Colourful Optical Phenomenon Over North Iceland - Cloud iridescence

[@billdouglas2936]

This is why you’re #1’ Gylfi. Your videos always amplify Icelands beauty and inspire people to visit your beautiful country. Thank you.

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks so much 😊

[@laureenhensley835]

We visited last March, and I luv your country! It is Magical! Hope someday I can go back!

[@Teerae11]

That has to be one of the prettiest Sky scenes I have ever seen !! So beautiful !! Thank you so much for this !!

[@Marxeco]

Same here. Wow

[@MultiverseTechnologies1994]

Hey

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[@MultiverseTechnologies1994]

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[@AR-tx8ne]

I saw your comment and glanced at the picture...aurora borealis, yes, they are beautiful, seen them many times. Then I watched the video... I was wrong...wow...I agree, wholeheartedly with you!

[@Luubelaar]

Just stunning. What a truly remarkable place Iceland is.

[@JustIcelandic]

Many thanks :)

[@erinmac4750]

Breathtakingly beautiful! What wonders Iceland holds for its amazing people. The first time they saw these iridescent clouds must have blown their minds. One day, I must make it to your magnificent country, Iceland. (I hear the name in your voice, much more sonorous than my American accent. 😸) May you be warm and well, Gylfie!💜🇮🇸🐎

[@edwardlulofs444]

And the last half of the video with the single cloud, I noticed an effect only physicists and arts ever see: the light is refracting at the edges of the clouds to produce a rainbow of colors along the edges. You packed a lot into this video.

[@margaretha0goerke]

Sehr fein beobachtet! 👌🏻

[@edwardlulofs444]

@ danke 😊

[@Christopher-s-Mother]

OH WOW...‼I need to watch this again...again...‼thanks Gylfi 🌞🌞🌠

[@JustIcelandic]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@SP_33333]

Lenticular clouds are ❤ Thanks so much for sharing 🙂 We are so lucky to have this earth.

[@stephyadcock1233]

Lenticular clouds are the "flying saucer" looking clouds you see at the tops of hills. These are Nacreous clouds or Polar Stratospheric Clouds. They are stunning though.

[@SP_33333]

@stephyadcock1233 thanks for correcting my mistake. Yes, these are nacreous clouds, & they're my favorite. I feel so dumb now 🙂

[@stephyadcock1233]

@ No need to feel dumb. You knew what they were but just muddled up the names. I do that too and sometimes the kids in my class correct me. It's all good fun so don't worry.

[@markuserikssen]

Spectacular footage, Gylfi! Having "normal" clouds in front of them makes it even more special, as these colors really pop out.

[@adelaferreira4575]

The eye of the artist,breathtaking beautiful sunrise ,only in Iceland ! Thanks

[@malinolsson5921]

Lovely, and thank you for letting us know when, and filming method, so enjoyable when you know what you see.

[@JustIcelandic]

Enjoy :)

[@elinhansen4444]

Wow! Thank you for sharing!! My kind of church in the holyness of nature beauty! Greetings from Norway!🌲🌳

[@JustIcelandic]

Many thanks with greeting to Norway :)

[@renater.540]

What incredible colours!!! Morher Nature is the greatest painter/artist existing. And Iceland is one of her masterpieces Thank you, Gylfi for capturing these stunning moments.

[@JustIcelandic]

Enjoy :)

[@joyhayward3456]

Food for the soul. Thank you from southern England.

[@JustIcelandic]

Enjoy :)

[@Mieke..]

Magical Iceand .. ✨🌈 thank you Gylfi ! 💖 ✨

[@ange5673]

Just as pretty if not nicer than the aurora. As always, stunning photography, thank you for sharing your images with us. 📷

[@JustIcelandic]

Many thanks!

[@DawnDavies-ln3nn]

Wow absolutely amazing. Spell bound by your magic footage. Well done and thank you

[@JustIcelandic]

Many thanks!

