stayed for the week

Myvatn Aurora - 9

Good active aurora over the volcanic pseudo craters that surround the Myvatn lake in Northern Iceland. We were lucky to get two good nights of Aurora that followed a solar storm. This was taken literally yards from the Sel - Hótel Mývatn where we stayed for the week

Myvatn Aurora - 4

Somewhat lighter but still colourful Aurora Borealis over the volcanic pseudo craters that surround the Myvatn lake in Northern Iceland. We were lucky to get two good nights of Aurora that followed a solar storm. Taken near the Sel - Hótel Mývatn

Myvatn Aurora - 5

Somewhat lighter but still colourful Aurora Borealis over the volcanic pseudo craters that surround the Myvatn lake in Northern Iceland. We were lucky to get two good nights of Aurora that followed a solar storm. Taken near the Sel - Hótel Mývatn

Myvatn Aurora - 6

A much lower KP index and solar wind speeds predicted however it was looking clear(ish) for an hour so off we went for a wander amongst the volcanic pseudo craters that are all around the Myvatn area of northern Iceland. The Great Bear/ Plough/ Ursa Major/ Big Dipper constellation sat directly above the crater as was the pole star (just out of shot)

Myvatn Aurora - Pano 1

The Aurora seemed to be creating a perfect arch out across lake Myvatn. Whilst not super bright i was starting to get pretty fast shutter speeds so thought I’d try a panoramic

Myvatn Aurora - 7

Slightly more active but with a huge cloud bank rolling in behind us very quickly. The Milky Way can be faintly seen on the left

Myvatn Aurora - Pano 2

The Aurora seemed to be creating a perfect arch out across lake Myvatn. Now much brighter i was now down to nice fast shutter speeds and the tripod was already levelled and good to go so i thought I’d try another panoramic with all my fingers crossed. Amazed that the adobe software could stitch the multiple images

Myvatn Aurora - 8

A frustrating but fun image, with good active aurora the north we had clear sky so off back out we went. Annoyingly a huge back of solid cloud rolled in quickly from behind us and the line of aurora started to be covered. I quite like this image as the aurora made a good strong kick before being covered.

Godafoss frozen details

Frozen icicles and water pouring over the left (looking up) hand side of Godafoss / Goðafoss waterfall in Northern Iceland. Visibility was pretty poor due to mist and driving snow but at least i came away with something

Northern Iceland winter Pano - 1

A huge panoramic taken with multiple images from the Canon 5DSR 50mp camera. The image is over 3m wide at 300 dpi with crazy detail

Morning Mountain Pano - Myvatn

We were driving out to the viewpoint for the huge pano and some stunning light framed the mountains in this image. A real quandary whether to remove the line of pylons so for the moment they stay

The frozen S bends

Heading along route 1 away from the blue lagoon of the north you drive over a small pass thats on the side of Mt. Námafjall near Krafla. As you then descent to the geothermal pools of Hverarönd/ Námafjall/Hverir you can see this lovely set of S bends

Krafla Power Station - 1

Taking super high pressure steam from 18 boreholes its then passed to two 30MW turbines creating of 500gwh of energy per year, the roar of the steam is immense as is the strong smell of sulphur.

Krafla Power Station - The Pipe Bridge at Dusk

Taking super high pressure steam from 18 boreholes its then passed to two 30MW turbines creating of 500gwh of energy per year, the roar of the steam is immense as is the strong smell of sulphur. The green light on the end of the turbine hall kept going off/ on.

Krafla Power Station - The Pipe Bridge at Dusk mkII

Taking super high pressure steam from 18 boreholes its then passed to two 30MW turbines creating of 500gwh of energy per year, the roar of the steam is immense as is the strong smell of sulphur.

Krafla Power Station - 4

Taking super high pressure steam from 18 boreholes (this being one of the 18) its then passed to two 30MW turbines creating of 500gwh of energy per year, the roar of the steam is immense as is the strong smell of sulphur. The light is coming from sodium night lights giving great contrast against the -23 snow and ice covered slopes behind.

The Krafla geo-thermal shower

Fed from one of the local hot springs on the side of Krafla. No walls, nothing but hot water and fresh air!

Krafla Power Station - Black & white

Taking super high pressure steam from 18 boreholes its then passed to two 30MW turbines creating of 500gwh of energy per year, the roar of the steam is immense as is the strong smell of sulphur. This image is one of the out stations and well heads

Krafla Power Station - 5

Taking super high pressure steam from 18 boreholes its then passed to two 30MW turbines creating of 500gwh of energy per year, the roar of the steam is immense as is the strong smell of sulphur. This image is one of the out stations and well heads

Krafla Power Station - 6

Taking super high pressure steam from 18 boreholes its then passed to two 30MW turbines creating of 500gwh of energy per year, the roar of the steam is immense as is the strong smell of sulphur. This image is one of the out stations and well heads

Krafla Power Station - Main turbine hall

Main turbine hall at dusk. Taking super high pressure steam from 18 boreholes its then passed to two 30MW turbines creating of 500gwh of energy per year, the roar of the steam is immense as is the strong smell of sulphur.