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Entries from February 2008

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

February 17th, 2008 · 9 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: Sky · Seagull · Clouds · Nature · Birds · Norway Norwegen Norge

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

February 15th, 2008 · 18 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.
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Tags: Spider · Ant · Sawfly · Nature · Norway Norwegen Norge · Macro

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 like the […]

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

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 to […]

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

Black and white picture of rural scenery in Northern Norway - The house I grew up in

February 12th, 2008 · 11 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera January 31st 2008. Click image for larger view.
In this black and white picture you can see the house that I grew up in. It is located at the tip of a small headland called Laupstad, one of the most idyllic places in Northern Norway (in my humble opinion).
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Tags: Scenery · Countryside · Sky · Shore · Black & White · Rural · Clouds · Winter · Sea Ocean · Norway Norwegen Norge · Snow · Coast

Picture of two Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) swimming in a fjord in Northern Norway

February 9th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera June 22nd 2007. Click image for larger view.
Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is one of the smallest mammals living in the sea.
In this picture you can see two Harbour Porpoise swimming very close to my boat when I was out fishing last summer. They got a bad reputation of scaring […]

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Tags: Harbour Porpoise · Animals · Nature · Norway Norwegen Norge · Sea Ocean