[@shaunpapworth4269]

Wow those clouds bring back memories of when I lived in Lapland Finland so beautiful, there's a word for them in finish but I cannot remember what we used to call them 🙄 Thank you Gylfi for the great memories.

[@jutta555]

❤ amazing ❤ wunder -schön ❤

[@zweispurmopped]

You do have an eye for the little bits of beauty Sire! Thanks for catching them! 🤗

[@palantir135]

Lucky you Gylfi. So beautiful. What a bit of ice crystals can do with sunlight.

[@CatKim2]

It reminds me of sundogs.

[@palantir135]

@ I haven’t got the slightest idea what those are. We call them, translated from dutch, mother of pearl clouds.

[@CatKim2]

@@palantir135 Sun dogs are lights that show up around the sun a day or two before it gets really cold (like -40C) and is caused by ice crystals in the air. There are usually two- one on either side of the sun- but sometimes it forms a ring around the sun that has colors in it like a rainbow. Like I say, not like these clouds at all, but they remind me of sun dogs.

[@palantir135]

@ thank you, now I know what you mean. We call those a ‘bij-zon’, like as if an extra sun lives next to the real one. Halos, a circle around the sun is another possibility or combinations of them.

[@barbmacuk4803]

Gorgeous! I'd think I was in Heaven if I saw that! Thank you Gylfi

[@elaineflohr9145]

Those clouds are just so beautiful and a sign to good things to come. They are signs in the skies! I’ve seen a few rainbow clouds here in Australia but nothing to that magnitude. Thank you for posting! ♥️

[@marysutton3695]

You do an extremely wonderful job at capturing natures ability to awe us once again….thank you

[@JustIcelandic]

Enjoy :)

[@mariabrazao3437]

Moments of magic . Thanks Gylfi ❤

[@JustIcelandic]

Enjoy :)

[@cz8189]

Beautiful - thanks for sharing - joy on a bleak day.

[@JustIcelandic]

My pleasure 😊

[@Marxeco]

Thanks so much

[@JustIcelandic]

You're welcome!

[@Marxeco]

@ ❤️

[@minimaker5600]

Oh, I needed that . . a minute of beautiful sky and soft music . . . you're a treasure!

[@JustIcelandic]

Enjoy!

[@martijnspacegrapes7576]

These are stunning. We have seen them up here in the Arctic (Finnish Lapland) now for almost 2 weeks in a row. I can't remember any winter where they have been so frequently visible. Thanks for the great footage!

[@jmorin6620]

That iridescence time lapse is just beautiful!

[@JustIcelandic]

Thank you very much!

[@wendyhood1006]

Mother Nature has the best paintings ❤

[@JustIcelandic]

Always ❤

[@phlamingophlox8492]

Thanks for sharing! After a long day of teaching fifteen year olds, this is what I needed!

[@terrynewberg5732]

So beautiful! I love the cellular look of the single "cloud" - it just fascinates me, nature's patterning. Thank you for sharing. 😍❤

[@louyeo6571]

Stunning … those wonderful colours remind me of a story my late brother wrote. Briefly, it was about a little race of people who were completely colourless with no distinguishing features so they always had trouble recognising each other. Then one day, one of them had been watching the sky at dawn and sunset and marvelling at all the beautiful colours in the clouds. He came up with the idea that if all the colourless people were to eat a different coloured piece of cloud, they would take on the colour of that cloud. They would then be able to recognise one another. Now I have to watch your video again Gylfi, and thank you for your unintentional reminder of my dearly loved older brother.

[@B-gz7wm]

Absolutely beautiful. I’m off to Iceland in a couple of weeks, I can only hope to see something as lovely. Thank you for posting.

[@mgntstr]

The last shot was particularly lovely... omg. 🙏

[@petrakostyszyn389]

I am speechless... how can a country be so beautyful!!! ❤

[@JustIcelandic]

👍

[@stiglet_mcg]

This is gorgeous, such a peaceful and beautiful video 😍

[@JustIcelandic]

enjoy :)

[@stiglet_mcg]

​@@JustIcelandic I've enjoyed it and shared it, thank you 😊

[@annabee1984]

Spectacular and a very blessed phenomenon 😊

[@mapleleaf902]

Wonderful video. I maay never visit Iceland, but I get appreciate it through your films.

