I had hiked all day in search of something dra­ma­tic to cap­ture. Fea­ring the day would end with only tired legs and an unu­sed camera, I sett­led into a motel south of Bor­gar­nes. As I ope­ned the cur­tains, gol­den crags tric­kling down steep slo­pes filled the win­dow, and I found my moment.

An image from a series of pho­tos taken of the Northern Lights from the hos­tel deck in Stykkishólmur.