Jessý Potato

Unfortunately I'm allergic to mushrooms and all fungii, so I have to leave the adorable cottage core mushroom life to others 😭

Genuinely, my little scientist heart cracks open daily here. Such beauty and wonder.

Lava fields? ✅
Northern lights? ✅
Heavenly bodies? ✅
Whimsy and joy? ✅

#iceland #northernlights #aurora

Famous Icelandic Cat Found Safe and Sound A nation breathes a collective sigh of relief, as Iceland's most famous cat, Diego, has been at last found after an extensive search ...

Article from last year about the catnapping - www.icelandreview.com/news/confirm...

And this one - www.icelandreview.com/news/famous-...

Today in #caturday news:

Diego the Cat, famous neighbor staple of the Skeifan district here in Reykjavík, who was mercilessly catnapped and rescued by police swat team last year, paid an early visit to the local supermarket this morning. Here he is enjoying some fine Icelandic tap water.

#iceland

rooster chicken perchance?

Exactly! We thought so too, but we are a bit biased 😂

No, the next two years will still be pretty good.

And if you go far north (Reykjavík, Fairbanks, Tromsø, Lapland, etc.) you should get good northern lights through the winter. This just means you're not going to get those intense, pink-red storms at lower latitudes like we've seen recently.

Nothing is amiss! If you read the rest of my posts on the thread here, you'll see the answer :) Totally normal cycles happening.

I am! Both myself (under my full, not potato, name) and Sidequest: Iceland. If you look up the company, you can find me!

It's linked in bio up top on my profile. Easy to spot!

The Sidequest: Iceland Aurora Wrapped 2025

What a year! 💜💚🤍

Thanks for stopping by!

Hi Jesse! Would love to have you. Send me a note on my website. :)

My favorite purple rain :)

I've seen this done but not something we're offering at the moment. A bit of what makes our company unique is the serendipity and spontaneity around being on a fun little side quest.

Could be something to explore for the future!

Soothsayers didn't predict the camera phone, it seems.

the nerds were contemplating if we should go to Egypt for that date because there will be less chance of clouds there...

...but now considering opening up our home for guests and trying to do a road trip here. It's going to be chaos for sure.

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We'll still get some good shows during this decreasing stage for sure. But yes, within a few years this will taper off a bit. Here in Iceland, though, at our latitude, we'll still see activity pretty normally. Just not these "wowza" lights.

From the askscience community on Reddit Explore this post and more from the askscience community

This Reddit post is really good on the details!

www.reddit.com/r/askscience....

Good question, and actually one we don't *fully* know the answer to. But we do know enough!

The solar cycle is 11-12 years because that's how long it takes the sun's magnetic field to flip. It's much more complicated than this, but this is a sufficient layman's social media answer.

I love to hear it! We support science over here ⚒️🔭⚗️💉

Will do! You'll see posts soon, as I'm hoping to launch in the next week or so officially. 🥳

Watermelon tourmaline is one of my favorites! 🍉

Thanks Doug, I appreciate that 🥰

All images on my profile are iPhone photos :)

It's cool to do both! Simply just luxuriate in the natural beauty of earth but also enjoy learning more :)

In layman's terms, the sun works on ~11 year cycles of min and max energy ejection and intensity (more scientifically, it's measuring the # of sunspots).

The sun produces the best types energy "blasts" to intercept earth during these solar maximum and subsequent decreasing phases. Now you know!

Why so many intense and lower latitude auroras these days? Seems like everyone has a pic of the northern lights from their backyard.

Well, two reasons. (1) social media oversaturates our perception of prevelence; and (2) we are currently in the waning arm of a solar maximum. Maximum = more aurora.

From my tour last night: Anne in a lava field recording an impressive geomagnetic substorm.

So many new followers; thought I'd say hi and answer questions 👋🏼

I'm Jessý, scientist & founder of Sidequest: Iceland (launching soon!) We do travel for nerds (yes, nerds.) We have tours w/ scientist guides.

The biggest #northernlights question we get: why are there so many big auroras right now?