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Ring of Brogdar, Neolithic henge and stone circle in the Orkney Islands. 
Caithness Aurora over Hoy, Orkney Islands
Goseck – 7000 year old Neolithic circle in Germany is the oldest known solar observatory. Entrances are oriented with rising and setting solstices and sits along the same latitude as Stonehenge. The oldest form of writing, Cuneiform didn’t evolve in Sumeria until 2000 years later
Blue ice on Lake Baikal.
A recreated Viking Longhouse at L'Anse aux Meadows along the Jellyfish Coast. The sight of a 1000 year-old Viking settlement on the northernmost tip of Newfoundland discovered in 1960. The Vikings named North America “Vinland”.
Lofoten - Archipelago in Nordland, Norway contains evidence of human settlement extending back at least 11,000 years with earliest archaeological sites dating back 5,500 years. Vagan is the first known town formation in northern Norway which existed during the early Viking Age.
Ice cave beneath a glacier at Skaftafell, Iceland. Blue ice occurs when snow falls on a glacier and is compressed into layers. Air bubbles are squeezed out and ice crystals enlarge scattering the red and yellow light rays creating blue hues. Blue ice can be millions of years old
Lenticular cloud over the island Litla Dimun, in the Faroe Islands. It is the smallest of the Faroe’s 18 islands and is only inhabited by feral sheep and sea birds.
Aurora over Estonia. The colors of the lights depend on whether electrons collide with oxygen or nitrogen and how energetically. Oxygen emits greenish-yellow or red light, while nitrogen generally gives off blue light; the blending of these produces purple, pink, and white.
Nyvan, Copenhagen
