Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

What amazing luck - just a couple days after my trip to Brazil I experience this! What an amazing winter this could be.... Unfortunately I missed the beginning…


Amazon Lava Lizard (Tropidurus torquatus)

Amazon Lava Lizard (Tropidurus torquatus)

These lizards were common alongside the path following the Iguaçu Falls.


Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

Northern lights (Aurora Borealis) over Oslo. It was a clear sky this evening, and as I was walking my dog away from my house I didn't notice anything in the…


Oslo night sky – waiting for the northern lights

Oslo night sky – waiting for the northern lights

Catching the Aurora Borealis is perhaps easy in the northern parts of Norway or in general around the Arctic Circle, but at 60 degrees north where Oslo resides…


Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

Northern lights (Aurora Borealis) over Oslo. Yet another brief and weak display. Only the green was visible to my eye, so without the camera I would not have…


Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

The moon is adding a lot of light to this vista of a calm ocean and an almost cloudless sky.


Lodnebregne (Woodsia ilvensis)

Lodnebregne (Woodsia ilvensis)

Lodnebregne (Woodsia ilvensis) har et treffende navn som er mest tydelig før bladene er utvokst, da de hvite dunaktige hårene dominerer. Denne forsommeren har…


Northern Lights

Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

Despite the bright light from the near full moon and the light halo of Oslo, the low hanging northern light is visible as a faint green glow just above the…


Comet PANSTARRS (C/2011 L4)

Comet PANSTARRS (C/2011 L4)

Not often you can see a comet this big over a light polluted capital like Oslo!


Northern lights (Aurora borealis)

Northern lights (Aurora borealis)

The Bunnefjord (the sibling of the Oslo fjord) has now been frozen over for many weeks and the ice is thicker than in many years. This night was without any…