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The icefall from Folgefonna calves out in Lake Juklavatnet.

Folgefonna

26.05.2018 - 16:20

The glacier is not only white – it is full of colour. The colours have several sources: glacial flour, desert dust, or living algae. And the light refraction in the ice creates cool, bluish nuances – a masterpiece of the interaction between cold and light.

Hereiane. Jonahornet in the background.

Hereiane

26.05.2018 - 16:24

At Hereiane on warm summer days one you can walk barefoot up the hill from the fjord all the way up to 400 metres elevation. The naked, furrowed bedrock often causes travellers who see it from the north side of the fjord to wonder. Why does it look like this, and why is there so little that grows here? It is a long way to the heavy metal industry in Ålvik and Odda, and there hasn’t been a forest fire in modern times.

Hardanger Folk Museum

Hardanger Folk Museum

27.05.2018 - 15:18

From Helland toward the end of the valley with the Skrikjo waterfall.

Opedal

03.12.2018 - 13:53

Hårteigen

Hårteigen

12.03.2019 - 15:33

Hårteigen, «the grey signpost», as the name suggests, is a landmark for mountain hikers on the western plateau. The piece of mountain is also a monument for the mighty rock layers that once covered the entire plateau.