Noctilucent clouds

Noctilucent clouds

First night of August and the first noctilucent clouds of the summer - at least the first good ones! There have been some fine veils and wisps in between the…


Åkersnelle (Equisetum arvense)

Åkersnelle (Equisetum arvense)

Snellene i området er for meg lettest å skille om våren, og Åkersnelle (Equisetum arvense) er umiskjennelig da den produserer klorofyllfrie og grenløse…


Skogsnelle (Equisetum sylvaticum)

Skogsnelle (Equisetum sylvaticum)

På denne vårstengelen har sporkapslene til skogsnelle (Equisetum sylvaticum) enda ikke åpnet seg og bladene er kun korte buster. Ofte visner stengelen etter at…


Skogsnelle (Equisetum sylvaticum)

Skogsnelle (Equisetum sylvaticum)

Skogsnelle (Equisetum sylvaticum) vokser rikelig i området og om våren vokser det opp store mengder blomsterstengler. Som ellers er det ved nærsyn at man kan…


Noctilucent clouds

The best noctilucent show of the season?

Tonight's Noctilucent cloud show was fast moving, bright and spectacular. Watching it is one thing, but a time-lapse of many hundreds of exposures is a totally…


Noctilucent clouds

A glimpse of noctilucent clouds

After more than a week of cloud cover, tonight started with a very bright and widespread display of NLCs. It was far south on the sky and ranged all the way to…


Noctilucent clouds

First strong noctilucent clouds of the summer

Finally a strong display of NLCs! After a heavy thunderstorm the clouds slowly dissipated and revealed NLCs. They were mostly ripples this time - like sand in…


Noctilucent clouds

First noctilucent clouds of the summer

First decent display of the season, but as it's very close to the solstice the sky is very bright throughout the night and thus the NLCs are not as prominent…


Noctilucent clouds

Noctilucent clouds

Low-hanging in the northern sky is also a beautiful vista, but nothing compared to those nights where the clouds cover the sky all the way to zenith.…


Noctilucent clouds

Noctilucent clouds

Yet another night with noctilucent clouds, albeit much dimmer than some of the other displays this summer. Bjørnehodet