[@serendipity2345-k8r]

Stunning and a peaceful sight amongst chaos thankyou for sharing.

[@Auroragirl-g9k]

😮 spectacular and quite breathtaking… thanks for sharing…what a beautiful way to start a day!

[@mjustjeanette7026]

Thank you, Glyfi, for continuing to provide such beautiful imagery.

[@sharonfrazer1506]

Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing! Beautiful. ❤

[@JustIcelandic]

My pleasure 😊

[@vronw5782]

It's truly beautiful beyond words. ❤❤❤ Thank you so much Gylfi your filming amazing 😊

[@JustIcelandic]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@helenfawcett9685]

This is just so beautiful. Such a range of colours.

[@wtglb]

Beautiful! Not sure if these are nacreous or noctilucent clouds, though I think the latter are seen after sunset

[@foreverfaith7]

Gorgeous sky views! Thx for sharing w/us! 😊

[@janerogers5717]

WOW!!!!

[@JustIcelandic]

Enjoy :)

[@charmagne70]

Fantastic job capturing this. Just gorgeous! Thank you!

[@michim162]

Wunderschön

[@JustIcelandic]

Enjoy :)

[@sonorasky3982]

My new wallpaper 😊 Thank you, Gylfi! 🤗

[@cherylwood5202]

Incredibly beautiful! Thank you for sharing!

[@emmakirk9194]

Beautiful

[@JustIcelandic]

Many thanks :)

[@BrainError]

I was lucky to see stratospheric clouds when I was in Iceland in '23. It's absolutely mesmerising

[@ruthfrench]

Wow! Last year we had irridescent clouds in Scotland but nothing like these. Thank you for showing us.

[@JustIcelandic]

Enjoy :)

[@deedorothypapineau6920]

It’s amazing how the shapes and colours in the clouds ignite our imaginations.

[@ProspectorAl]

Beautiful clouds! I have never seen anything quite like them.

[@JustIcelandic]

Enjoy :)

[@gonemadinnz]

Sigh...I'm so addicted to Iceland! Stunning as always!

[@edwardlulofs444]

The colors and forms, shapes, textures of the clouds are certainly very beautiful to me. Also of interest is the nature of the weather represented. The low level clouds at the beginning suggest a fairly stable air mass near the surface, perhaps with light wind. The mid level clouds in the middle of the video hint at a very active mid to upper layer of air flow. And maybe at the end, a higher dry layer of moving air currents. It’s so interesting. My Southern California weather is quite bland looking with equally disturbed air but so dry as leaving clear sunny skies most of the time. Thanks for posting. Even though it’s short, I found it fascinating. 😊

[@paulcooper8818]

Dreamy

[@JustIcelandic]

Many thanks :)

[@navadis]

Traumhaft! Wunderschön!

[@JustIcelandic]

Welcome :)

[@weekenddistractions]

Awesome! Love atmospheric optical phenomena. Never seen iridescence this vivid though!

[@Stephen-zq2wf]

Congratulations on You / Your Just IceLandic Coverage on crossing North of the 66 North Subscriber Line

[@sandrine.t]

Magnificent!! Thank you for sharing, Gylfi 💙

[@JustIcelandic]

Thank you so much!

[@K.Jane_B]

Oh, that is so lovely! Thank you for sharing❤

[@reginatonetti7421]

What a wonderful world. Thank you, Gylfi. You're a great guy!

[@tedball8677]

Wow, Gylfi. You keep topping yourself. Cinematic indeed.

[@yomogami4561]

absolutely gorgeous gylfi thanks a great way to start the morning

[@JustIcelandic]

My pleasure 😊

[@norskattforfun8575]

How spectacular. Thank you for sharing

[@JustIcelandic]

My pleasure 😊

[@karolinahurtig6353]

Underbart.

