First Aurora of the Season
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Experience Nidaros Cathedral
From the west, a wall of stone Saints and Prophets will confront you. All sides of the Cathedral are very textured and deserve a long walk around. You’ll see gargoyles and gothic arches, thick wooden doors with rusty floral art and Anglo-Norman/Romanesque bits and pieces ‘stuck on’ that intensifies your ground view. However, the outside of Nidaros Cathedral is even more intriguing when you know the history.
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Norway enters the Christmas season early.
How do you like the darkness?Midsummer’s Eve
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.
Muskox in the City
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.
Our family activities have become traditional to the seasons…
Nice one. Where did you shoot that?
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from L-Jay:
From our driveway near Prestvannet on Tromsø island pointing north
. It looks like it could be a good season. We’ve past the low point in the aurora cycle so it should be all ‘show’ from here.
Neat. I used to live right next to Prestvatnet a couple of years ago, that’s a nice area for walks. And quite central, within walking distance of both the city centre and Giæverbukta. Good choice for a place to live.
Oh. My. Word. That is beautiful!! You are so lucky to have front row seats to such a spectacular show!! Hope we get to see some more photos soon! xx
L-Jay and Moose- May I have your permission to post this photo on Captains Voyage Forum? You, of course, will have credit…I’ve mentioned your blog there before (I post everyday) and we’ve just been talking about the Northern Lights in Norway…Or, please join us and post it yourselves! We would be MORE that happy to have two such talented members!!!
http://www.captainsvoyage-forum.com
Thanks- Elizabeth
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from L-Jay:
Yeah, sure – you can use this picture on captainsvoyage. It’s hard to take photos of the Aurora as you are shooting into the night which means you need a long exposure, but the Northern Lights are always moving (or the wind blows the trees) so they tend to come out blury. But the stars are usually the constant as you can see in the picture. This Aurora is a good start to the season so hopefully we will be able to get some groovier pics closer to Christmas
That’s beautiful! I’d love to see something like that sometime; we just don’t get to see that sort of thing where I live!