Photos from Northern Norway: A photo blog

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera July 31st 2010. Click image for larger view. I was just on a short visit in Northern Norway this summer. I did not have much time for photography, but found some minutes while waiting on a ferry to get home to the place where I grew up. While waiting [...]

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Black trumpet mushrooms (Craterellus cornucopioides) is a very tasty mushroom that can be difficult to find. They are also known as trumpet of death, black chanterelle and horn of plenty. It is said that this mushroom grows where there are oak and hazel, and it matches well since these mushrooms were found near some large [...]

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Taken with Apple iPhone 3GS camera August 11th 2010. Click image for larger view. Here is a picture of a fish called angler fish (Lophius piscatorius) that I caught in a herring net this summer. It was not a big fish, but the angler was a pleasant surprise as I have never caught one of [...]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera February 23rd 2009. Click image for larger view. The Oslofjord in Norway was covered with ice this winter due to some very cold periods, and since I travel by ferry over the fjord almost every day I was able to get some pictures of the broken ice. The ice [...]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera February 26th 2009. Click image for larger view. Aker Brygge is an area in Oslo by the sea. It consists of shopping centers, offices and expensive apartments. Aker Brygge is known to be a pricey place even for us Norwegians. Every time I go to Oslo I visit Aker [...]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera February 8th 2009. Click image for larger view. Here I have photographed a lighthouse on a snow covered headland. This lighthouse is placed in Oslofjorden in southeastern part of Norway and help with keeping the ship traffic in the fjord safe. I liked the lonely location of the lighthouse [...]

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