Winter sunset illuminates snow covered mountain peaks, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway
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Friday Photo #72 – Winter Mountain Light

Photo:  Winter sunset over mountains, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  February 9, 2014.  15:35 This week’s image is not something spectacular, but more to illustrate wonderful light that I was in the wrong place for.  Other…
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spectacular view over mountains and fjords from Reinebringen, Lofoten islands, Norway

Lofoten Sailing Expedition August 2014

Photo: Autumn view from Reinebringen, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  I’m skipping this weeks continuation of my Lofoten winter travels series for a more important announcement: I’m going sailing around Lofoten! From…
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Tent with scenic mountain backdrop while wild camping at Horseid beach, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway
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Friday Photo #71 – Horseid Beach Camping

Photo: Tent and mountains at Horseid beach, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  March 3, 2014.  16:40 With each visit I make to Horseid beach, I’m more and more convinced that it is one of the most beautiful places in the world,…
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Winter sunrise over Vestfjord from Toppøya, near Reine, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway
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Lofoten Islands Winter 2014 Part 3 – Time Passes Slowly

Photo: Heavy skies over Unstad beach at dawn, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  February 2014 [Part 3 of my February/March 2014 Lofoten Islands travels] Morning was slow to come.  After midnight had gone, time seemed to come…
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Silhouette shapes of empty cod drying racks at sunrise, Toppøy, near Reine, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway
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Friday Photo #70 – Winter Cod Racks

Photo: Empty cod drying racks at dawn, Toppøya, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  February 15, 2014.  08:41 During my first two weeks on Lofoten I had wandered around Toppøya on numerous occasions; with the southerly winter sunrise, it is…
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Waves wash over snow covered rock in winter at Myrland beach, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway
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Lofoten Islands Winter 2014 Part 2 – Lessons In Sleep

Photo: Myrland beach at dawn, Flakstadoy, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  February 2014 [Part 2 of my February/March 2014 Lofoten Islands travels] February mornings are slow to arrive on Lofoten, so even if you’ve been up late chasing…
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Lone winter tree silhouetted against mountain sunset, near Fredvang, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway
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Friday Photo #69 – Winter Tree

Photo: Tree silhouette, near Fredvang, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  February 4, 2014.  14:27 For the month of May I be focusing on panoramic images for each week’s Friday Photo.  I don’t shoot as many panos as I used…
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Northern Lights - Aurora Borealis shine in Sky over Uttakleiv beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway
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Lofoten Islands Winter 2014 Part 1 – Northern Lights Greetings

Photo: Northern Lights fill the sky over Utakleiv beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  February 1, 2014 [This is the first post of a six part series about my travels to Lofoten during February and March 2014.  More will come…
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Northern Lights over Vik beach, Lofoten Islands, Norway
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Friday Photo #68 – Northern Lights Over Vik

Photo:  Northern Lights over Vik beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  February 1, 2014.  22:45 The journeys from California to Lofoten are always long, and I always arrive thinking of the soonest possibility I can lie down…
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Cod Stockfish hang to dry in cold winter air, Toppøya, Reine, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway
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Friday Photo #67 – Winter Sunrise

Photo:  Winter sunrise and empty cod racks, Toppøy, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  February 3, 2014.  09:20 My second morning on Lofoten and the wind was screaming in from the south, cold and bitter; I had not quite gotten…
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Lake Agvatnet in winter, Moskenesoy, Lofoten Islands, Norway
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Friday Photo #66 – Lake Agvatnet Winter

Photo:  Patterns of snow on lake Ågvatnet, Å I Lofoten, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  February 2, 2014.  15:27 I had been following the on Lofoten for the months before my travels at the beginning of February and knew the…
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Northern Lights - Aurora Borealis shine in sky over Olstind mountain peak and fjord near Reine, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway
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Friday Photo #65 – Northern Lights Over Olstind

Photo:  Northern Lights shine in sky over Olstind, Valen, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  February 11, 2014.  23:04 For anyone who as seen the Northern Lights, I don’t think I need to explain why I have a growing fascination…
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Hamnoy, Lofoten Islands, Norway
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Friday Photo #64 – Hamnoy

Photo:  Morning at Hamnøy, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  February 14, 2014.  08:46 This is the first image from my recent Lofoten trip.  All in all I was on the islands from February 1 - 15 and February 26 - March 8.  A…
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Morning light on Merrastitinden from near summit of Helvetestinden, Moskenesoy, Lofoten Islands, Norway
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Friday Photo #63 – Merrastind Dawn

Photo: Morning light on Merrastitinden, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  August 16, 2013.  05:44 Even while camping high in the mountains, it is easy to end up in a place where you will not see any sun until it is well above the…
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Snow covered winter landscape, Farstad, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway
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Friday Photo #62 – Vestvagoy Winter

Photo: Winter landscape, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  Feb 16, 2013.  14:22 The light on Lofoten is not always magical and quite often you'll have to make due with much less than ideal conditions. This day in particular had…
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Ice coveres coastal rocks, Vik Beach, Vik, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway
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Friday Photo #61 – Vik Beach Winter

Photo: Ice covered rocks at Vik beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  Feb 16, 2013.  16:40 I'm not quite sure what it is, but I often find myself to focus on certain places on any given trip to Lofoten.  In the past, I have…
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