Gimsøy Storm - Friday Photo #298
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Friday Photo #298 – Gimsøy Sky

Photo: Dark autumn sky over Gimsøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. September 17, 2016. 17:50 The last days have seen the fury of the first autumn storm over Lofoten. Wind, rain, clouds, and more wind. The Gimsøy bridge has been closed for…
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Mountain Sunset - Friday Photo #297
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Friday Photo #297- Summer Sunset

Photo: Summer sunset over the mountains of Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. July 31, 2018. 23:11 I am somewhat unsure of what to write about this week. I have spent the previous week down south in Germany - while Lofoten enjoyed…
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Autumn Aurora - Friday Photo #296
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Friday Photo #296 – Autumn Aurora

Photo: Northern lights and twilight glow of late August, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. August 31, 2018. 23:40 The final night of August brought the third aurora of the 2018/2019 season. Not a bad way to say goodbye to summer and…
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August Aurora - Friday Photo #295Cody Duncan
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Friday Photo #295 – Aurora Season Begins

Photo: Return of the northern lights season, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. August 27, 2018. 23:49 The northern lights are back over Lofoten! This image is actually from my second sighting, but conditions were a bit better this…
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August Rainbow - Friday Photo #294
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Friday Photo #294 – August Rainbow

Photo: Rainbow over Nappstraumen, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. August 20, 2018. 18:34 Usually I think of autumn as the season of rainbows here on Lofoten, with the turbulent weather and sun, rain, sun, rain, sun, type weather…
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August Twilight - Friday Photo #293
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Friday Photo #293 – August Twilight

Photo: Full moon and August twilight over field of geitrams - fireweed, Gimsøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. August 9, 2017. 23:51 The nights are growing noticeable darker these days and with the often heavy clouds and rain of the last weeks,…
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Kvalvika Whale - Friday Photo #292
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Friday Photo #292 – Kvalvika Whale

Photo: Decaying whale on the shore at Kvalvika beach, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. August, 4, 2018. 20:18 With a somewhat poor weather forecast yet still looking for a night outside on a misty Saturday night, we made the journey…
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September Aurora - Friday Photo #291
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Friday Photo #291 – September Aurora

Photo: Autumn northern lights fill the sky over the village of Å, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. September 14, 2017. 22:26 Sometimes I feel like August is a light switch here in the north. Suddenly the nights feel dark again,…
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Summer Fog - Friday Photo #290
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Friday Photo #290- Summer Fog

Photo: Summer fog flows from the north over the mountains of Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. July 12, 2018. 23:35 When the summer wind blows out of the north, the outer side of Lofoten can become concealed in a blanket of fog approaching…
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Summer Sunset - Friday Photo #289
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Friday Photo #289- Summer Sunset

Photo: A sun that now sets, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. July 20, 2018. 00:27 After almost two months circling the sky over Lofoten, the sun is beginning it’s slow journey towards the south. Over the next months, the nights…
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Summer Nights - Friday Photo #288
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Friday Photo #288 – Summer Nights

Photo: Rays of light over Skolmen, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. June 28, 2018. 03:49 With July almost halfway over the midnight sun will soon be disappearing from Lofoten. And while the Islands lose light by about 1 hour per…
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Himmeltind Midnight - Friday Photo #287
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Friday Photo #287 – Himmeltind Midnight

Photo: Midnight sun shines over Uttakleiv beach from summit of Himmeltind, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. July 3, 2018. 01:12 I’m just back in the door from my first photo tour of the summer where we hiked 5 mountains over 6…
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Lofotodden national park - Friday Photo #286
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Friday Photo #286 – Lofotodden Nasjonalpark

Photo: Twilight view over the wild north coast of Moskenesøy, soon to be part of Lofotodden Nasjonalpark, Lofoten Islands, Norway. September 7, 2017. 20:30 After a process of more than 10 years, and with a fair amount of local opposition…
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Kvalvika Beach - Friday Photo #285
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Friday Photo #285 – Summer Gloom

Photo: Misty clouds conceal the summit of Ryten from Kvalvika beach, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. July 9, 2016. 18:53 Summer 2018 seems to be on hold for the moment. After a dry and cold winter, it now seems we have arrived at…
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Gimsøy Summer - Friday Photo #284
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Friday Photo #284 – Gimsøy Summer

Photo: 01:00 am summer light over Gimsøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. June 12, 2017. 01:04 I have previously posted an image from this fanstastic June night - Friday Photo ###. That one was looking directly into the sun. This is just a…
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Cotton Grass - Friday Photo #283
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Friday Photo #283 – Summer Mood

Photo: Cottongrass and evening light, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. June 12, 2017. 22:58 Cottongrass is a familiar plant in the summer mountains of Lofoten. It´s also a good marker of where not to put a tent! Wandering around…
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