Socotran Pomegranate (Punica protopunica)

Socotran Pomegranate (Punica protopunica)

Most of the Socotran Pomegranate (Punica protopunica) I have encountered have been heavily browsed by goats, and this individual is no exception, except that…


Socotran Pomegranate (Punica protopunica)

Socotran Pomegranate (Punica protopunica)

A vibrant, healthy and quite tall Socotran Pomegranate (Punica protopunica), found next to the walls of the north east of Socotra. These vertical cliffs…


Bare-faced Ibis (Phimosus infuscatus)

Bare-faced Ibis (Phimosus infuscatus)

Fazenda San Fransico’s rice fields are irresitible to a number of bird species, and this is where I first saw the third species of ibis at the farm. It sounds…


Plumbeous Ibis (Theristicus caerulescens)

Plumbeous Ibis (Theristicus caerulescens)

Fazenda San Fransico's rice fields are irresitible to a number of bird species, and this is where I first saw the second species of ibis at the farm. It sounds…


Buff-necked Ibis (Theristicus caudatus)

Buff-necked Ibis (Theristicus caudatus)

One of several species of ibis. If you don't see them you definitely hear them! It sounds like this: Also called white-throated ibis.


Kattehale (Lythrum salicaria)

Kattehale (Lythrum salicaria)

Kattehale (Lythrum salicaria) vokser mange plasser rundt Gjersjøen og Nydammen som denne er fra. En dekorativ plante som faktisk også er å finne på…


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!


Tidevannsiskrystaller

Tidevannsiskrystaller

Disse flotte krystallene oppstår kun i tidevannsbeltet, og hver gang vannet trekker seg tilbake utvikler krystallene seg. Dette er som så mange ting i naturen…


Cuphea myrtifolia

Cuphea myrtifolia

Native range of cuphea myrtifolia is Bolivia to Brazil. Altitude: 767 metres.


Chalalan thundercloud

Chalalan thundercloud and time-lapse

The moon almost full, almost clear sky and stars visible in the moonlight and a growing thundercloud - all mixed in with a soundscape so loud and varied that I…