Tuesday 11 February 2014

BAD News!!!
Currently the weather is very warm here in Longyearbyen, Svalbard. We have now had warm waether With temperatures around zero for several weeks, but now it seems to get even warmer.

This is the temperature today:
+6,2 degrees at 10m elevation and 5,5 degrees at 2m elevation in Adventdalen (Longyearbyen)

There is coming more and more daylight now. The twilight period has begun and by the end of the week we will have day sun :D


Monday 27 January 2014

the milkyway

 
Friday night on a cabin trip 16 km away from Longyearbyen I managed to get this photo. The town-light from Longyearbyen is being reflected on low clouds and above that the milky way can be seen.
Camera setting was 4000 iso, 30 sec, 2.8 F and 16 mm.

Thursday 2 January 2014

Katla Geo Park

Juhuu

The link below is to Katla Geo Park, where my glacier which i studied in my masters has been given a place of interest.
Solheimajoekull, an outlet glacier of Myrdalsjoekull in Southern Iceland.

Katla Geo Park