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Entries from July 2007

Macro photo of five-spot burnet moths mating on flowers

July 21st, 2007 · 10 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 16th, 2007. Click picture for larger view.
In this picture I believe you can see some five-spot burnets (Zygaena trifolii) mating, but it could also be the similar six-spot burnet (Zygaena filipendulae) because the spots can be merged. If anyone is an expert on this please let me […]

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Tags: Summer · Burnet · Moths · Insect · Flower · Norway Norwegen Norge · Nature · Macro

Photo of sunbeams coming out of clouds over the ocean in northern Norway

July 20th, 2007 · 14 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 19th 2007. Click image for larger view.
Found this view of sunbeams over the ocean to be very beautiful so had to take a picture. Love the way the sunrays comes out of the clouds.
Maybe something divine is hiding behind the clouds?

Information about the pictures:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital […]

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Tags: Summer · Fjord · Sunrays · Sunbeam · Clouds · Nature · Sea Ocean · Norway Norwegen Norge · Midnight Sun · Sunset · Landscape

Pictures from a mountain trip filled with fog

July 19th, 2007 · 6 Comments

These photos are from a trekking trip up in the mountains a few days ago. I saw some fog coming in from the Atlantic ocean and wanted to get high up in the mountains to get some pictures of the mountains above the fog. Arriving I found out that the fog was covering everything including […]

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Tags: Mist · Fog · Summer · Nature · Norway Norwegen Norge · Mountain · Landscape

Photo from the beach at midnight in northern Norway

July 17th, 2007 · 15 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 11th, 2007. Click image for larger view.
I love walking the beach at midnight when it is summer. Everything is calm and all you can hear is the sound of the nature; sea gulls crying, waves rolling the beach and the sound of your feet walking the sand. […]

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Tags: Rural · Summer · Countryside · Beach · Fjord · Clouds · Nature · Coast · Boatsheds · Sea Ocean · Norway Norwegen Norge · Mountain · Landscape

Macro photo of sawfly eating an insect

July 15th, 2007 · 15 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on June 24th, 2007. Click image for larger view.
This is some kind of sawfly (Symphyta) feeding on a fly. Please let me know if anyone know the species.
I captured this the same day as I took the photos of two dance fly mating and eating. Check out that blog […]

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Tags: Fly · Sawfly · Insect · Nature · Norway Norwegen Norge · Macro

Photo of a boatshed against a blue summer sky with some beautiful clouds

July 13th, 2007 · 19 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 12th, 2007. Click image for larger view.
I really liked the clouds on the blue sky today. It’s the way I remember the summer days in northern Norway from when I was a kid. Thankfully some things never change!
Our family own the boatshed and it have been a […]

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Tags: Summer · Rural · Countryside · Scenery · Nature · Norway Norwegen Norge · Boatsheds · Coast · Sea Ocean · Landscape