[@JustIcelandic]

Enjoy :)

[@pascalekarger7527]

That's so BEAUTIFUL!! I'd like to see this once in my live

[@JustIcelandic]

Iceland in late December or January 😊 welcome

[@petramaas8574]

Wow, beautiful view. Maybe not quite the wanted conditions of the wanted equipment, but beautiful 🤩

[@susanneSievers-Bochnig]

Phantastisch, vielen Dank, Gylfi!

[@CricketsBay]

Wow. Thanks for the fabulous images of this rare and beautiful weather phenomenon, Gylfi.

[@JustIcelandic]

My pleasure 😊

[@melissahdawn]

Just look up, whoah! That is beautiful!!! ❤❤❤

[@HJJSL-bl8kk]

Glorious! Thank you.

[@JustIcelandic]

My pleasure 😊

[@odilejouanne4323]

Stunning thanks

[@JustIcelandic]

My pleasure 😊

[@penihavir1777]

Absolutely beautiful! ♥️♥️♥️

[@wifinomad8105]

.❤. I am absolutely hooked

[@JustIcelandic]

❤

[@effimiakitsaki861]

Absolutely gorgeous! Thank you Gylfi.

[@JustIcelandic]

My pleasure 😊

[@marlies220]

Wonderful catch Gylfi. Thanks fir sharing ❤

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks for watching

[@draiggoch1204]

Awesome! Thank you Gylfi!

[@JustIcelandic]

My pleasure 😊

[@gins8781]

Thank you for sharing that. Your choice of music was perfect.

[@JustIcelandic]

Glad you liked it!

[@lynnej7219]

Awe inspiring ❤️

[@anitajohannadrost]

WOW🤩🥰🍀Thank you.

[@patriciamueller3986]

Oh wow! Stunning! I lived in northwest iowa for quite a few years and once in a while we would have sun dogs. It was so cool! I would think you should see that in iceland, too. It has to be 0 degrees Fahrenheit or colder, with plenty of snow on the ground that gets blown high into the sky by high winds. It looks like there are 3 suns low in the horizon with a halo. Do you see that where you live? They make awesome photos!😊❤

[@chattonlad9382]

PSC's, ice crystals very high up in the stratosphere.

[@alive_and_kicking]

Specteculair 👍

[@JustIcelandic]

👍

[@claudiastrycharz3872]

Absolutely breathtaking!

[@Angelvoice4977]

Wow so beautiful ❤

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks a lot 😊

[@drychaf]

Extraordinary. I hope you get to film some more. If you know any musicians, you could collaborate.

[@CricketsBay]

I would luv a collaboration between Gylfi and Kensington. They've started recording again, and although their taste in music video directors is questionable, their music is still great.

[@feather1950]

Beautiful Gylfi. Thank you ❤

[@EstherV359]

Forwarding to my daughter who came to Iceland from the UK for a school trip last year, and is now a massive fan of all things Icelandic - hoping she shares it with her Geography teacher. This is the beauty of nature, physics and photography all in one…. 🎉Xxx

[@stephyadcock1233]

Goodness Gylfi, that's an enormous outbreak of Polar Stratospheric Cloud. I was aware the Stratosphere has been cold enough to form them but until I saw your video, I hadn't heard of any sightings. They are stunning.

[@holly_gmTwb]

We saw them when we visited before Christmas. While approaching the Katla ice caves. Such a beautiful country.

[@storytimewithtantepaula8530]

Absolutely glorious. Thank you so much !

[@soulwhispererwendy554]

Mesmerizing!!!

[@JustIcelandic]

Enjoy :)

[@Flying_Buttress1349]

Unbelievable colours! 🩷❤️🩵💙🧡💜💚 ☁️

[@JustIcelandic]

My pleasure 😊

[@2Arcticwolves]

Thank you, that was so beautiful. :)

[@laureenhensley835]

Thank you! Just beautiful

[@Shivaho]

Stunningly Beautiful Footage as Usual!

[@JustIcelandic]

Many thanks!