Photos from Northern Norway: A photo blog

Today over 14,000(!!) bloggers will blog about environmental issues as a part of the Blog Action Day.
I feel very strong about environmental issues because I grew up close to the nature and as I grew older I understood all the threats against mother earth.
The biggest threat up here in the north is probably against […]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera October 11th 2007. Click image for larger view.
The winter has come to northern Norway as you can see by the snow covered mountains in this picture. The snow comes from the north in “waves” and I was able to do some photographing in between all the snow.
I love photos […]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera September 30th 2007. Click image for larger view.
This is probably my last insect photo this year as the snow came to northern Norway today.
In this picture you can see a hoverfly (not sure about the species) feed on an autumn hawkbit (Leontodon autumnalis var. taraxaci) flower. This flower looks […]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera September 30th 2007. Click image for larger view.
In this photo you can see the harbor where my boat is placed. I was walking home from a fishing trip when I noticed the nice reflection the sunset made inside of the seawall. Love the view you get from using a […]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera October 7th 2007. Click image for larger view.
Loved the yellow clouds and ocean in this sunset picture.
The boat is preparing fish so that is why there are a lot of seagulls around the boat.

Information about the picture:
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 150 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital […]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera April 19th 2007. Click image for larger view.
In this macro photo you can see a wolf spider (Lycosidae). The wolf spiders got their name from the way they hunt as they run down their prey much like wolves do.
It is usually very hard to get close to wolf spiders […]

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