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Photo of sunbeams coming up from a snowy mountain in northern Norway

17 Comments / Landscape, Mountain, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Scenery, Sky, Snow, Sunbeam, Sunrays, Winter /

Close up photo of aspen leaves with autumn colors
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera January 20th 2007. Click image for larger view.

In this photo you can see sunbeams coming up from a mountain. It is the only time I have seen sunbeams shine the “wrong” way and I was wondering what was hiding behind those mountains.
As you can see by all the snow in the mountain, this picture was taken back in January (actually 3 days after I got my sweet camera) and at this time of the year we have no sun up here in northern Norway.

The days are not totally dark (referred to as Polar night) as we have twilight in the middle of the day, but the sun is gone for several months.
When the sun comes back in the end of January we use to celebrate and think about warmer times that includes midnight sun.

Do you think you could live in a place where there is no sunshine for several months?

For other pictures of the same mountain check this one and this one.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/4.1
Focal Length: 104 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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Photo from a winter day at the Norwegian coast filled with sun and snow

7 Comments / Coast, Landscape, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Scenery, Sea Ocean, Shore, Sky, Snow, Winter /

Photo from a winter day at the Norwegian coast filled with sun and snow
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera March 9th 2007. Click image for larger view.

I took this photo back in March when the landscape was filled with snow and everything was quiet. The sun was about to set and you can see the very special light that occur when the days are so short.

In northern Norway we don’t often experience such nice weather in March. Earlier that day I took advantage of the good weather and went out fishing. You can see a photo from the fishing trip here.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 16 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 14-45mm F3.5-5.6
Location: Laupstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway

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Photo of coastal landscape in northern Norway

11 Comments / Autumn, Clouds, Coast, Landscape, Mountain, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Scenery, Sea Ocean, Seawall, Sky, Sunbeam, Sunrays /

Photo of coastal landscape in northern Norway
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera September 16th 2007. Click image for larger view.

In this photo you can see typical coast landscape in northern Norway with the seawall and mountains sticking up from the ocean.
I love the way the sunbeams come out of the clouds and make the special light against the mountains. There is even some small patches of last years snow in the mountains.

Hope everyone looks at this photo in its larger size 🙂

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 40 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm F3.5-4.5
Location: Laupstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway

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Autumn colors in northern Norway – photos of fireweed and dwarf cornel

10 Comments / Autumn, Clouds, Dwarf Cornel, Fireweed, Flora, Macro, Nature, Norway Norwegen Norge, Plant, Sky /

The autumn have come to northern Norway and it is giving me some nice colors to photograph. Stay tuned for more autumn photos from Norway in the weeks to follow.

The first photo is a macro picture of a plant called dwarf cornel (Cornus suecica), also known as bunchberry. Love the deep red colors the leaves get in the autumn. In the photo you can also see some reindeer lichen growing on the right side.

Picture of dwarf cornel with autumn colors
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera September 8th 2007. Click image for larger view.

In the next photo you can see how fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) look in the autumn. The white parts are silky hairs that contain seed capsules. Wind will carry the seed capsules and if there are lots of fireweed growing it can look like snow.
In the background you can see typical autumn weather in northern Norway with clouds hanging very low in the mountains.
Check out this photo if you want to see fireweed flowers.

Picture of fireweed with autumn colors
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera September 12th 2007. Click image for larger view.

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Photo of old seawall rocks with blue sky as background – still some summer in northern Norway

6 Comments / Clouds, Coast, Rocks, Sea Ocean, Seawall, Shore, Sky, Summer /

Picture of incoming bad weather with sleet
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera September 8th 2007. Click image for larger view.

As you can see in this photo, summer has not completely left northern Norway.

These rocks are part of an old seawall that protects our boats against the wild storms that can hit northern Norway in the autumn and winter.
You can see the seawall with waves beating against (and over) it in this photo and in this photo with more calm weather.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/320)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 11 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 11-22mm F2.8-3.5
Location: Laupstad, Andørja (Ibestad) in northern Norway

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