13 Aug 2015
2015 Perseids and northern lights over Oslo
What an incredible number of coincidences in one night! First of all a clear night - a rarity this summer! Add the first aurora borealis after the bright…
19 Nov 2013
Agathina Emperor (Doxocopa agathina)
Every day I enjoyed the many butterflies around my room and I was hoping this agathina emperor (Doxocopa agathina) would close its wings, as this species is…
18 Nov 2013
Lavinia Emperor (Doxocopa lavinia)
The doxocopas look very similar to the adelphas out in the field, but when you see one with this amazing blue iridescence there are much less to choose from.…
18 Nov 2013
Linda Emperor (Doxocopa linda)
The doxocopas look very similar to the adelphas out in the field, as well as during identification at home. It's like seeing the difference of two QR codes or…
27 Nov 2012
Linda’s Emperor (Doxocopa linda)
This is from the airstrip in Florida, and being next to Noel Kempff Mercado National Park there are so many different species of butterflies everywhere. The…
26 Nov 2012
Agathina Emperor (Doxocopa agathina)
Agathina Emperor (Doxocopa agathina) is a beautiful butterfly I also saw in Bolivian Amazon. The blue is changing with the angle of the light, so sometimes it…
16 Nov 2012
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…
13 Nov 2012
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…
8 Dec 2011
Agathina Emperor (Doxocopa agathina)
I'm grateful to have gotten a shot of this wonderful agathina emperor (Doxocopa agathina). I only saw it here this once on the muddy grounds of the Napo…
8 Oct 2011
Draconid meteors and Northern lights (Aurora borealis)
The Draconid meteors are generally faint, so with a near full moon the amount seen this night were few and far between. Being inside the huge dome of Oslo's…