Phenomenon

Not quite summer yet

Posted by on 10 June, 2011 at 10:28 am

  Snow delays the start of summer in Iceland. The picture of fresh snow on the lovely Mt Esja looks a lot like the picture I took in November.  That mountain is amazing and almost mystical.  It never looks the same two days in a row. And my own:

Supermoon 2011

Posted by on 21 March, 2011 at 12:20 pm
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Not too exciting but since sky events are getting more attention these days I thought I’d add mine from the other night. Supermoon2011

At least we have a train

Posted by on 29 November, 2010 at 9:32 pm

If you can walk to it, hop on, and be downtown quickly then it’s all good.

Fear not the darkness

Posted by on 26 December, 2007 at 7:48 pm

In the far north the mention of seasons would include the solar season. During summer the sun will linger into the late evening and rise again long before breakfast. The winter however is the realm of darkness. Around the winter solstice it will be dark until near lunchtime and then only daylight for a brief [...]