Bukkeblad (Menyanthes trifoliata)

Bukkeblad (Menyanthes trifoliata)

Blomstene til bukkeblad (Menyanthes trifoliata) står som hvite fyrtårn og er blant de mest iøynefallende blomstene på myren ved Sjølitjernet. Naturlig…


Bukkeblad (Menyanthes trifoliata)

Bukkeblad (Menyanthes trifoliata)

Bukkeblad (Menyanthes trifoliata) er en vakker og umiskjennelig plante under blomstringen om våren og forsommeren, her fra myren rundt Sjølitjernet i…


Cleome brachycarpa

Cleome brachycarpa

The largest specimen I have come across of Cleome brachycarpa so far. It's clearly enjoying excellent growing conditions in the shadow of the Archer cliffs.…


Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)

Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)

The walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) utilizes their tusks as ice picks when they haul themselves up onto an ice float, and sometimes they might break as is the case…


Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)

Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)

These clumsy and fat mammals on land are amazingly fast and agile in the ocean! This encounter by the Seven Islands (Sjuøyane), Svalbard is from a zodiac, and…


Cleome brachycarpa UV

Cleome brachycarpa UV

The flower of cleome brachycarpa is bright yellow in visible light but is completely dark and non-reflective in UV light. Native range is Cape Verde to…


Cleome brachycarpa

Cleome brachycarpa

On the hills overlooking the Detwah lagoon on the west coast of Socotra I found many interesting flowers, and luckily some not destroyed by goats, like this…


Cleome brachycarpa

Cleome brachycarpa

On the hills overlooking the Detwah lagoon on the west coast of Socotra I found many interesting plants, and luckily some not destroyed by goats. Up close you…