On this clear night of March, I witnessed an outbreak of aurora borealis. Apparently it excited me far more than the Icelandic horses who are used to this majestic phenomenon. They are small but long-lived, hardy horses, developed from ponies brought to Iceland by Norse settlers a thousand years ago. There are about 180,000 registered Icelandic horses and more than half of them are exported to other countries. World-wide population of horses is about 60 million, including around 600,000 wild horses. Horses were first domesticated about 6000 years ago in Eurasian Steppe, in modern day Ukraine and Kazakhstan. Music by composer @BarbadBayat, a part of our growing project Celestial Orchestra. #cop15 #horse #aurora #iceland #wildlife #wildlifephotography