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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Derelict Rorbu sits on edge of fjord, Vestvalen, Reine, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway
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Friday Photo #60 – Rorbu

Photo: Abandoned Rorbu, Vestvalen, near Reine, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  Feb 17, 2017.  17:19 I posted a different version of this building a few months ago.  While I had been familiar with the location for many years,…
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Sunset at Bunes Beach, Moskenesoy, Lofoten Islands, Norway
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Friday Photo #59 – Bunes Beach Twilight

Photo: Summer twilight over Bunes beach, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  August 16, 2013.  23:04 If you're like me, and you like twilight, then even late summer on Lofoten leaves little time for sleep.  Only my second day on…
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Olstind mountain peak rises from fjord, Reine, Lofoten Islands, Norway
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Friday Photo #58 – Olstind Reflection

Photo: Olstind Winter panoramic, near Reine, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  Feb 6, 2012.  16:10 Every time I travel to Lofoten I try and remind myself that I already have enough images of Olstind.  And yet every time I am there,…
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Scenic winter view across Kjerkfjorden towards Vindstad, near Reine, Lofoten islands, Norway
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Friday Photo #57 – Kjerkfjord Winter

Photo: Winter Reflection on Kjerkfjord, near Reine, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  Jan 6, 2010.  13:35 In the short days of early January the sun barely rises above the southern horizon.  If the sky is clear, then several hours…
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View from Å towards end of Lofoten, Moskenesøy, Lofoten islands, Norway
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Friday Photo #56 – End Of Lofoten

Photo: Winter twilight, Å I Lofoten, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  Jan 6, 2010.  15:14 The first day of my January 2010 trip was finally coming to an end as I followed the light to the end of the road at Å I Lofoten.  And…
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Aurora Borealis - Northern Lights fill sky over Olstind mountain peak and reflect in fjord, Toppøya, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Lofoten Islands Winter 2014 Travel Plans

Photo: Northern Lights rise in sky over Olstind, near Hamnøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway.   February 2013 My days here in California are quickly coming to an end.  I had been planning this upcoming trip for a while, but it only seemed…
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