Slippery Roads - Friday Photo #482
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Friday Photo #482 – Slippery Roads

Photo: Snowy traffic jam as rental car is pulled from ditch after sliding off the road near Vareid, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 29, 2022. 15:47 After an unusually warm and mild first half of March which saw Lofoten looking…
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Spring Oystercatchers - Friday Photo $481
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Friday Photo #481 – Spring Oystercatchers

Photo: Oystercatcher pair on coastal rock with snowy Justadtind in the background on the first day of spring, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 20, 2022. 17:25 Last Sunday was the vernal/spring equinox, marking the astronomical…
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Spring Thaw - Friday Photo #480
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Friday Photo #480 – A Rock On The Road

Photo: A (very large) rock on the road near Storsandnes beach, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 16, 2022. 09:39 The unusually warm temperatures since the beginning of March have begun to thaw out the frozen mountains of winter.…
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Frozen Sand - Friday Photo #479
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Friday Photo #479 – Frozen Sand

Photo: Winter storm waves flow over frozen sand at Unstad beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 23, 2022. 15:52 During winter cold spells or after heavy snow of the beaches the sand often freezes into a hard, sandy ice.…
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Winter Chaos - Friday Photo #478
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Friday Photo #478 – Storm Chaos

Photo: Traffic jam and car stuck in snowdrift on E10 near Eggum in snow blizzard conditions, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 26, 2022. 15:10 In last week’s post I wrote about the coming warm weather due on the weekend.…
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White Winter - Friday Photo #477
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Friday Photo #477 – White Winter

Photo: Deep winter freeze at Nedre Heimredalsvatnet, Eggum, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 9, 2022. 11:42 Lofoten has been full of snow for the last weeks and even the often windswept outer coastlines and mountains have…
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Clear Quiet Sky - Friday Photo #476
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Friday Photo #476 – Clear Sky Quiet Sky

Photo: Clear sky - quiet sky: barely visible aurora on clear winter night, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 15, 2022. 20:12 After weeks of high aurora activity but mostly cloudy and stormy conditions on Lofoten, a perfectly…
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Sea Eagle - Friday Photo #475
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Friday Photo #475 – Sea Eagle In Flight

Photo: Sea eagle in flight over Nappstraumen, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 5, 2022. 11:34 Sea eagles are more or less a daily sight on Lofoten. Photographing them, however, tends to be a little more difficult. Although…
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Lofoten Northern Lights - Friday Photo #474
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Friday Photo #474 – Missed Solar Storm

Photo: Moderate twilight northern lights in sky over Storsandnes beach in early evening, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 2, 2022. 17:54 Wednesday’s clear skies and an incoming CME (coronal mass ejection) and prediction of G-1 solar…
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Light and Shadow - Friday Photo #473
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Friday Photo #473 – Light And Shadow

Photo: Last light over the summit of Himmeltinand, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 27, 2021. 14:21 It is now the end of January and the sun has been climbing higher and higher in the Lofoten sky for several weeks now. Yet,…
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Winter Sun - Friday Photo #472
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Friday Photo #472 – Winter Sun

Photo: January sun hangs low in the southern sky over Vestfjorden from Ballstadheia, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 18, 2020. 13:37 The official polar night ended on Lofoten two weeks ago and the sun rises higher and higher…
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Winter Roads - Friday Photo #471
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Friday Photo #471 – Winter Driving

Photo: Difficult winter road visibility in flat light and fresh snow, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 5, 2021. 15:59. With Norway remaining essentially closed for last winter’s tourism season on Lofoten, the snowy roads…
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January Sun - Friday Photo #470
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Friday Photo #470 – January Sun

Photo: Midday January sun low in the southern sky over Nappstraumen, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 13, 2021. 11:53 After a month below the horizon, the sun finally returns to Lofoten this week. Although the first sighting is always…
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Reinebringen Twilight - Friday Photo #469
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Friday Photo #469 – Reinebringen Twilight

Photo: Twilight moon over Kirkefjord from the summit of Reinebringen, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 30, 2020. 11:32 I generally don’t pay too much attention to the moon here on Lofoten. On this morning I should have!…
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December Hiking - Friday Photo #468
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Friday Photo #468 – December Hiking

Photo: Hiker on the snowy ridge towards Vikjordtinden under a dark December sky, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 28, 2020. 12:50 Hiking days start early in December. And even then, there still might not be enough time…
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Unstad Surf - Friday Photo #467
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Friday Photo #467 – Unstad Surf

Photo: Arctic surfing on Monday’s 4+ meter swell at Unstad beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 13, 2021. 12:21 A nice and clean looking 4-5 meter west swell was forecast to hit Lofoten on Monday so I decided to head…
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