Imagine

We were very lucky to see the beam of light from the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER which is only lit from 9 Oct – 8 Dec, 21-31 Dec, 18 Feb & 21-18 March. It is lit from around 2 hours after sunset until midnight each night except on John & Yoko’s birthdays and on New Year’s Eve, when it remains lit until sunrise.

The work designed by Yoko Ono and is designed in the form of a wishing well from which a powerful tower of light beams. The words IMAGINE PEACE are inscribed on the well in 24 different languages. The well contains peace wishes posted to Yoko Ono.

The light tower is composed of a number of individual lights that join together to form a single beam. Six of the lights travel through corridors across a platform that surrounds the well and are reflected upwards to the sky with mirrors. An additional nine lights shine straight up to the sky, strengthening the tower of light. The strength, intensity and brilliance of the light tower continually change as particles in the air fluctuate with the changing weather and atmospheric conditions unique to Iceland.

We weren't lucky enough to see the Northern lights but our trip in the Super Jeep was brilliant.