Saturday 31 December 2011

Haytor #2

Dartmoor

Friday 30 December 2011

Dartmoor #2

Looking towards Sharp Tor

Thursday 29 December 2011

Man in Black #4

New Bridge, Dartmoor

Wednesday 28 December 2011

Abstract #6



Tuesday 27 December 2011

Abstract #5



Monday 26 December 2011

Abstract #4



Sunday 25 December 2011

Abstract #3



Saturday 24 December 2011

Abstract #2



Friday 23 December 2011

Abstract #1



Thursday 22 December 2011

Solstice

The winter solstice is today at 05:30 GMT

Wednesday 21 December 2011

River in winter

Yes, this photograph was taken in colour ...

Tuesday 20 December 2011

Stavtjørn

Stavtjørn Alpinsenter (about 1¼ hours from Stavanger)

Monday 19 December 2011

Sunday 18 December 2011

Snowscape

Gloppedalsura

Saturday 17 December 2011

Friday 16 December 2011

Stormy Sea #3



For a couple of weeks our coast has been battered by a series of severe storms, sometimes gusting as high as Force 11, and bringing horizontal rain/hail/snow with them. The conditions have not really been suitable for removing the lens cap!



Thursday 15 December 2011

Sky #11



Wednesday 14 December 2011

Windmill

Hantum

Tuesday 13 December 2011

Cat



Monday 12 December 2011

Tromsø #10

This panorama is best viewed in big format - left click to enlarge

Sunday 11 December 2011

Tirpitz







On 12th November 1944 British forces bombed and sank a German battleship named "Tirpitz" off the Norwegian coast. About 950 people were killed. The only things left to be seen on the island of Håkøya now are the commemorative plaque and the wooden structure in the water that was the working platform used for the scrapping of the vessel. Bomb craters from the ones that missed are also still visible on the island.





Saturday 10 December 2011

Friday 9 December 2011

Thursday 8 December 2011

Ice #8



Wednesday 7 December 2011

Tuesday 6 December 2011

Monday 5 December 2011

Ice #7




Sunday 4 December 2011

Saturday 3 December 2011

Camp



Friday 2 December 2011

Milky Way #2



Thursday 1 December 2011

Wednesday 30 November 2011

Tuesday 29 November 2011

Monday 28 November 2011

Belt of Venus

The anti-twilight arch or "belt of Venus" is the pink band that you sometimes see across the sky opposite the sunrise or sunset. It is caused by reddened sunlight mingling with the deep blue of the darkened sky. Below it you sometimes see a darker purplish band which is the shadow of the Earth itself on its own atmosphere.

For more information on this atmospheric optical phenomenon follow this link: http://www.atoptics.co.uk/atoptics/earshad.htm



Sunday 27 November 2011

Summit



Saturday 26 November 2011

Arctic dawn

OK, it wasn't dawn - it was noon!

Friday 25 November 2011

Tromsø #9





Thursday 24 November 2011

Kick-sled

The kick-sled is a popular way to make short journeys in northern Norway in winter.

Wednesday 23 November 2011

Tuesday 22 November 2011

Horse



Monday 21 November 2011

Sunday 20 November 2011

Saturday 19 November 2011

Friday 18 November 2011

Thursday 17 November 2011

Sunrise #3

Or was it a sunset?

This far north in November the sun puts in such a brief appearance that it evades definition.

Wednesday 16 November 2011

Ersfjordelva

Yesterday's snow has melted, only to be followed by torrential rain, which means swollen rivers like this one.



Tuesday 15 November 2011