On this helicopter journey over Iceland’s magnificent Highlands, I was eager to capture the vibrant green moss that manages to find life in this otherwise inhospitable world of black sand deserts, ominous clouds, and jagged peaks. The images I was getting were already capturing this to my standards, with spotlights of sunlight breaking from above and the rushing river below bringing some beautiful lines into the frame. Once the rainbow emerged, however, the composition was complete.

By Iurie Belegurschi