Photos from Northern Norway: A photo blog

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 9th, 2007. Click image for larger view.
Roseroot (Rosenrot in Norwegian) is a plant that lives in the colder climate areas like the Arctic and it’s growing throughout Norway. You can often find it growing straight out of cliff sides.
In the recent years there have been lots of […]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 4th 2007. Click image for larger view.
This is an Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) also known as Parasitic Jaeger in North America. These birds are so fascinating to observe (I know I say this a lot but there is nothing more fascinating than the nature) because they chase […]

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Was able to capture a dragonfly called Common Hawker (Aeshna juncea) when I was out walking in the forest. These insects are big (74 mm) and very camera shy so I had to try several times to get close enough.
It was very entertaining to observe them hunt in the air hunting moths. They have […]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 4th 2007. Click image for larger view.
I was out walking in the nature and at midnight the sun disappeared behind some mountains. This mist started to form over the wetlands. It looked very ghostly and was a bit eerie, but at the same time very fascinating.
The tree […]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on June 24th, 2007. Click image for larger view.
These hoverflies are so fascinating and beautiful. Their beauty doesn’t get hurt from sitting on a poppy flower.
The blue spots in the background are forget-me-not flowers.
Check out my other hoverfly picture here.

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Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: […]

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Cruise ships are a very common sight here in northern Norway, during the summer. Often you can see several cruise liners in the horizon.

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on June 29th 2007. Click image for larger view.
I really liked the clouds on this photo. Can’t be too bad being a tourist on that ship […]

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