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Icelandic Aurora

Icelandic Aurora

During a trip to Iceland in March 2018, I took a Northern Lights tour where we were giving tips on spotting the aurora borealis as well as how to photograph it....
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During a trip to Iceland in March 2018, I took a Northern Lights tour where we were giving tips on spotting the aurora borealis as well as how to photograph it. I'm glad I went on the tour, because I wouldn't have known what to look for otherwise - the guides explained that sometimes the Northern Lights only appear as wispy gray clouds, and that in those cases, a DSLR camera lens is the only thing powerful enough to capture the color.
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NIKON D5100

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Aperture f/3.5 ISO 10159 Shutter 10/1 Focal Length 180/10

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Iceland

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Mar, 2019

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