Frozen Sand - Friday Photo #479

Friday Photo #479 – Frozen Sand

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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.…
Winter Chaos - Friday Photo #478

Friday Photo #478 – Storm Chaos

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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.…
White Winter - Friday Photo #477

Friday Photo #477 – White Winter

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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…
Clear Quiet Sky - Friday Photo #476

Friday Photo #476 – Clear Sky Quiet Sky

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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…
Sea Eagle - Friday Photo #475

Friday Photo #475 – Sea Eagle In Flight

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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…
Lofoten Northern Lights - Friday Photo #474

Friday Photo #474 – Missed Solar Storm

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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…
Light and Shadow - Friday Photo #473

Friday Photo #473 – Light And Shadow

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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,…
Winter Sun - Friday Photo #472

Friday Photo #472 – Winter Sun

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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…
Winter Roads - Friday Photo #471

Friday Photo #471 – Winter Driving

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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…
January Sun - Friday Photo #470

Friday Photo #470 – January Sun

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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…
Reinebringen Twilight - Friday Photo #469

Friday Photo #469 – Reinebringen Twilight

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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!…
December Hiking - Friday Photo #468

Friday Photo #468 – December Hiking

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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…
Unstad Surf - Friday Photo #467

Friday Photo #467 – Unstad Surf

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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…
Last Sun - Friday Photo #466

Friday Photo #466 – Last Sun

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Photo: The last visible sun peaking over the southern horizon before the beginning of the polar night, Stamsund, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 8, 2021. 11:56 The polar night has officially begun on Lofoten this week…
Unstad Twilight - Friday Photo #465

Friday Photo #465 – Unstad Twilight

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Photo: Noon twilight over Unstad, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 4, 2020. 12:15 This is the last weekend of the year with (possible) sunlight on Lofoten as next week is the beginning of the polar night - the period of…
Autumn Snow - Friday Photo #464

Friday Photo #464 – House Below The Mountain

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Photo: A house between the mountains and the sea, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. October 18, 2021. 13:02 With a dusting of autumn snow to add contrast to the otherwise flat light of a snowy October afternoon, this lone house out…