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![Electron Microscope Photo of cyclosporin mushroom Tolypocladium inflatum, magnified 500 times.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/eid_8.jpg?itok=KE6ao1IE)
Skiftesjøen
A microscopic mushroom from Hardangervidda has been like a “golden hen” for the Swiss company Novartis. Everywhere in the world, companies are looking for genetic material from nature that can be used for developing new medicines. Occasionally they succeed.
![Skytjedalen in Eidfjord.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/011.jpg?itok=YAgcsVmd)
![Bryocaulon lichen, from Nesheimshorgi.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/gra_20_a.jpg?itok=w8bFENLo)
![The contrast between phyllite and Precambrian basement is clearly visible at Lussand.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/gra_27.jpg?itok=knbu7uIk)
Lussand- geology
Hardangerfjorden kløyver Hordaland i to. Den etter måten rettlinja fjorden skjer seg liksom på skeive inn i landet. Ikkje som Sognefjorden og Nordfjord – dei krokar og buktar seg innover meir eller mindre vinkelrett på kysten. Hardangerfjordens utforming har røter 400 millionar år tilbake i tida, då den veike sona i fjellet, der isen seinare tok grådig for seg, vart danna. Denne sona stig på land ved Lussand.
![Storegraven and Granvin church](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_365-4.jpg?itok=t9act0tk)
Storegraven
The first mention of Granvin church in written sources is in 1306, but the church location must be far older than this. The farm Storegraven is centrally situated at Granvinsvatnet, by the important traffic artery between Hardanger and Voss, where the road takes off to Ulvik.
![Notaholmen, Samnanger](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_250_zz.jpg?itok=XSNGpegF)
Notaholmen
The fishnet shed at Notaholmen stands as a reminder of the days when people used to row out on the fjord to set their nets. On Notaholmen the nets were dried, repaired and tanned. And it was a great advantage to store them in a place inaccessible for rats and mice.
![](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_251-1.jpg?itok=sM4v46ji)
Ådland
Ådland, innermost in the Samnanger Fjord is an old church centre and transport centre; a nodal point in the transport from sea to land. The white painted church standing today, was built in 1851, but there were two older churches here in former centuries.
![The marine use environment on Krossøy, Austrheim](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_306-1.jpg?itok=G4q9_8h8)
Krossøy
Furthest north in the island community Rongevær, at the entrance to Fensfjorden, lies Krossøy. Belonging to the farm are the islands of Krossøy, Husøy, Kårøy, Lyngkjerringa, Søre Kjerringa, Rotøy and Kuhovet. All of them have been inhabited. On Krossøy itself today there are four holdings. The marine use environment here is one of the best preserved along the West Norwegian coast.
![Eidfjord church.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_403-3.jpg?itok=tfrzqYxj)
Eidfjord church
The old stone church at Eidfjord has an open position on the terrace at Lægreid. In a diploma from 1310 it transpires that Torgeir on Sponheim donated a gift for the erection of the church in Eidfjord. Thus we can assume that the church was under construction at the time. The elements in the style confirm such a dating.