Connemara - The Wild West of Ireland

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At the west coast of Ireland there is a district called Connemara. This beautiful countryside is consisting of a broad peninsula between Killary Harbour and Kilkieran Bay in the west of County Galway. Here you will find a great variety of green hills, long sandy beaches, mysterious lakes, high mountains, deep valleys and a never ending view of the Atlantic ocean.








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Connemara is well known for its dramatic landscape and ruff weather conditions. The coast line here offers a great scenery of dramatic precipices, caves, cliffs and weather isolated islands...





The Atlantic ocean is always close by and under the surface we explore many different and fascinating marine inhabitants. The deep kelp forests offers a great shelter and living area for many species. One of them, the lesser spotted dogfish (also called small-spotted catshark) gets here a god opportunity to find a protected area for their eggs, also called ”mermaid's purses” or ”devil's purses”.





At the sandy bottom we also see a majority of skates passing by while the great lobster suspicious is watching us from his shelter below.




Under water as well as over water, Connemara is always offering extraordinary experiences, beautiful scenery and a cozy, relaxed atmosphere. Ireland is world famous for its friendly people and here in Connemara the people are really charming and easy going. And with the quotation - ”You don´t need to be crazy to live here, but it helps” I really do believe a life here would suit me... =)

The Infinity of the White Mountains

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There is something special with the great winter landscape of the nationalpark in Børgefjell. Here you have high mountains and wide open spaces. But the dramatic lanscape turns even more fascinating when the white snow cover the great hights and frozen lakes.

















Børgefjells Nasjonalpark is a nationalpark located in Norway. This nationalpark offers a magnificent world of mountains and wilderness.



The soft white snow transform the wild area into a fabulous landscape. And the wide open spaces gives me the feeling of an endless, unforgettable paradise...





You find more photographs from Børgefjell at Team Expeditions website.

The Show of the Black Grouse

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It is a cold night in april and I am hiding myself in a camouflage somewhere in the Scandinavian wilderness. Despite the darkness of the night the full moon is shining up the quiet, frozen lanscape.



The reason why I am here, all by my own, is that I want to experience the extraordinary dance of the black grouse. For many hours I am waiting in the silence...
... finally these beautiful birds start to show up. And while the morning sun slowly rises behind the mountains they continue thier energic show with great power and elegance...

In the Tracks of the Willow Grouse

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It is a silent morning in february, the snow has been falling all night long and have turned the norwegian mountains into a fairytale landscape. Slowly the sun is rising behind the white mountains...
A new day with new possibilities is born.




The fresh snow invites me to go out skiing, and with the camera on my shoulders I disappear into the great white mountains. The silence is everywhere , no sound, no movement... the only thing I see is the tracks from a willow grouse and with them I start my journey into the white infinity...




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