Noel Thomas in Iceland REPOST: majestic_flights from fb.com/groups/milkywaychasers chosen by tracyleephotos MWC Admin: tracyleephotos #milkywaychasers to be featured or post on Fb.com/groups/milkywaychasers. Tag a friend who might enjoy this Milky Way image and journey! From Noel about this image: Aurora Borealis captured this past weekend in Iceland at the Gulfoss waterfall - the largest volume waterfall in Europe! If you’ve dreamed of seeing the Aurora now is the time to get out there as the sun is at its maximum activity during its 11 year cycle. Lately there have been frequent eruptions on the Sun (called CME’s) that send a large magnetic cloud of protons and electrons towards the earth, and when they interact with our magnetic field it forces electrons into the atmosphere…releases this brilliant display of colored lights. On this particular night it was O Celsius and the wind was ripping at 20-30 mph, but totally worth it! Do you see the Pleiades starsystem here in the sky? ...