Starry night #3

The cabin at Holemark Gård on a dark, clear night.

Tromsø #8

Two views from Håkøybotn looking towards Tromsø.

In the first there are no aurora to be seen, only a laser beacon and a passing aeroplane.

The second shows how the reflection from city lights can dim the Northern Lights.

Aurora #16

Tromsø #7

Aurora #15

Ersfjord

Kattfjordeidet

Aurora #14

Tromsø #6

Tromsø taken from the top of the cablecar

Aurora #13

Moon

Aurora #12

Aurora #11

Aurora #10

After hours of overcast skies and snow showers (and playing with traffic), the cloud cleared to reveal a green auroral band (and a faint meteorite in the top left corner behind the cloud, but you will need to enlarge the picture to see this).

Traffic

After many dark hours waiting for the Northern Lights, I took to playing with the traffic. Actually, the road was so busy I had to wait 15 minutes for a car to come by to make this picture.

Aurora #9

Aurora #8

Taken from Ersfjordbotn looking west along the Ersfjord.

Eidkjosen

Photos of the "polar night" taken at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

ISO 800, exposure 4 seconds

Aurora #7

The cosy cabin at Holemark Gård where I stayed for a week with the Northern Lights sometimes dancing right over my head.

Møllebukta #2

Møllebukta beach, Hafrsfjord

Photographer

Knits

Twins

Sister ships in Stavanger Harbour

Ice #6

Hundvåg Bridge

Ice #5

Pavement Café #2

The lamps and blankets were out at this Stavanger pavement café, but with temperatures hovering at around minus 5 degrees, there were plenty of free tables.

Ice #4

Window shoppers

Children from the local kindergarten being taught correct window shopping techniques, just in time to write to Santa!

Ice #3

Sunset #10

The Three Swords monument, Stavanger

Starry night #2

From the front doorstep

La tuttane få henga!

By the shores of Mosvatnet, I came across a tree adorned with dummies.

What exactly is going on here? Is it a special place where Stavanger mothers bring their babes for some sort of rite of passage into toddlerhood?

If anyone can explain, I'd love to know!

Arboretum

Freezing

Mosvatnet, one of Stavanger's lakes, is beginning to freeze, although it has not yet been declared safe for skating.

Hafrsfjord Bridge

Rogaland Museum of Fine Arts

Leaves #5

The mobile phone

The Rica Forum Hotel is an easily-spotted Stavanger landmark, known affectionately by locals as "the mobile phone".

Birds

Would you buy it?

Unfortunately named tinned food, but clearly innocent enough in the Norwegian language.

Supermarket #2

A shiny new "Helgømat" has just opened in our district. This particular Norwegian supermarket chain always seems to involve a small natural history museum in its presentation. It's a shame there are no polar bears in this branch.

Flowers #8

Tananger Harbour #13

Tananger inner harbour