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During a 20-minute flight from the town Leknes in Lofoten to Bodø, I snatched this picture. The picture faces east/south-east, and the land in the middle of the picture is the Kjerringøy-peninsula. Steigen can be seen on the left hand side of the picture. Farther inland, you can barely see the mountains at the Swedish-Norwegian border.

Why did I choose this title? Well, one thing Norwegians like to promote about Norway, is the midnight sun, which occurs during summer, when the sun never sets for a period of time (depending on how far north you live). The flip side of this phenomenon is that for a period in the winter, the sun never rises above the horizon. But as you can see from this picture, that does not mean its night all the time.

The picture was taken from a Dash 8 propeller plane above Vestfjorden, a stretch of sea which you will allso cross if you travel to Lofoten from Bodø by ferry or coastal steamer. One might argue that the engine covering half the picture ruins it, but personally, I think It fits. There is not doubt that this was taken from an airplane, and the engine doesnt really cover anything other than the sky.

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