Photos from Northern Norway: A photo blog

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera December 3rd 2008. Click image for larger view. Here I have photographed the landscape outside my house in Nesodden (Akershus county in southeastern Norway) after a fresh snowfall. The snow covered everything with a thick layer of white crystals making the landscape calm and quiet. Fresh snow can look [...]

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