Kent and Newlands were engaged on snowy streets in the city of Reykjavik. A passerby saw the special moment and asked to take a picture and offered to share it with the couple. 

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He searched the Internet constantly in hopes of finding the photo and eventually stumbled upon it on Instagram after asking about it on Twitter.

From Facebook Newswire:

"ONLINE SEARCH FOR ICELANDIC ENGAGEMENT PHOTO PAYS OFF: Michael John Kent and Fiona Newlands got engaged while holidaying in Iceland but were left dismayed when they gave the wrong contact details to a passer-by who had snapped an impromptu photograph of the proposal on a picturesque snow-covered street in Reykjavik. After an exhaustive search on social media, Kent finally got back in touch with JR Bowe who had posted the photo to Instagram."

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