Midnight Sun - Friday Photo #649
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Friday Photo #649 – Moltind Midnight Sun

Photo: Midnight sun shines bright in sky over mountain landscape of Lofotodden National Park, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. June 13, 2020. 00:29 Another bright bluebird night from June 2020, this time watching the midnight sun…
Stjerntind - Friday Photo #648
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Friday Photo #648 – Stjerntinden Morning

Photo: East face of Stjerntinden catches morning sunlight as it rises over Storvatn, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. June 7, 2020. 01:55 One of the difficult things about evening hikes during the midnight sun period is that by…
Summer Fog - Friday Photo #647
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Friday Photo #647 – Summer Fog

Photo: Summer sea fog approaching from the north, Myrland, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. June 4, 2021. 21:42 The sea fog, or fog monster, as I generally refer to it is the ruin of many summer evening BBQs and camping plans each…
Ryten and Fuglhuken - Friday Photo #646
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Friday Photo #646 – Ryten and Fuglhuken

Photo: The twin peaks or Ryten and Fuglhuken rise over a twilight reflection on Kvalvika beach, Lofotodden National Park, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 16, 2021. 00:09 By mid-May the nights are no longer dark and its possible…
Volandstind Sunset - Friday Photo #645
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Friday Photo #645 – Volandstind Sunset

Photo: May sunset over summit of Volandstinden, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 16, 2020. 22:46 From mid May it is not long until the midnight sun arrives. Though as I often write, the light and temperature often do not match…
Almost Spring - Friday Photo #644
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Friday Photo #644 – Maybe Spring

Photo: The first signs of spring as the fields begin to turn green in mid May, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 9, 2025. 14:27 While the landscape is still dominated by the brown dead grasses of winter, the fresh green growth…
Changing Seasons - Friday Photo #643
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Friday Photo #643 – Changing Seasons

Photo: Willow Ptarmigan in flight over grassland, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 1, 2025. 15:30 April and May are always a strange time of year for me in the mix of summer daylight but winter-ish temperatures and landscape.…
The Sea Road - Friday Photo #642
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Friday Photo #642 – The Sea Road

Photo: Mountains of the ‘Lofoten Wall’ rise from the sea while traveling on the Bodø - Moskenes ferry, April 24, 2025. 19:52 20 hours after I should have originally been home from a short trip to Scotland, Lofoten’s mountain wall…
Stornappstind Reflection - Friday Photo #641
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Friday Photo #641 – Stornappstind Reflection

Photo: Bluehour reflection of Stornappstind with dusting of snow, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 28, 2025. 06:37 For many weeks this winter even just a dusting of snow mid-way down the mountains like this morning was…
Unstad Waves - Friday Photo #640
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Friday Photo #640 – Unstad Waves

Photo: Setting winter sun behind misty waves at Unstad beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 25, 2025. 16:47 One benefit to this year’s windy and stormy winter is that the sea is anything but boring! Unstad in particular…
Aurora - Friday Photo #639
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Friday Photo #639 – Aurora

Photo: Northern lights dance over Storsandnes beach, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 6, 2025. 20:46 Like every year, the ever shortening nights of April mean Lofoten’s northern lights season is quickly coming to an end.…
Snow - Friday Photo #638
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Friday Photo #638 – Snow and No Snow

Photo: Snow and no snow at Haukland, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 17, 2025. 09:55. And March 6, 2025. 12:40 In the last days of March it finally feels like spring is in the air and that winter is coming to an end.…
March Aurora - Friday Photo #637
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Friday Photo #637 – March Aurora

Photo: Aurora Highway - moonlit northern lights rise into the sky over Gimsøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 24, 2024. 22:17 Eight months after their first appearance in Lofoten’s night sky, the northern lights will soon be making…
End of the Road - Friday Photo #636
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Friday Photo #636 – End Of The Road

Photo: View across the sea from the cliffs at Å to Værøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 18, 2024. 13:49 I make frequent visits to the end of the road at Å each winter and despite being quite familiar with the location, still…
Winter Cormorants - Friday Photo #635
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Friday Photo #635 – Winter Cormorants

Photo: Cormorants at dawn, Haukland beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 15, 2024. 09:11 As the blue hour light over Haukland beach faded into early dawn I was ready to head off to the next location. But walking back…
Winter Light - Friday Photo #634
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Friday Photo #634 – Winter Light

Photo: Soft dawn sunlight shine over Flakstadtind, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 6, 2024. 09:24 Before this moment I had actually been shooting pretty wide in the 14-20mm range with some nice foreground wave action over the rocks…