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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Flakstadøy Mountains - Friday Photo #443
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Friday Photo #443 – Sun Is Back

Photo: Mountain peaks of Flakstadøy reflect in small tidal pool, Vareid, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. June 30, 2021. 23:13 The midnight sun returned to Lofoten last night after an absence of several weeks. Not that the sun…
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Flowers and Rain - Friday Photo #442
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Friday Photo #442 – Flowers And Rain

Photo: The look of early summer: wildflowers and rain, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. June 24, 2021. 15:57 After June’s fantastic start this year, the weather has unfortunately returned to more normal conditions for early summer,…
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Mountain Clouds - Friday Photo #441
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Friday Photo #441 – Mountain Clouds

Photo: Misty clouds form over Tverrfjellet after evening rain, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. June 7, 2021. 06:59 I usually don’t camp too much during June unless I’m heading out to the mountains for more than one night. Otherwise,…
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Midnight Sun - Friday Photo #440
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Friday Photo #440 – After Midnight

Photo: Midnight sun under Fredvang bridge, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 29, 2021. 00:46 The Lofoten Islands are now two weeks into summer’s midnight sun season - and still more than a month away until the sun will touch…
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Sumer - Friday Photo #439
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Friday Photo #439 – Early Summer

Photo: Cloudless summer sky and fresh summer green over Sakrisøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. June 2, 2021. 14:02 Lofoten is off to a fantastic start to June this year, already with temperatures between 19-21˚C since the start of the…
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Storbåthellaren - Friday Photo #438
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Friday Photo #438 – Storbåthellaren

Photo: Looking out over Nappstraumen from Storbåthellaren cave, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 24, 2021. 15:40 Even after 5 years of living and 20 years since my first visit to Lofoten, there are still some places that have…
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Midnight Sea - Friday Photo #437
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Friday Photo #437 – Midnight Flow

Photo: Midnight sunset over Myrland beach, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 18, 2021. 00:06 The arrival of the midnight sun is just a few days away here on Lofoten, but already for the last week, we’ve had incredible all ‘night’…
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Spring Thaw - Friday Photo #436
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Friday Photo #436 – Spring Thaw

Photo: Small waterfall flowing from melting spring snow below the mountains of Flakstad, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 12, 2021. 21:46 It was a strange and mostly snow-less winter in west Lofoten and so much of the lower…
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Midnight Rain - Friday Photo #435
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Friday Photo #435 – Midnight Rain

Photo: Soft rain showers fall into the sea after midnight in May’s twilight light, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 5, 2021. 00:40 With the arrival of the midnight sun less than 3 weeks away, there is already no more darkness during the…
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