Aurora dance and Imaginary Peace Tower by Yoko Ono on 18th February in Reykjavik

On 18th February the Imaginary Peace Tower on Viðey island was relit only for few hours to commemorate Yoko Ono's birthday. She is the author of this artistic installation. Here she speaks about her project and the love for Iceland.

© triskel   Imaginary Peace Tower and aurora in Reykjavik on 18th February 2014

Courtesy of Reykjavik City Hall

Following The Reykjavik Grapevine I'd like to explain  you that: 'The Imagine Peace Tower was created as a memorial to John Lennon and has the words, “Imagine Peace” written on the monument’s exterior in 24 languages. The memorial, which consists of a tall tower of lights and prisms that reflect a column of light vertically into the sky.
The tower is usually lit for a month each year starting on John Lennon’s birthday, October 9th and through to December 8th, the date he was shot.'

© triskel   Imaginary Peace Tower on
Viðey island in September 2013

So this is very special monument to John Lennon, I think it's unique in the world. I visited Viðey island in September last year and I took some pictures of the tower. While walking around this tiny island I was really curious to see it in the full splendour with the column of blue light.



And then the news came that the Imaginary Peace Tower will be relit on 18th February in honour of Yoko Ono birthday. Just imagine how happy I was to see that there are much more lights on the sky then only blue one. Although there was prevision for low aurora activity the green ribbon was dancing around the column of the blue light. And almost nobody was watching it as the wind was very strong and cold on that night. I was struggling to put my tripod in the right position and it wasn't easy at all. I forgot totally about the cold air and tried to escape from the city lights and take some nice pictures of this stunning phenomena.  So here go the results of my efforts. I'm still learning how to do good photography of the northern lights as it's turning to be too much blurred when I'm not using the autofocus. Definitely, I need to learn more tricks :)

© triskel   Imaginary Peace Tower and aurora in Reykjavik on 18th February 2014

Miraculously, Aurora and the light of Imaginary Peace Tower were dancing together that evening.  So let's hope they will bring more peace to the world..