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Manger

Manger

18.06.2018 - 20:06

Mangerite is a rock type that was first made famous in a treatise by the Bergen geologist Carl Fredrik Kolderup in 1903. The rock type got its name from the place where it was found, and has made the Mangerud name well known around the world, at least among geologists.

Ystebøtræet, Radøy

Ystebøtræet

18.06.2018 - 20:08

Espevik

Espevik

03.01.2019 - 15:26

220 million years ago, glowing hot molten rock masses intruded into fractures in the earth's crust in the outer parts of Hordaland. Some of these are believed to have reached the surface and formed lava flows, which since have been eroded away by wind and weather. But, most of these flows solidified into diabase sills before they got to the surface.

The walls in the boathouse in Hopssundet are built of red granite from Reksteren.

Hopssundet

01.05.2018 - 16:39

Reksteren (Svein Nord)

Vernøya

19.06.2018 - 17:46

If you smell a foul smell out in nature, you mustn't immediately think that the reason is cloaca from houses or cabins. The reason can be an entirely natural process that occurs when plants are broken down under special conditions. When there is little oxygen available, hydrogen sulphide can be produced. This is a gas that seeps up from the earth and smells like rotten eggs.