campfire at Bunes Beach, Moskenesoy, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Friday Photo #22 – Bunes Beach Camping

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Photo: Driftwood campfire at Bunes Beach, Moskenesøya, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  April 30, 2013.  01:46 As the twilight nights of late April and early May arrive on Lofoten, exhaustion and insomnia become constant companions for the…
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Evening campfire at Utakleiv beach, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Friday Photo #21 – Driftwood Campfire

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Photo: Driftwood campfire, Utakleiv, Vestvågøya, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  Aug 27, 2012.  21:44 Despite the fact that it had been as near to a perfect day as is possible on Lofoten, I was the only one to setup a tent at Utakleiv this…
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Reflection of misty mountains and village, Rolvsfjord, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Friday Photo #20 – Rolvsfjord

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Photo: Rolvsfjord, Vestvågøya, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  Sept. 29, 2011.  13:03 If you spend enough time on the islands you'll soon come to realize that the weather changes quite literally around every corner.  Taking the southern…
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Dark weather over coast, Stamsund, Lofoten islands, Norway

Friday Photo #19 – Stamsund Blue

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Photo: Stamsund blue, Stamsund, Vestvågøya, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  Oct. 1, 2011.  16:41 I am not sure how many hours of my life I have stood in this location, the outer coast beyond the Stamsund youth hostel, but it is probably well…
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Dramatic scenery at snow covered coastline, Å I Lofoten, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Friday Photo #18 – Winter Storm

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Photo: Approaching winter storm, Å I Lofoten, Moskenesøya, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  Feb 12, 2012.  15:27 The last full day of my February 2012 Lofoten.  After nearly a week of positive temperatures and horrible rain, the thermostat…
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snow covered Olstind mountain peak glows pink in winter sunrise, Reine, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Friday Photo #17 – Reine Winter Sunrise

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Photo: Pink dawn, Reine, Moskenesøya, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  Feb 19, 2013.  08:16 This is perhaps what Winter photography on Lofoten is all about, mountains glowing pink in the low hanging sun.  In mid January, this would be your…
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Sea and snow meet at Vik Beach, Vik, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Friday Photo #16 – Vik Beach Winter

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Photo: Winter tide, Vik Beach, Vestvagøyå, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  Feb. 16, 21013.  17:19 For several days a layer of low clouds had enveloped the islands and concealed the sun.  Flat, gray light was all there was to be found over…
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Lofoten Islands Norway

Back to Lofoten

It's barely been six weeks since I left the islands, but another journey to Lofoten begins this morning.  From leaving my home in California to when I arrive at the hostel in Stamsund will be somewhere around a 38 hour journey.  Needles to…
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Summer evening twilight, Stamsund, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Friday Photo # 15 – Stamsund Summer Twilight

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Photo: Late Summer twilight, Stamsund, Vestvagøyå, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  Aug 24, 2012.  00:59 Even one month after the Summer's first sunset, the northern horizon of late August still glows throughout the night. After several…
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Pink winter sunrise over Olstind, Reine, Lofoten Islands, Norway

New Lofoten Prints Added to Gallery

I've added a few new (10 in total) prints from my last couple lofoten trips into my print gallery. - click here to checkout the gallery - As my last few journeys to the islands have been with my D800, I've increased the size in which these…
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Traditional Rorbu cabin reflects in fjord in evening light, Valen, Reine, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Friday Photo #14 – Winter Rorbu

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Photo: Valen Rorbu, Moskenesøya, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  Feb 17, 2013.  17:00 Heavy skies had covered the islands for several days.  After spending the afternoon at Å, waiting for a sunset that would never arrive, I returned to…
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Haukland beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Friday Photo #13 – Haukland Beach Winter

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Photo: Haukland Beach winter, Vestvågøya, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  Feb 20, 2013 After a week of fairly cold temperatures and calm conditions, the weather began to change on this day.  Winds and increasing temperatures swept across…
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Aurora Borealis - Northern Lights shine in sky over snow covered mountains from Vik beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Friday Photo #12 – Northern Lights Over Vik

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Photo: Northern Lights fill sky over Vik beach, Vik, Vestvågøya, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 19, 2013.  21:48 I almost missed this one due to laziness. One of the, if perhaps the only, benefits of sleeping in a car during Winter…
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Aurora Borealis - Northern Lights shine in sky over snow covered mountains from Vik beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway

New Northern Lights Photo Gallery

As I mentioned last week, I've now added a new gallery of Lofoten Northern Lights images. -CLICK HERE- the view the gallery A few of the images are older, but most are from my February 2013 trip, which was by far my most successful time…
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Boats at Rest, Agvatnet, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Friday Photo #11 – Agvatnet

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Photo: Row boats float in Ågvatnet, Å I Lofoten, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  July 2001 This is the oldest Lofoten photo I'll ever post on this site. But this photo is perhaps the whole reason this website exists. It was…
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Winter sunrise on snow covered Olstind mountain peak rising from Fjord, Toppøya, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway

New Winter 2013 Gallery

New images from February 2013 are now in a new gallery.  Yay! -CLICK HERE- to checkout the Winter 2013 photo gallery. Where are the Northern Lights photos?  I had a fair bit of luck with the Northern Lights this last trip.  So instead…
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