Sunday 8 November 2009
Thursday 14 May 2009
Sky Watch Friday # 58
Tuesday 12 May 2009
Thursday 7 May 2009
Sky Watch Friday # 57
Sunday 29 March 2009
Thursday 26 March 2009
Sky watch friday # 51
Wednesday 25 March 2009
Monday 23 March 2009
Mølen - On a misty day
Mølen is Norway's largest beach of rolling stones, and is a part of Vestfoldraet: the terrain left behind after the end of the most recent Ice age around 10,000 years ago.
Mølen - nature, culture, geology and bird life, all in the same place. The wind and sea have lashed the landscape of Mølen for thousands of years, and the place takes its name from the Old Norse word "mol", meaning a stone mound or bank of stones.
The cultural landscape of Mølen, with its total of 230 cairns, is one of the most majestic in Norway. The area has 16 large cairns, many up to 35 m in diameter, with almost 200 small cairns in rows parallel to the shoreline. In one of the cairns, burnt stones were found; this could be the result of a cremation dating back to the 5th century A.D. The small cairns may symbolise warriors who fell in battle or were shipwrecked together with their captains.
Sunday 22 March 2009
Monochrom Monday - Fredriksvern Stavern
Monday 16 March 2009
My World - The Naval Museum - Horten
The Storm class fast patrol boats (FPB) were a class of 20 vessels built for the Royal Norwegian Navy.
In Norwegian these boats were called missilkanonbåter (MKB) meaning boats with missiles and guns. They were operated by the Coastal Combat Flotilla together with the MTBs, or Missile Torpedo Boats. None of the boats are currently in service with the Royal Norwegian Navy. The design was Norwegian and all of the boats were built by Norwegian ship yards from 1965 to 1967.
The Storm class was designed by Lieutenant-commander (later Captain) Harald Henriksen. Same man was also involved in the design of the Rapp-class MTB's - the first Norwegian-built MTB's. Later he also designed the Snøgg- and Hauk-class MTB's. Lieutenant-commander Henriksen's wife, Margot Henriksen was godmother of the first KNM Skjold (P 963), delivered to the Norwegian navy in February 1966 from Westermoen yard in Mandal.
Norway donated a Storm class each to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in 1995.
Sunday 15 March 2009
Thursday 5 February 2009
Sky Watch Friday # 44
Wednesday 3 December 2008
Monday 1 December 2008
Sunday 30 November 2008
Monday 24 November 2008
Wednesday 17 September 2008
Some shots from Verdens Ende (World`s End)
It is a scenic spot with panoramic views of the Skagerrak and fishing facilities. It is composed of various islets and rocks with a beacon which was erected in 1932.
It is one of the most popular scenic locations in the area.