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Entries from February 2008

Picture of waves on a rocky coast in Northern Norway

February 19th, 2008 · 18 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera February 14th 2008. Click image for larger view. It’s time for a simple photo from the rocky coast here in Northern Norway. I love to observe and listen to the massive waves that come crashing in when we have stormy weather. If you look at the picture large you [...]

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Tags: Clouds · Coast · Nature · Norway Norwegen Norge · Rocks · Scenery · Sea Ocean · Seaweed · Shore · Sky · Waves · Winter

Picture of Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) couple sitting on roof pipe in Northern Norway

February 17th, 2008 · 11 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera April 18th 2007. Click image for larger view. I’m a big fan of seagulls so that is why they keep popping up on my site all the time In this picture you can see a Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) couple sitting on a roof pipe watching over the neighborhood. [...]

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Tags: Birds · Clouds · Nature · Norway Norwegen Norge · Seagull · Sky

My favorite macro pictures from 2007 taken in Northern Norway part 2

February 15th, 2008 · 19 Comments

When I made the first post with my favorite pictures from 2007 I realized that I had more faves than I could fit into one post. So here is the next batch of my favorite macro photos taken in Northern Norway 2007. Click on the pictures to see a larger version and if you click [...]

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Tags: Ant · Macro · Nature · Norway Norwegen Norge · Sawfly · Spider

Picture of wave and seagulls sailing on strong wind in Northern Norway

February 15th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera February 15th 2008. Click image for larger view. We had another day with strong winds from the northwest, but today I dared taking my camera outside for a few photos of the great waves. In this picture you can see some seagulls sailing on the strong winds. It looked [...]

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Tags: Birds · Coast · Countryside · Landscape · Mountain · Nature · Norway Norwegen Norge · Scenery · Sea Ocean · Seagull · Shore · Sky · Snow · Storm · Waves · Winter

Picture of barn in Northern Norway against a stormy ocean

February 13th, 2008 · 13 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera February 13th 2008. Click image for larger view. We had some extreme winds today with speeds between 55 and 60 MPH (25m/s). In this picture you can see the view from my bedroom window with the raging ocean behind the old barn. 10 minutes later I was not able [...]

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Tags: Barn · Clouds · Coast · Landscape · Nature · Norway Norwegen Norge · Rural · Scenery · Sea Ocean · Shore · Sky · Snow · Storm · Winter