Salar de Uyuni and The Magellanic Clouds

Salar de Uyuni and The Magellanic Clouds

This was an incredibly windy and cold night, and it was really hard to find a place away from the wind to set up the camera for long exposures. Even with my…


Star trails over Salar de Uyuni

Star trails over Salar de Uyuni

Traveling around the huge salt flats of Salar de Uyuni is no easy task, as the distances are vast and you have to bring all you need including gas for the car,…


Adesmia polyphylla

Adesmia polyphylla

Adesmia polyphylla grows on the slopes of the Cerro Tunupa. Altitude: 3989 metres. Native range is Bolivia and Chile.


Baccharis tola

Baccharis tola

A few weeks earlier and I would have seen all this as flowers - a beautiful sight I imagine. Baccharis tola seems abundant here, and is undoubtedly able to…


Star trails over the Siloli desert

Star trails over the Siloli desert

This is just a few kilometres from the Chilean border and here the sleeping and lodging options are almost non-existent, and being so remote and in a desert…


Maihueniopsis molfinoi

Maihueniopsis molfinoi

When the flower is gone, the remaining part is well protected from being reached, so what species is the fruit aimed at? Only insects and small rodents will…


Nevado Sajama

Nevado Sajama

Bolivias highest mountain - 6542 metres high - facing south. What a magnificent moment - the Large Magellanic cloud right above Sajama, the Milkyway to the…


Star trails over Salar de Uyuni

Star trails over Nevado Sajama

This was my first night at this altitude, and I was really struggling. The landscape and sky was incredibly beautiful, but I was unable to fully enjoy it due…


Lakrismjelt (Astragalus glycyphyllos)

Lakrismjelt (Astragalus glycyphyllos)

Med de mange oppreise og bøyde belgene er fruktsamlingen til Lakrismjelt (Astragalus glycyphyllos) ikke til å ta feil av. Disse vokser ved veikrysset til Sem…


Lakrismjelt (Astragalus glycyphyllos)

Lakrismjelt (Astragalus glycyphyllos)

Bladene til Lakrismjelt (Astragalus glycyphyllos) er store og brede og ser riktig å saftig og velsmakende ut når de er under utvikling. Jeg har smakt, men kan…