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The Sky Dancer

The Sky Dancer

I was lucky that the most incredible display of Aurora from my trip to Iceland coincided with a trip to Vestrahorn. The Aurora danced above for hours, creating ...
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I was lucky that the most incredible display of Aurora from my trip to Iceland coincided with a trip to Vestrahorn. The Aurora danced above for hours, creating uncountable compositions and scenes to photograph. It was landscape heaven. I long to return.
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