
Friday Photo #479 – Frozen Sand
Friday Photo, Vestvågøya, Winter
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.…

Friday Photo #478 – Storm Chaos
Friday Photo, Vestvågøya, Winter
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.…

Friday Photo #477 – White Winter
Friday Photo, Vestvågøya, 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…

Friday Photo #476 – Clear Sky Quiet Sky
Flakstadøya, Friday Photo, Winter
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…

Friday Photo #475 – Sea Eagle In Flight
Flakstadøya, Friday Photo, Winter
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…

Friday Photo #474 – Missed Solar Storm
Flakstadøya, Friday Photo, Winter
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…

Friday Photo #473 – Light And Shadow
Friday Photo, Vestvågøya, Winter
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,…

Friday Photo #472 – Winter Sun
Friday Photo, Vestvågøya, Winter
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…

Friday Photo #471 – Winter Driving
Flakstadøya, Friday Photo, Winter
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…

Friday Photo #470 – January Sun
Friday Photo, Vestvågøya, Winter
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…

Friday Photo #469 – Reinebringen Twilight
Friday Photo, Moskenesøya, Winter
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!…

Friday Photo #468 – December Hiking
Friday Photo, Vestvågøya, Winter
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…

Friday Photo #467 – Unstad Surf
Friday Photo, Vestvågøya, Winter
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…

Friday Photo #466 – Last Sun
Friday Photo, Vestvågøya, Winter
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…

Friday Photo #465 – Unstad Twilight
Friday Photo, Vestvågøya, Winter
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…

Friday Photo #464 – House Below The Mountain
Autumn, Flakstadøya, Friday Photo
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…


