1 Aug 2011
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…
27 Nov 2010
Roraima thunderstorms
The view from the camp site, or "hotel", atop Roraima was awesome. I was well protected from the elements in the cave, and could watch nature in all it's ways…
24 Nov 2010
Iridescent clouds
This was the end of the first day of a week long trek to the top of Roraima, the highest (2723 m) table mountain (Tepui) in Venezuela, and what a start! The…
2 Oct 2009
Einer (Juniperus communis)
Einer (Juniperus communis) vokser overalt, men sees desverre sjeldent som virkelig store individ på opptil 10 meter eller høyere som eineren kan vokse til om…
15 Jul 2009
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…
13 Jul 2009
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…
4 Jul 2009
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…
25 Jun 2009
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…