Photos from Northern Norway: A photo blog

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera September 18th 2008. Click image for larger view. Here I have photographed some delicious Golden chanterelles (Cantharellus cibarius). They are the most well known edible mushroom here in Norway and is probably the most exclusive mushroom too. You can use Golden chanterelles in a lot of different dishes, but [...]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera September 6th 2007. Click image for larger view. In this picture you can see the characteristic fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria), also known as fly Amanita. There have been some talk that the vikings used to eat them to get into their “berserk mode”, but this is most likely [...]

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In these photos I have captured the last remains of summer here in Northern Norway. These flowers are from the calendula plant, also known as pot marigold. I was amazed how long these plants were able to survive. They were even flowering after some nights with frost. The first photo is of an orange calendula [...]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera November 8th 2007. Click image for larger view. In this picture you can see the optical phenomenon called Fata Morgana, on the coast in Northern Norway. Please click the image to get a larger view of the phenomenon. Notice how the coast (especially the small island on the left) [...]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera November 7th 2007. Click image for larger view. The rivers have started to freeze here in Northern Norway and in this pictures you can see drops from the small water fall have frozen on branches and straws. I used 15 seconds exposure in this photo to get the look [...]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera October 28th 2007. Click image for larger view. The days are definitely getting shorter here in Northern Norway! I took this picture 4 PM in the “evening”. I really love this scene with the combination of mountain and sea (and of course the boatsheds). A similar scene, in a [...]

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