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Rule Northern Lights

Hvítserkur - Northern Lights - Iceland Coast

Hvammstangi, Northwest, Iceland

Northern Lights photography conditions - combines aurora activity levels with clear skies and proper darkness for optimal viewing.

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Times shown in Atlantic/Reykjavik
Next opportunity
Northern Lights
Hvítserkur
Today · 18:00–19:00 · 1h window
Medium confidence
56%
Northern Lights
Hvítserkur
Wed, Jan 14 · 01:00–06:00
High
Northern Lights
Hvítserkur
Wed, Jan 14 · 23:00–24:00
Medium

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
6matching hours in the next 72 hoursJump to next match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Atlantic/Reykjavik
Solar Elevation
≤ -8.0°
Aurora Activity
≥ 50.0%
Total Cloud Coverage
≤ 30.0%
Visibility
≥ 8000.0m
Sun, Jan 11
18:00-11°59%24%34880m
19:00-16°59%73%50000m
20:00-23°59%77%50000m
21:00-29°37%19%37840m
22:00-35°37%16%50000m
23:00-40°37%18%50000m
Mon, Jan 12
24:00-44°37%49%50000m
01:00-46°37%86%3020m
02:00-46°37%86%4120m
03:00-44°23%98%2580m
04:00-40°23%75%6680m
05:00-35°23%74%7340m
06:00-29°23%100%42340m
07:00-23°23%98%41840m
08:00-17°23%100%37440m
09:00-11°23%28%33640m
10:00-5.8°23%100%50000m
11:00-1.5°23%100%7580m
12:001.6°23%100%6500m
13:0023%100%3440m
14:003.1°23%97%5420m
15:001.7°37%45%37460m
16:00-1.2°37%100%2300m
17:00-5.4°37%100%2320m
18:00-10°29%99%50000m
19:00-16°29%100%6860m
20:00-22°29%100%44100m
21:00-29°29%100%44600m
22:00-34°29%100%46680m
23:00-40°29%100%50000m
Tue, Jan 13
24:00-44°23%95%50000m
01:00-46°23%28%50000m
02:00-46°23%9%50000m
03:00-44°37%21%50000m
04:00-40°37%53%50000m
05:00-35°37%21%50000m
06:00-29°29%14%46260m
07:00-23°29%2%50000m
08:00-17°29%0%50000m
09:00-11°23%18%53240m
10:00-5.7°23%30%56280m
11:00-1.4°23%37%23810m
12:001.7°8.5%19%2160m
13:003.2°8.5%13%1280m
14:003.3°8.5%7%1560m
15:001.9°8.5%11%2400m
16:00-0.97°8.5%11%58240m
17:00-5.2°8.5%5%58860m
18:00-10°29%16%57980m
19:00-16°29%45%52740m
20:00-22°29%66%46760m
21:00-28°29%70%8660m
22:00-34°29%70%37760m
23:00-39°29%82%37140m
Wed, Jan 14
24:00-43°100%43%42800m
01:00-46°100%14%50260m
02:00-46°100%4%57640m
03:00-44°100%0%61580m
04:00-40°100%1%61580m
05:00-35°100%0%61580m
06:00-29°100%35%2100m
07:00-23°100%93%480m
08:00-16°100%100%460m
09:00-11°100%100%380m
10:00-5.5°100%100%420m
11:00-1.2°100%100%640m
12:001.9°100%100%5980m
13:003.4°100%100%45960m
14:003.4°100%100%44500m
15:002.1°100%100%29680m
16:00-0.73°100%100%26800m
17:00-5°100%100%25740m
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

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