Image of the month
Northern Lights in Iceland
AURORA TORNADO
Sunspot activity undergoes an 11-year cycle and is currently still at its most intense. So this March we returned to Iceland and hoped for some great northern light displays. Watching the "Aurora Borealis" and those green, yellow and sometimes even pink, white or blue lights dancing across the skies all [...]
Sunset at Godafoss in Iceland
Godafoss in Winter
This image was taken last year in March when we visited Iceland for the very first time. It shows the "Waterfall of the Gods" Godafoss ("Goðafoss" being the correct Icelandic spelling) at sunset. While in southern Iceland most of the snow might be gone by this time of the year, [...]
Sunrise at Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park
Sunrise at Mesa Arch
This month's image shows a classic shot of Mesa Arch at sunrise taken in early January 2014. No wonder most pictures of this 90 ft (27 m) wide arch perched on the edge of a cliff and framing the deep canyons of Colorado River and the La Sal [...]
Winter Sunrise at the Iceberg Beach near Jokulsarlon
HALF MOON BAY
Fall and winter months are the best season for shooting icebergs at Breidamerkursandur Black Sand Beach near the famous Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon in Iceland. At this time of the year chances are good for a colorful dawn as background [...]
Winter Sunrise at the Bastei, Saxon Switzerland
Bastei Winter Sunrise
This image was taken last year on an icy cold morning in early December at a viewing plattform not far away from the Berghotel. It shows the rising sun behind the Bastei, the most famous sandstone formation in Saxon Switzerland. Towering needles, spires [...]