The skies over Reykjavík were overcast the entire week we were in town and the boat tour we had booked to experience the northern lights was canceled more than once. When it was our last night in Iceland, January 26th, and the boat was canceled yet again, we did what any reasonable group of adventurers would do: we booked instead a land tour by passenger van, the one with the homemade hot chocolate and the cinnamon buns. When we called, we learned that the hot chocolate machine had broken down. Some travelers might consider that a bad omen.
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| No aurora borealis in sight |
The van, I faintly recall, went to three sites searching for the elusive lights in areas where there were breaks in the clouds. The lights tend to come and go, and they can be fleeting. Eventually, though, they revealed themselves. |
| No northern lights yet |
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| Northern lights |
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| A last glimpse of the aurora |
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