Photos from Northern Norway: A photo blog

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera January 26th 2009. Click image for larger view. We have had a lot of gray weather lately so there hasn’t been many photo opportunities, but the other day there was some colored clouds in the sky in the evening. I had to take out the camera and photograph these [...]

[View the picture →]

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera January 19th 2009. Click image for larger view. We had a crazy snowfall here in southeastern Norway a few days ago. During a few hours the sky sent 40-50 cm down upon us. The media reported about tons of cards ending up outside of the road because the roads [...]

[View the picture →]

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera January 1st 2009. Click image for larger view. Here I have photographed a Red Banded Polypore mushroom (Fomitopsis pinicola) growing on a dead Norway spruce trunk. The colored bands around the mushroom made me stop and take a better look. The bands are really beautiful, aren’t they? Also notice [...]

[View the picture →]

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera January 5th 2009. Click image for larger view. We have had a very cold period here in the southeastern part of Norway with temperatures down to -18C (-0.4F) and the cold weather created tons of beautiful ice crystals. Here I have photographed a big one that the sun shone [...]

[View the picture →]

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera January 1st 2009. Click image for larger view. When I was walking in the forest I came across a Norwegian Spruce (Picea abies) tree that was broken and I liked the view with the trunk looking at the fallen tree. It seems like a strong wind had passed through [...]

[View the picture →]

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera January 1st 2009. Click image for larger view. I was out walking in the forest early today and I came across this field that was frozen. I really enjoyed all the grass that had frozen in the water and the trees standing around the field covered with rime. We [...]

[View the picture →]