Steam from geothermal activity softens the aurora-filled sky over Iceland.
Photograph by Robert Ormerod
Iceland is such a popular destination for star-gazers that Hotel Rangá in the town of Hella hosts its own observatory with a retractable roof.
Photograph by Robert Ormerod
Aurora hunters by night, Gaukur Hjartarson is a civil engineer during the day, while his brother Hreinn Hjartarson is a project manager at a power plant.
Photograph by Robert Ormerod
Ribbons of green paint the skies over Iceland.
Photograph by Robert Ormerod
The Hjartarson brothers helped photographer Robert Omerod see his first aurora in person.
Photograph by Robert Ormerod