Northern Lights - Friday Photo #627
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Friday Photo #627 – Northern Lights

Photo: Northern lights and moonlit mountains over Vik beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 24, 2019. 00:13 The media hype around this year’s solar maximum and, ‘OMG!!! Best time in 10 years to see northern lights!’…
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Twilight Moon - Friday Photo #626
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Friday Photo #626 – Twilight Moon

Photo: Moon in twilight sky over Skolmen, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 3, 2023. 11:19 Welcome to 2025! When I first registered 68north.com in 2010 as a small portfolio for my growing collection of travel images from…
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Dark Mornings - Friday Photo #625
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Friday Photo #625 – Dark Mornings

Photo: Dark morning on Hamnøy bridge, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 31, 2020. 09:21 The darkest day of the year has now passed and the sun once gain begins its journey north and in only 5 months the midnight sun will…
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The Longest Night - Friday Photo #624
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Friday Photo #624 – The Longest Night

Photo: Himmeltindan rising over Storsandnes beach during the polar night, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 20, 2019. 11:38 The brightest hour on the darkest day, or there about. With a clear sky it is only a soft twilight…
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Almost Night - Friday Photo #623
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Friday Photo #623 – Almost Night

Photo: Clouds blow across the twilight sky from Vareid’s rocky coastline, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 14, 2021. 13:04 Lofoten is now a week into the Polar Night. But this year it might as well have started in mid…
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Polar Night - Friday Photo #622
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Friday Photo #622 – The Night Is Coming

Photo: Early afternoon darkness as Mørketiden - The Polar Night begins, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 8, 2020. 14:20 This weekend Lofoten will see its last sunlight of the year as the Mørketid - Polar Night begins.…
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Getting Wintry - Friday Photo #621
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Friday Photo #621 – Getting Wintry

Photo: Snow covered Stornappstind mountain peak rises over Nappstraumen, Lofoten Islands, Norway. November 27, 2024. 13:04 The temperature has slowly dropped over the last week in what otherwise has been a mild and wet November. In…
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Long Shadows - Friday Photo #620
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Friday Photo #620 – Long Shadows

Photo: Long shadows over snowy November mountain landscape, Lofoten Islands, Norway. November 19, 2023. 12:12 Having spent the last month in sunny Spain, returning to a November version of Lofoten is like hitting a wall of darkness.…
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November Sun - Friday Photo #619
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Friday Photo #619 – November Sun

Photo: November afternoon sunset from Ballstadheia, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. November 25, 2022. 13:09 November is that middle ground between no longer autumn and still not winter. Although as far as the sun is concerned,…
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November Snow - Friday Photo #618
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Friday Photo #618 – November Snow

Photo: The morning’s high tide line washed into the snow covered sand of Vik beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. November 20, 2023. 09:23 Not every year is it possible to photograph snow covered beaches already in November.…
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Frozen November - Friday Photo #617
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Friday Photo #617 – Frozen November

Photo: November deep freeze over mountains of Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. November 10, 2023. 08:51 It was a frozen morning with temperatures dropping to -5.8˚c in which I caught the morning light over Ristind and Himmeltindan…
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Winter Roads - Friday Photo #616
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Friday Photo #616 – Winter Roads

Photo: Northern lights shine in sky over icy Myrlandsveien road, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. November 27, 2023. 22:13 Already in October, a Finnish tour bus full of passengers slid off Lofoten’s ice roads and multiple other…
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Red Aurora - Friday Photo #615
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Friday Photo #615 – Red Aurora

Photo: Colorful northern lights rise into the sky over Storsandnes beach, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. October 7, 2024. 21:06 Since one image was not enough, here is another photo from the fantastic October 7 aurora display…
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Just Look Up - Friday Photo #614
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Friday Photo #614 – Just Look Up!

Photo: Just look up! Colorful cascading aurora corona fills the sky, Lofoten Islands, Norway. October 7, 2024. 20:38 It has been a crazy week for northern lights watchers! Last weekend brought strong auroras to Lofoten on Sunday and…
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Unstad Surf - Friday Photo #613
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Friday Photo #613 – Unstad Surf

Photo: Surfer in wave at Unstad beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. October 4, 2022. 17:19 The autumn storms bring nice swells to Unstad each year, which combined with the still mild water temperatures and autumn holidays make…
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Sun and Rain - Friday Photo #612
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Friday Photo #612 – Sun and Rain

Photo: Autumn mountain birch trees in sunlight as rain conceals mountains, Haugheia, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. October 4, 2023. 13:59 More so than another time of year, autumn is the season of light and shadow. Or maybe light…
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