Northern Lights - Friday Photo #419
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Friday Photo #419 – Northern Lights

Photo: Northern lights fill the sky over Skagsanden beach, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 11, 2021. 19:06 It was not even dark yet on Monday afternoon when I thought I noticed faint hints of northern lights dancing in…
Second Sun - Friday Photo #418
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Friday Photo #418 – Second Sun

Photo: January sunrise/sunset over Nappstraumen, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 8, 2021. 12:39 The sun has returned to Lofoten! For the last two days, the sun has been visible again across the whole of Lofoten. Yesterday,…
Eye of Uttakleiv - Friday Photo #417
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Friday Photo #417 – A New Year

Photo: New Year twilight at the eye of Uttakleiv, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 1, 2021. 12:43 The new year has arrived with the soft pastels of winter twilight. Cold and clear, perfect weather for the first day of 2021…
Christmas Moon - Friday Photo #416
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Friday Photo #416 – Christmas Moon

Photo: Christmas moon in December’s twilight light over mountains of Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 25, 2020. 13:06 Driving home from Stamsund this afternoon I saw the moon sitting low over the mountains along the southern…
Polar Night - Friday Photo #41
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Friday Photo #415 – Polar Night

Photo: Twilight glow of December’s Polar Night over Vestfjord from Ballstadheia, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 12, 2020. 13:04 It has been nearly two weeks since the sun left Lofoten, and still a few more days to go…
Polar Night - Friday Photo #414
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Friday Photo #414 – Polar Night

Photo: Blue hour over Nappstraumen during December’s polar night, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 7, 2020. 14:05 The sun has left Lofoten for the year and will remain below the horizon until early January. Though, the…
December Rain - Friday Photo #413
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Friday Photo #413 – December Rain

Photo: Rainy view across Nappstraumen to cloud covered peaks of Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 3, 2020. 10:35 The wet and soggy weather has carried into the first days of December, and judging by the forecast, carry on…
Farstadvatnet Reflection - Friday Photo #412
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Friday Photo #412 – Reflection

Photo: Mountain reflection in Farstadvatnet, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. November 24, 2020. 10:53 After last week’s brief cold spell, the mild and wet weather of this November has continued, with daily rain and overcast skies.…
FIrst Snow - Friday Photo #411
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Friday Photo #411 – First Beach Snow

Photo: First beach snow of 2020/2021 winter at Haukland beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. November 19, 2020. 11:54 After some unusually mild November temperatures over the last weeks - and no shortage of rain! - the winds…
Friday Sun - Friday Photo #410
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Friday Photo #410 – Friday Sun

Photo: Friday Sun low in the sky over Rorbu cabins, Nusfjord, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Island, Norway. November 13, 2020. 11:01 After a rainy, grey, and windy start to November the sun finally reappeared today! Even better the temperature…
November Storms - Friday Photo #409
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Friday Photo #409 – November Storms

Photo: Storm wave crashes over rocks (and me) at Storsandnes beach, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. November 5, 2020. 14:17 I walked returned to my house with completely wet shoes today. Not from the normal hiking through bog or…
Tree - Friday Photo #408
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Friday Photo #408 – Haugheia Tree

Photo: Changing perspective - Late autumn tree, Haugheia, Lofoten Islands, Norway. October 24, 2020. 16:06 I had been waiting for the right light to head back to Haugheia to spend a little more time in the small grove of trees I posted…
Ice Season - Friday Photo #407
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Friday Photo #407 – Ice Season

Photo: Frozen mountain pond, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. October 21, 2020. 17:16 The landscape has begun to settle into its winter freeze over the last week and many of the small mountain ponds are beginning to ice over. I…
October Snow - Friday Photo #406
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Friday Photo #406 – October Snow

Photo: October snow flurries over Moskenesøy and Sund, Nesland, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. October 13, 2020. 16:32 The brief Indian Summer which I wrote about last week now seems to have come to an end and the normal cool-ish…
Indian Summer - Friday Photo #405
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Friday Photo #405 – Indian Summer

Photo: October sun shines through a hazy blue sky over autumn birch trees, Haugheia, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. October 4, 2020. 14:34 After a wet and mostly wild weathered September (with a few windy days), October has brough…
Rainbow Season - Friday Photo #404
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Friday Photo #404 – Rainbow Season

Photo: September rainbow over Olstind, Reine, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. September 15, 2020. 12:33 One benefit of all the rain this autumn is rainbows! In general, autumn on Lofoten is what I like to call ‘rainbow season.’…