
Mother of pearl clouds or polar stratospheric clouds are a rare and beautiful phenomena. 03.02.2018
Best Travel is on the first circle around Iceland in 2018 and got a fantastic day in East Iceland today. While the Western part of Iceland was once more hit by storm we were very happy to travel through sunshine from Höfn to Faskrudsfjördur. There were beautiful views where ever we had a look at. A real day to enjoy but this wasn’t enough. When it started to get dark we saw beautiful clouds on the sky with special colors. No wonder we aren’t used to this picture, those clouds are a very rare phenomena in Iceland. They are called “mother of pearl clouds” or by the scientists “polar stratospheric clouds” or nacreos clouds. Continue Reading →