Photos from Northern Norway: A photo blog

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera April 4th 2008. Click image for larger view.
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We had some beautiful northern lights (Aurora Borealis) some nights ago here in Northern Norway. It was pretty jaw-dropping to watch the lights traveling incredibly fast over the sky so I had to grab my camera to share it with [...]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera January 21st 2008. Click image for larger view.
The sunset from a few days ago made the snow in the mountains glow in shades of red. Had to take a picture of this phenomenon when a star appeared, in the evening, over the mountain peaks.
I’m off to visit the beautiful [...]

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Taken with Olympus E-500 digital camera
Here is a picture of phenomenon that I have not seen often. The moon was a thin crescent and Earth reflected light on the moon. It’s called planetshine and Earthshine when the earth lights the moon.
You can also see Venus below the Moon.

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