Blue Light Season
The sun shines blue light on the earth. As it is lower in the Nordic sky during winter the blue intensifies. The light is naturally diffused but stays for longer as it gets trapped between the snow and clouds.
These pictures were taken half an hour after sunset as the light was still bouncing between heaven and earth.
Tags: Arctic Circle, Autumn, Nature, North, Norway, Pictures, Polar Night, Scandinavia, Season, snow, Weather, winter
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A lonely mountain on the edge of the Finnmark Plateau.
How do you like the darkness?
Nisse parties happen in many kindergartens, primary schools, church and community groups in Norway. They are a casual celebration of the julenisse (Christmas elf) tradition especially for children (but the big kids love them too).
There is an opposition in everything. At the darkest time of the year, we celebrate Christmas. And at the exact opposite end, when the midnight sun is at its highest, we celebrate Midsummer.
The further ‘out of the way’ you go the more common it is to see folk cottages standing by the side of roads, along fjords or in a thicket of trees, minding their own business. 
Even though the males are called bulls and the females cows, the muskoxen are more closely related to sheep than cattle. Make no mistake, though – this is not your average cuddly ba-ba-blacksheep! A grown animal can be 2,5 m long and weigh up to 400 kgs, and their long curved horns mean business.
What great photos you took! I’m amazed at how blue it gets. I didn’t know that.
Stunning pictures, I am hoping to learn to take pictures that well.
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from L-Jay:
I’m still very much a beginner but living in Norway makes it very easier to take nice photos. There is a blog that I go to to get some tips on photography:
http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/