Your own private Iceland

There's a place in Reykjavik, Iceland, where tourists can enjoy the northern lights at any time, any day of the year. It's in an IMAX planetarium. This probably sounds strange, but in the age of overtourism, [Kyle Chayka argues]( that such a display is in fact responsible, and even (though the term is loaded), "authentic." Chayka traveled to Iceland for The Goods, visiting places by the algorithmic recommendation of online travel companies and sites. Travel has never been authentic in the first place, he writes. But you can still have fun. —[Terry Nguyen](, reporter for The Goods Travel has never been "authentic" [glacier]( Styrmir Kári & Heiðdís for Vox There’s a place in Iceland where you can see the northern lights any time of year, regardless of the weather. You don’t have to ride a snowmobile into the mountains or rent a glass-roofed igloo. You don’t even need a winter jacket. Leaning back in my recliner, I gaze upward at the ethereal reds, greens, and blues arcing across the sky, wavering like alien signals, an extraterrestrial message that we don’t know how to decode. I’m struck by their closeness. The bands of color appear right above me, like I could reach out and pass my hand through them. These northern lights are glowing at 1 p.m. on an 8K resolution screen inside a well-heated IMAX planetarium at Perlan, a natural history museum set on a hill above downtown Reykjavik. Every hour on the hour the planetarium plays Áróra, a 22-minute-long documentary with footage of the lights taken from all over Iceland. The screen’s pixel density is so high that it runs up against the limits of what the human eye can perceive. The digital image might be clearer than reality. It’s definitely more convenient. All you need is a $20 ticket. [Read the full story on Vox ]( Halloween costumes have a size problem Mainstream retailers like Target and Party City offer extremely limited options. [Read the story here ]( Brands are using Instagram to sell colored contacts. They might not be safe to wear. Most colored lenses are not FDA approved, but influencers and even average customers are promoting them online. [Read the story here ]( More good stuff to read today - [Meghan and Harry are taking a break from their royal duties. This isn’t surprising.]( - [Anyone with a body knows that clothing sizes are flawed. Could there be a fix?]( - [Amazon’s one-day shipping is convenient — and terrible for the environment]( - [Millennials have dinner parties, they just don’t call them that]( - [The big business — and questionable effectiveness — of mass shooter trainings]( Manage your [email preferences](, or [unsubscribe]( to stop receiving emails from Vox Media. Vox Media, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036. Copyright © 2018. All rights reserved.