Uploads from ystenes, tagged clouds

My shadow, my fog bow, my aura

nobody@flickr.com (ystenes) — Thu, 23 May 2013 03:51:01 -0700

ystenes posted a photo:

While walking in the Sykkylven mountains with a beautiful autumn sun behind, a cloud raised up in front of me, and I saw the shadow of my head within a halo.

I have seen such haloes several times surrounding the shadow of an aeroplane, but I had never seen anything like this before. I was puzzeled and experimented with the situation. Here I have found a place where I could create a shadow of my whole body. I have spread my legs, and you can se a slight shadow of my lifted right arm.

There is partly sunlit grass in the foreground, in the background another hill and the fjord further behind.

I always regarded this as a rainbow phenomenon, but learned today that it is a different phenomenon based on Mie scattering and not refraction and reflection. I found this explanation on internet ( www.gsfc.nasa.gov/scienceques2002/20030214.htm ).

"How about fog bows? Yes, fog bows, also known as fog dogs, cloud bows or white rainbows, can be observed on occasion. But even when one has formed, it may go unnoticed, since fog dogs are generally bereft of color. Whereas rain drops may be 0.5 mm in diameter, fog droplets are typically less than 1/10 this diameter. If you happen to see such a bow, you may notice that it's broader than a rainbow (rainbows cover about 2 degrees of the sky or about 4 times the width of the Sun or Moon), and there may be an orange tint on the outer portion of the bow. Actually, fog bows are caused by a diffraction of light rather than refraction and reflection. Because the fog droplets are so tiny, the wavelengths of visible light, which are obvious in the larger drops producing the rainbow, interfere with each other. The result is color bands that overlap. As the droplets get smaller, the interference is even greater, and the light that emerges is completely colorless. As with rainbows, in order to see a fog bow, you need to look in the opposite direction of the Sun."

Vassfjellet, Sykkylven, Sunnmøre, Norge/Norway.

Enhanced contrast in Picnik.

A larger view, unmodified, is seen here: www.flickr.com/photos/ystenes/4021844930/

January 2010 this photo was in second place of d90 photos on flickr.

Weather front

nobody@flickr.com (ystenes) — Wed, 15 May 2013 23:41:34 -0700

ystenes posted a photo:

Taken from the ferry between Molde and Vikebukt while crossing Romsdalsfjorden. From south - left - a weather front is approaching, bringing heavy clouds and rainfall. On the north side the weather is still agreeable. Sun is shining from a blue sky scattered with minor cauliflower clouds.

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Straumshornet

nobody@flickr.com (ystenes) — Tue, 14 May 2013 22:53:07 -0700

ystenes posted a photo:

My favorite photo object showed itself from a new side today. The view lasted half a minute. Fortunately I had my camera ready, but had to run to a place where no trees obstructed the sight. Just made it.

Sykkylven, Norway

From above and from below

nobody@flickr.com (ystenes) — Mon, 06 May 2013 07:00:05 -0700

ystenes posted a photo:

When people in the plane look down, they have a wonderful view over the Sykkylven mountains. I look up. To the mountains and to them.

Photo made december 31th.

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Norwegian nunatak in fog

nobody@flickr.com (ystenes) — Mon, 06 May 2013 06:51:11 -0700

ystenes posted a photo:

A detail spotted when zooming in on this scenery:
www.flickr.com/photos/ystenes/3576860292/

Vellesetertindane (Skjortehornet) is one of the alpine mountains you can see from Velledalen. The range is called Sunnmørsalpane (Alps of the region Sunnmøre).

Sunnmørsalpane, Lyngsalpene in the north and Western Jotunheimen (Hurrungane) are the only alpine mountain ranges in Norway, the others are rates as glacial. Real alpine mountains are characterized by nunataks, peaks that reached above the ice, squeezed between glaciers.

Straumshornet og Straumgjerde

nobody@flickr.com (ystenes) — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 14:29:52 -0700

ystenes posted a photo:

My favorite mountain Straumshornet (the left end of the ridge) with a layer of clouds half way between the top and the village Straumgjerde below.

Straumshornet is 974 m, the ridge behind slightly above 1000 m. The view from the top is breathtaking, almost scaring:
www.flickr.com/photos/ystenes/2821384346/
www.flickr.com/photos/ystenes/3253514515/

Photo made from Riksheimdalen, Sykkylven, Norway.
Riksheimdalen from a distance: www.flickr.com/photos/ystenes/3750059758/

Weather front over the fjord

nobody@flickr.com (ystenes) — Tue, 14 May 2013 22:50:05 -0700

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To the north (right) is nice weather with local cauliflower clouds. From the south a thick weather front is approaching.

