An unexpected clear weather in forecast made me decide to drive north and west of Reykjavik in the night of 12-Feb ‘22 to film the night sky but auroral activity forecast was not so promising. From the sunset around 5 pm local time (UTC) until about 10 pm there wasn’t a lot of polar lights activity in the northern sky besides moderate bands of green that flickered occasionally. Around midnight the intensity changed, with magenta and red light pillars appearing above and sometimes even towards the southern sky. The bright moon lit the foreground, creating favorable conditions for photographing the polar lights.