New Chicks - Friday Photo #652

Friday Photo #652 – New Chicks

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Photo: Common gull chick stands in driveway between vehicles, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. June 30, 2025. 19:28 You are being closely watched if you are on Lofoten at the moment. Not from people or any technology, but from the…
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Mountain Sun - Friday Photo #651

Friday Photo #651 – Mountain Sun

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Photo: Evening sun over Slettind mountain peak, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. July 16, 2024. 23:39 Yesterday was a bright and sunny day with the midnight sun shining over the sea. I had been hoping to go hiking in my local mountains,…
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Cool June - Friday Photo #650

Friday Photo #650 – Cool June

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Photo: Meadow of yellow buttercup - smørblomst flowers overlooking Nappstraumen, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. June 17, 2025. 22:53 The Summer Solstice is tomorrow here in Norway, and with that, the official start of Summer.…
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Midnight Sun - Friday Photo #649

Friday Photo #649 – Moltind Midnight Sun

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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…
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Stjerntind - Friday Photo #648

Friday Photo #648 – Stjerntinden Morning

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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…
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Summer Fog - Friday Photo #647

Friday Photo #647 – Summer Fog

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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…
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Ryten and Fuglhuken - Friday Photo #646

Friday Photo #646 – Ryten and Fuglhuken

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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…
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Volandstind Sunset - Friday Photo #645

Friday Photo #645 – Volandstind Sunset

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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…
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Almost Spring - Friday Photo #644

Friday Photo #644 – Maybe Spring

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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…
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Changing Seasons - Friday Photo #643

Friday Photo #643 – Changing Seasons

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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.…
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The Sea Road - Friday Photo #642

Friday Photo #642 – The Sea Road

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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…
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Stornappstind Reflection - Friday Photo #641

Friday Photo #641 – Stornappstind Reflection

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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…
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Unstad Waves - Friday Photo #640

Friday Photo #640 – Unstad Waves

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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…
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Aurora - Friday Photo #639

Friday Photo #639 – Aurora

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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.…
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Snow - Friday Photo #638

Friday Photo #638 – Snow and No Snow

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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.…
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March Aurora - Friday Photo #637

Friday Photo #637 – March Aurora

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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…
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