Romsdalsfjorden, on the ferry between Molde and Vestnes. The island to the right is Otrøya. A flat island in the middle of the fjord is Tautra.

Straumshornet in the spring with a cloud

nobody@flickr.com (ystenes) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:24:20 -0800

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Mt. Trollkyrkja in clouds

nobody@flickr.com (ystenes) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:50:59 -0700

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Høyeste punkt er Blåbretinden, 1412 moh.

Sykkylven, Sunnmøre, Norge / Norway

Sykkylven, with a cloud

nobody@flickr.com (ystenes) — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 03:30:25 -0700

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Heavy clouds above, a blanket around the central hill Tyneskollen and a late evening summer light making the clouds slightly orange.

The two dominating mountains are Hammarsettindane (left) and Straumshornet (right).

Mt. Straumshornet with a miniskirt cloud

nobody@flickr.com (ystenes) — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 06:17:52 -0800

ystenes posted a photo:

This mountain always seduces me!

Fra Riksheimdalen.

Sykkylven, Norway

Snøhetta, 2286 m

nobody@flickr.com (ystenes) — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:15:14 -0700

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Last light on Snøhetta, Dovrefjell. A truck is passing on the road in front.

Two hundred years ago, this mountain was assumed to be the highest in Norway. However, several peaks in Jotunheimen are significantly higher.

Straumshornet

nobody@flickr.com (ystenes) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:17:00 -0700

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Trollkyrkja og fraktalskyer i Sykkylven

nobody@flickr.com (ystenes) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:25:19 -0700

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An interesting display of cloud in front of the mountain Trollkyrkja - partly covered in clouds, too.

Seen from Vikedalen on a late and very rainy evening.

Sykkylven, Norway

Mt. Hood

nobody@flickr.com (ystenes) — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 07:39:41 -0800

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Lost lake, the classic view. A short period the mountain was visible between the clouds.

Near The Dalles, Oregon

Traktoregg - tractor eggs

nobody@flickr.com (ystenes) — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 13:53:34 -0700

ystenes posted a photo:

+ clouds and powerlines

Leinstrand, Trondheim, Norway

Clouds, montain and fjord

nobody@flickr.com (ystenes) — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 05:42:54 -0800

ystenes posted a photo:

From the ferry across the fjord from Molde

leaving Sykkylven...

nobody@flickr.com (ystenes) — Sun, 30 May 2010 15:54:12 -0700

ystenes posted a photo:

is not easy when it looks like this.

Two days ago I was close to the top of Straumshornet, the mountain to the left. In this weather I would like to climb Trollkyrkja, the mountain to the right.

The tallest mountain is Råna, approx 1600 m.

Sykkylven near Ålesund, Norway - Norge

Ystevasshornet i skyer

nobody@flickr.com (ystenes) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:53:52 -0800

ystenes posted a photo:

Ystevasshornet is the mountain range seen to the south when driving through the upper part of Velledalen, Sykkylven. It does not look very much like a "horn" (horn, peak) from here, but seen along the edge from Strandafjellet it looks more impressive. Standing on the edge and looking down on the valley, you rightly feel like being on a mountain.

Behind the clouds on the right hand side, some slightly lower peaks are visible, hence the name mainly used from this side is "Holetindane", the "Hole peaks".

Photo taken while visiting Holmbergs gartneri, my favorite "Bush pusher". I am a "bush-o-holic, collecting Japanese maples, small conifers and trees not expected to grow in Norway. See the relevant sets Hagegal ( www.flickr.com/photos/ystenes/sets/72157608706024669/ ) and Japanese maples ( www.flickr.com/photos/ystenes/sets/72157619656317604/ )

Hammarsettindane

nobody@flickr.com (ystenes) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:46:28 -0700

ystenes posted a photo:

Sykkylven, Norway. Hammersett-tindane mountains, as seen from west after a snowfall in June. (Yes, I meant June!) Cold and cloudy weather made the view to these beautiful mountains even more dramatic than usual.

"Tind" means a peak, "Tindane" is plural. "Set" is short form of the Norwegian word for a summer farm in the mountains, "hammar" is a rock or a small rocky hill. Hence the name means "peaks named after a summer farm by a rock in the mountains". Much shorter in Norwegian...