Lofoten | from midnight sun to northern lights

The Lofoten Islands, that's midnight sun and northern lights. Fish and sturdy boats. Grey/black mountains rise from the deep blue ocean high into the sky. At their feet there are small wooden fishing villages where cod dries on racks. Eagles circle above schools of herring, driven to the coast by killer whales. Otters on the rocks chew on the fish and crabs they just caught. The Norwegian archipelago the Lofoten, located above the Arctic Circle, is considered among the most beautiful archipelagos in the world. On this website photographer Eric Fokke shows why.

After a moonbow with northern lights, a halo around the moon with aurora was also on my wish list. There is not much chance to photograph this this winter. Actually since September the weather has been bad on the Lofoten and it is really searching for northern lights between the clouds. The coming days seem to offer slightly more chances. Now it is still freezing, with Christmas it will get warmer with rain.