Autumn Snow - Friday Photo #459
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Friday Photo #459 – Autumn Snow

Photo: Snow-dusted Stortinden rises over flowing waters of Mølnelva river, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. October 17, 2021. 15:00 The first real dustings of autumn snow finally seem to be sticking around the peaks this week,…
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Uttakleiv Storm - Friday Photo #458
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Friday Photo #458 – Uttakleiv Storm

Photo: Waves flow over rocky shoreline at Uttakleiv beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. October 13, 2021. 08:15 The autumn weather cycles of wind and rain seem to be in full effect over the last weeks with mostly turbulent weather…
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Light and Shadow - Friday Photo #457
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Friday Photo #457 – Light And Shadow

Photo: Sun rays shine over the mountains of Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. October 7, 2021. 16:36 October has been off to a mostly cloudy and rainy start this year. But in-between the grey, there has been some nice moments of…
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Unstad Wave - Friday Photo #456
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Friday Photo #456 – Unstad Wave

Photo: Sea spay from crashing wave at Unstad beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. September 15, 2021. 15:37 This weekend it is the annual Lofoten Masters surf competition at Unstad beach on Vestvågøy - Northern Norway’s most…
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Autumn Storm - Friday Photo #455
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Friday Photo #455 – First Autumn Storm

Photo: Waves from the year’s first autumn storm crash over the rocky coastline at Nesland, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. September 22, 2021. 14:58 The year’s first autumn storm, or høststorm, in Norwegian, swept across Lofoten…
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Early Autumn - Friday Photo #454
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Friday Photo #454 – Early Autumn

Photo: Studalselva flowing through early autumn landscape below Tindstind, Sørvågen, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. September 12, 2021. 16:25 I woke up Monday morning to the first dusting of autumn snow across the higher peaks…
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First 2021 Aurora - Friday Photo #453
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Friday Photo #453 – First Aurora

Photo: First northern lights of the season, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. September 4, 2021. 01:18 After last weeks post (Friday Photo #452) wonder when I might see the northern lights for the first time this season, an unexpected…
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Two Summers - Friday Photo #452
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Friday Photo #452 – Two Summers

Photo: Autumn rain showers over Selfjorden, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. September 2, 2020 There generally always seems to be a north - south divide with the weather in Norway. When the media reports Norway is having a good…
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Kvalvika Reflection - Friday Photo #451
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Friday Photo #451 – Kvalvika Reflection

Photo: Reflection of Ryten and Fuglhuken mountain peaks in small lake at Kvalvika beach, Lofotodden national park, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 15, 2021. 20:35 Aurora season has finally begun on Lofoten. While last night…
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Silence - Friday Photo #450
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Friday Photo #450 – Silence

Photo: Misty clouds blow over Stortinden mountain peak, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. August 19, 2021. 21:17 A cold wind has been blowing out of the north for the last week. And while the sun has emerged from time to time, the…
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Elusive Sun - Friday Photo #449
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Friday Photo #449 – Elusive Sun

Photo: An elusive sun of summer 2021 peaks out from behind Breiflogtind, Lofotodden national park, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. August 7, 202. 16:59 The weather finally cleared last weekend and I caught the ferry to Kirkefjord…
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The Lost Summer - Friday Photo #448
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Friday Photo #448 – The Lost Summer

Photo: The lost summer: Dark rain clouds conceal the summit of Himmeltindan from across Nappstraumen, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. August 4, 2021. 09:51 What started off looking like a promising summer in early June has mostly…
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Mountain Mist - Friday Photo #447
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Friday Photo #447 – Mountain Mist

Photo: Misty clouds swirl over Storvatnet above Myrland, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. July 14, 2021. 23:15 There is a particular type of weather where the forecast shows sun, while a heavy, low cloud remains over the mountains…
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Cold, Wet, and Windy - Friday Photo #446
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Friday Photo #446 – Cold, Wet, And Windy

Photo: Cold waves crash over the rocks at Myrland beach on a gloomy summer evening, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. July 18, 2021. 20:03 Summer seems to have vanished over the last week from Lofoten (and the rest of northern Norway).…
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Brocken Spectre - Friday Photo #445
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Friday Photo #445 – Brocken Spectre

Photo: Brocken Spectre in misty clouds from summit of Okstind, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. July 10, 2021. 14:20 In a case of Lofoten’s unreliable weather forecasting, the planned 6-peaks crossing of Flakstadøy that a friend…
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Summer Nights - Friday Photo #444
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Friday Photo #444 – Summer Nights

Photo: Warm summer light over Nappstraumen and Skolmen, Lofoten Islands, Norway. July 6, 2021. 01:53 The return of the sun after a cold finish to June which I wrote about last week brought a fantastic heat wave (by northern Norway standards)…
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