Gudrun's photos

These are actually climbing walls with mirroring panels on the other side- they catch the setting sun and our passing ship:-)

at 5.30 p.m. (17.30 Uhr)

Reindeer (the small white dots in the bottom half of the main photo, also see PiPs) gathering on the shores of Magerøya. They are brought over to the island in spring via barge and in autumn (strong and well nourished) swim over to the mainland on their own.

The coastal route between Skjervøy and Tromsø is sometimes called Northern lights highway. Most of the time sheltered by islands on the seaward side the chance to see northern lights when the skies are clear is pretty high. In this case they were weak but still beautiful. If they grow even fainter you can have fun admiring the stars. Exposure time 8 sec for the clickable note. Both photos taken with Irix 15mm f/2.4- please view on black!

Shot with Irix 15mm f/2.4

SC70 - What makes you smile? Alternatively- Northern Lights (clickable). I always have a near demented smile plastered on my face whenever they move over the night skies;-)

Favourite book(s)...three of many. Haruki Murakami- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Tarjei Vesaas- Das Eisschloss www.guggolz-verlag.de/buecher/das-eis-schloss en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarjei_Vesaas Patti Smith- M Train

I wish I could play half as well as Víkingur---- www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcJBKZqb-68&ab_channel=DeutscheGrammophon-DG

The airship mast on Vadsøya was used by Umberto Nobile and Roald Amundsen on their North Pole expedition with the airship Norge in 1926, and again in 1928 by Nobile with the airship Italia.

Pirbadet Trondheim- I wonder how they managed this...;-) hFF and a good weekend everybody!

Autumn colours and fresh snow in Straumsfjorden, Ryøya on the left. The mountains in the background are on the far side of Balsfjorden.

A traditional small wooden fishing boat

Slight northern lights over Svolvær (view on black!), soon obscured by a snowstorm. Shot with Irix 15mm f/2.4 In the note: stars and moon near Stormolla, the very faint green was visible only on camera

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanitas-Stillleben Vanitas still lifes, a favourite subject of 16th/17th century artists, depict symbolic objects meant to highlight mortality, the fragility and transience of human life, the emptiness and meaninglessness of worldly possessions. (Oil painting effect added with PS Elements)

The northernmost energy-positive building was designed by Snøhetta, architects of Oslo Opera House. www.snohetta.com/projects/powerhouse-brattorkaia www.architektur-online.com/projekte/energie-im-norden-powerhouse-brattorkaia

Melkøya LNG processing plant lies on an island off Hammerfest and is the end point of a 168 km long pipeline from Snøhvit gas field in the Barents sea. The huge LNG tanker is the ARCTIC LADY: www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/details/9284192 de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melk%C3%B8ya

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