'It's the closest thing to the moon': my space odyssey to Iceland

How Iceland became a magnet for star-gazers, film-makers - and astronauts

'It's the elemental childhood fantasy, isn't it, to see space in some way," says photographer Robert Ormerod. "I think I wanted to be an astronaut, and then that enthusiasm got replaced by other things. But there are those people who never lose it, and I'm interested in what they do with that passion. Such a small fraction of the population will ever go to space - how do those people live their dream?"

It's a question that in recent years has led Ormerod all over the world in pursuit of space enthusiasts, shooting UFO hunters in America and amateur rocket builders at a festival in the highlands of Scotland. His latest expedition, captured in these photographs, took him to Iceland. He wanted to track down the aurora hunters, people who spend their nights chasing the northern lights. Then there was the opportunity to capture the country's unique topography, its weird and wonderful lunar landscapes.