2015 Perseids and northern lights over Oslo

2015 Perseids and northern lights over Oslo

What an incredible number of coincidences in one night! First of all a clear night - a rarity this summer! Add the first aurora borealis after the bright…


Salar de Uyuni and The Magellanic Clouds

Salar de Uyuni and The Magellanic Clouds

This was an incredibly windy and cold night, and it was really hard to find a place away from the wind to set up the camera for long exposures. Even with my…


Nevado Sajama

Nevado Sajama

Bolivias highest mountain - 6542 metres high - facing south. What a magnificent moment - the Large Magellanic cloud right above Sajama, the Milkyway to the…


Draconid meteors and Northern lights (Aurora borealis)

Draconid meteors and Northern lights (Aurora borealis)

The Draconid meteors are generally faint, so with a near full moon the amount seen this night were few and far between. Being inside the huge dome of Oslo's…


Draconid meteors

Draconid meteors

This is a composite of 14 exposures that all contain one or more Draconids, making the dotted star trails. As Oslo and the near full moon strongly pollutes the…


Trollhegg (Frangula alnus)

Trollhegg (Frangula alnus)

Blomstene til trollhegg (Frangula alnus) er i motsetning til heggen nærmest usynlige og lukter lite. Trollheggen blomstrer helt til frosten og er således en…


Trollhegg (Frangula alnus)

Trollhegg (Frangula alnus)

Trollhegg (Frangula alnus) er vanlig og tallrik her. Trollheggen legger de færreste merke til. Den vokser på fuktig plasser og sees ofte sammen med både…


Geitved (Rhamnus cathartica)

Geitved (Rhamnus cathartica)

Geitved (Rhamnus cathartica) er en relativt vanlig busk som de aller fleste overser. Den vokser på fuktig grunn, gjerne sammen med korsved og trollhegg. Mange…