Iceland-Lake Mývatn to Akureyri, Northern Lights in Skagafjörður October 26, 2022
Wednesday, October 26, 2022 Iceland-Lake Mývatn to Akureyri with Northern Lights in Skagafjörður Well, it's Wednesday and it's our last night in Iceland away from the light scatter of Reykjavik. The skies this morning are gray and partly cloudy but there are a few breaks visible. The Aurora Forecast is for cloudless skies this evening. Lake Mývatn So we all set off from Hotel Laxá , which would have been the perfect place for Northern Lights viewing but the cloud cover was too thick. It even snowed a little overnight. We're still in the Lake Mývatn area and out first stop after breakfast is the Skútustaðagígar Craters. Skútustaðagígar pseudocraters The Skútustaðagígar Craters are found in the Lake Mývatn area, which is very volcanic, being in close proximity to the Krafla volcano system. The nature of the lake itself and the volcanism of the region both led to the creation of these unusual formations. During an eruptions, lava ran across the a...