Photos from Northern Norway: A photo blog » Star http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com An unique view from the Arctic Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:58:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Picture of Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) over snow-clad mountains in Northern Norway http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/04/14/picture-of-northern-lights-aurora-borealis-over-snow-clad-mountains-in-northern-norway/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/04/14/picture-of-northern-lights-aurora-borealis-over-snow-clad-mountains-in-northern-norway/#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:25:52 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/04/14/picture-of-northern-lights-aurora-borealis-over-snow-clad-mountains-in-northern-norway/ Picture of Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) over snow-clad mountains in Northern Norway
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera April 4th 2008. Click image for larger view.

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 you all.
In this picture I have used a 10 seconds long exposure time to capture the northern lights over some snow-clad mountains. Please click on the image to look at the larger 1024×768 version to better view the northern lights and mountains.
I think this was the last northern lights this season as the midnight sun will appear in some weeks and the nights will be too light to observe the northern lights.

Check out my photo of some northern lights over our boatshed on New Years Eve.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 10 sec (10)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 11 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 11-22mm F2.8-3.5
Location: Ånstad (Andørja), Troms in Northern Norway

]]> http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/04/14/picture-of-northern-lights-aurora-borealis-over-snow-clad-mountains-in-northern-norway/feed/ 37 Picture of evening star over winter mountain bathed in red sunset reflection http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/01/25/picture-of-evening-star-over-winter-mountain-bathed-in-red-sunset-reflection/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/01/25/picture-of-evening-star-over-winter-mountain-bathed-in-red-sunset-reflection/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:35:06 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2008/01/25/picture-of-evening-star-over-winter-mountain-bathed-in-red-sunset-reflection/ Picture of evening star over winter mountain bathed in red sunset reflection
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 island Senja this weekend. Hope I can show you all some nice pictures from that place next week :)

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 1.6 sec (8/5)
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 118 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm F3.5-4.5
Location: Laupstad (Andørja), Troms in Northern Norway

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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.

Information about the photo:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital single-lens reflex camera
Exposure: 15 sec (15)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 40 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Location: Ånstad, Andørja (Ibestad)


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