Photo: Morning twilight over Blekktind and Flakstadpollen, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 2016
Lofoten has entered the time of year known as the Mørketid – literally translating to ‘dark time,’ but better known as the polar night. The sun no longer rises above the horizon and the ‘days’ become gradually darker and shorter until the winter solstice – the longest night of the year.
Most of December has been on the stormy and, for the arctic circle, warm side. Lots of wind and rain have been blowing through the fjord lately, my house moving and shaking as night after night of storms have passed. However, Sunday brought cold and clear skies over the islands.
With the sun below the horizon, the day is little more than a few hours of a soft twilight glow. But in fine weather such as this, the light is simply magical, and one forgets that the sun will never rise, as it doesn’t really need to.
The wind and rain are back again for the next week, but hopefully there will be some more days like this before the sun returns in early January.
Photo: Skjelfjord noon, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 2016
Photo: Skjelfjord twilight, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 2016
Photo: Stjerntind twilight, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 2016
