Spring Thaw - Friday Photo #386

Friday Photo #386 – Spring Thaw

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Photo: Stortind rising into the midnight sky above flowing waters of the spring snowmelt, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 25, 2020. 23:29 Finally, after a seemingly never ending winter the thermometer broke into double digits…
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Midnight Sun - Friday Photo #385

Friday Photo #385 – Midnight Sun Season

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Photo: A sun that never sets - beginning of the midnight sun season, Unstad beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 22, 2020. 02:03 Last night was the first night the sun set after midnight for the year - and still a full month…
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Kvalvika Beach - Friday Photo #384

Friday Photo #384 – The Long Winter

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Photo: Winter without end - sea to summit snow over Kvalvika beach, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 14, 2020. 21:45 It has snowed for the last 10 days straight and it is currently snowing outside my window as I type this. I…
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Midnight Hjell - Friday Photo #383

Friday Photo #383 – Midnight Hjell

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Photo: Midnight Hjell, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 8, 2020. 00:05 Winter on Lofoten. Well, no, this is mid May 2020. After several nice days of sunshine last weekend, the thermostat has dropped and snow showers have been…
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Spring Twilight - Friday Photo #382

Friday Photo #382 – Spring Twilight

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Photo: Evening twilight glow over northern coast of Lofoten Islands from Flakstadøy. April 29, 2020. 22:32 For the first time in a month there was a cloudless sky over Lofoten on Wednesday. While there have been some moments of sun…
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Ebook Update – West Lofoten Hikes – 3rd Edition

I'm happy to announce an update to the 3rd edition of West Lofoten Hikes: 38 hikes on Moskenesøy and Flakstadøy This new edition has added 11 more hikes, over 100 additional pages and dozens of new images. If you've already purchased…
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Grey April - Friday Photo #381

Friday Photo #381 – Grey Spring

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Photo: Grey skies over Myrlandsfjellet, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. April 23, 2020. 18:23 I saw an article yesterday on NRK that Bodø has had the cloudiest April since 1977. And it has been no different out here on Lofoten.…
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Spring Storms - Friday Photo #380

Friday Photo #380 – Spring Storms

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Photo: Storm over coast of Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 8, 2020. 13:06 Last week during one of the big storms I waited for a pause in the rain before walking down to the coast to checkout some of the action. The wind was…
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Uttakleiv Twilight - Friday Photo #379

Friday Photo #379 – Uttakleiv Twilight

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Photo: Himmeltindan rises over Uttakleiv in April twilight, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. April 10, 2019. 21:57 Last year on this evening, April 10th, I headed up Veggen with a forecast of clear sky to try and catch my last northern…
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Uttakleiv Aurora - Friday Photo #378

Friday Photo #378 – Uttakleiv Aurora

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Photo: Northern lights reflect in the Eye of Uttakleiv, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. April 1, 2020. 23:40 I wasn’t planning to post another northern lights image today, but this was the only time I’ve been out shooting since…
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Equinox Aurora - Friday Photo #377

Friday Photo #377 – Equinox Aurora

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Photo: Equinox Aurora over Storsandnes beach, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 20, 2020. 21:35 Last friday was a stormy and windy day with passing snow showers and storm force wind gusts throughout the day. Sometime in the…
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Winter Storm - Friday Photo #376

Friday Photo #376 – Storm

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Photo: Hold fast, all storms pass. Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 20, 2020. 11:05 We bring in the spring equinox with the passing of another polar low pressure and gale force winds sweeping across Lofoten. But a bigger storm…
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Stortind Waterfall - Friday Photo #375

Friday Photo #375 – Stortind Waterfall

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Photo: Mølnelva waterfall below Stortind, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 13, 2020. 15:24 It has been a strange winter photo season this year on Lofoten. The commonly popular places in former years - Uttakleiv, Haukland,…
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Wind - Friday Photo #374

Friday Photo #374 – Wind

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Photo: Windy ridges of Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 20, 2020. 12:39 Each winter here on Lofoten seems to have it’s own defining element. For 2020 it will be the wind, and maybe rain for 2nd place. Defiantly not on…
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Winter Twilight - Friday Photo #373

Friday Photo #373 – Winter Twilight

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Photo: Soft winter twilight the mountain peaks of Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 19, 2020. 16:46 This image is a prologue to last week's post: Friday Photo #372. There is always a bit of a balance of how much waiting…
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Forecast vs. Reality - Friday Photo #372

Friday Photo #372 – Forecast Vs. Reality

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Photo: Forecast: Clear sky and KP5 northern lights. Reality… Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 19, 2020. 19:15 Finally, after endless weeks (months really) of near constant clouds over Lofoten there was a forecast for…
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