The Sleeping Queen – Sleeping in a bitterly cold storm
I caught this snapshot of the famous mountain The Sleeping Queen (1,576 m.o.s.) today. The wind was blowing approximately storm force at the tops, so the queen is misty from all the snow being blown off the mountain ridge.
Erosion – a country is moving Westerly
The northern part of Jutland is at the mercy of the eroding forces from both wind and seas. The lanscape has changed radically the pas few hundred years – and continues to do so, as these pictures will show you. There isn’t much resistance in compacted sand…
A piece of driftwood worn and torn by the relentless tumbling of the North Sea and the sand - HDR-photo
Eroding sandbanks by the sea
A piece of ancient peat (rich in carbon) revealed as the sand around it erodes
Frontside and backside of erosion - grass klinging on to the moving sand
Not much resistance in these sand barrs against the wrath of the Northern Sea
Snowy Silence by The Fjord
Snow is the most silent thing in the world. Today was calm, and snowy and really silent. Just the occasional bird and snow plow broke the silence.
Downtown Narvik with the harbor in front
Breakwater at the Ankenes Marina with the runway light beacon for the minicipal airport
Breathtaking
Frozen lake in Raabjerg Mile
Another Raabjerg Mile (Råbjerg Mile) Impression
Frozen Lake in Raabjerg Mile
It’s like the Gobi Dessert – only a bit smaller
In the otherwise green northern parts of Denmark, sand is moving right across the country in the general direction of the wind from West to East. This flying sand is moving like a dessert, although the sand is quite moist. The moving sand has throughout history buried houses, farms, roads and churches and only after many years when the sand has passed the area, these abandoned farming community appears on the back side of this moving dessert. However, the sand erodes the fertile top soil and carries it away with the wind leaving barron marshes in it’s wake.
I shot this photo in a particular area called Raabjerg Mile (Råbjerg Mile).
Raabjerg Mile - Tuesday February 7. The lake in front is frosen.
“The Branch” – “The North Cape” of Denmark
I shot a thsi photos on Grenen (translated from Danish: “The Branch”), the very top of Denmark, where the North Sea meets Skagerag. It was bitterly cold with -7 degrees Celsius, moist air and wind so my wool underwear and sweaters was highly apreciated! The coastline is constantly moving and the seas and winds meets – often times – violently. This has been one of the most dangerous places on The Seven Seas, having lead in earlier times to numerous shipwrecks.
The tip of Denmark covered by ice - Next stop Norway
Stunning auroral activity!
Yesterday was a fantastic night! All one could hope and dream for! Often times the Earth’s magnetic field pushes so hard back against the Sun’s magnestic field, that the particle from solar bursts never enter the ionosphere to create this spectacle. But yesterday was – luckily – a day when the magnetic field lines let slip particles deep down into the ionosphere to create these breathtaking views. With the good help of my friend Øystein Lunde Ingvaldsen, I managed to process the final details of my RAW photos to stand out like they are seen.
Enjoy!
Seen straight up!
Engulfed in light all around!
Have you ever gotten a present that just keeps on giving? This night was such a present! Northern Lights covering the entire night sky. Severeal times I just had to stop – I simply didn’t know which part of the sky I should shoot… Now that is a serious luxury problem! I have several hundred pictures ready for processing.
Here are just a few! More to come!
It’s like ice-fishing – you freeze your behind off – whether you catch something, or not….
Yesterday I spent quite some time down by the fjord, trying to catch some northern lights. It’s a bit like ice fishing. Sometimes you get a good catch, sometimes you don’t. There was quite nice flashes, but by the time I had rigged my equipment and was ready to shoot, there was more or less nothing. Waiting and waiting… Practically nothing…
I swung my camera around and shot a couple of shots of the City (Narvik) and its suburb Ankenes and then drove home at 01:30 am.
Narvik seen from the Ankenes Marina
Ankens and the Ankenes Church seen from Ankenes Marina
Ankenes and the Ankenes Church seen from Ankens Marina
Moerkholla (Mørkholla) – The Dark Hole – not so dark anymore
In the Fagernes Mountain massive there is a place called Moerkholla (Norwegian: Mørkholla) – or ominously translated into English; The Dark Hole. As the name implies, not much sun reaches the bottom there, but it is somewhat brighter there now, than in the dark season during the winter.
The edge of Moerkholla
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