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Entries from January 2008

Picture of lichen covered rocks at high tide – 20 seconds long exposure

January 7th, 2008 · 18 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera December 25th 2007. Click image for larger view. I photographed these lichen covered rocks when the tide was very high. Usually the sea doesn’t reach this high, but the lichen must be somewhat resistant to the saltwater to survive the waves. I really love the texture and formations the [...]

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Tags: Coast · Lichen · Long exposure · Nature · Norway Norwegen Norge · Rocks · Sea Ocean · Shore

Picture from a polar day in Northern Norway – Distant sunset

January 4th, 2008 · 12 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera December 30th 2007. Click image for larger view. The polar days (I guess the correct term would be polar night day?) are pretty dark here in Northern Norway, but there are some nice sights to be seen. The sun made some nice colors at midday so I had to [...]

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Tags: Clouds · Coast · Fjord · Landscape · Mountain · Nature · Norway Norwegen Norge · Scenery · Sea Ocean · Shore · Sky · Snow · Winter

Fireworks pictures from New Years Eve 2007 in Northern Norway

January 2nd, 2008 · 9 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera January 1st 2008. Click image for larger view. I managed to photograph some man-made fireworks in addition to the northern lights, on New Years Eve. As I live in the middle of nowhere there was not much fireworks to be seen, but this neighbor sent up some nice fireworks. [...]

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Tags: Fireworks · Norway Norwegen Norge · Winter

Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) in Northern Norway on New Years Eve – Natures own fireworks

January 1st, 2008 · 32 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera December 31st 2007. Click image for larger view. New Years Eve here in Northern Norway, brought some Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) for me to photograph. I prefer this kind of fireworks to the noisy man-made fireworks that last for a couple of seconds. The spots in the sky are [...]

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Tags: Aurora Borealis · Boatsheds · Coast · Long exposure · Nature · Northern Lights · Norway Norwegen Norge · Scenery · Sea Ocean · Shore · Sky · Winter