Stream of consciousness Spooky beach 15 Sep 20197 Sep 2019 All powerful sun, lighting up a solar system...and here I stand, under a tiny cloud, as I apparently must, not getting its full blast in my face. Not that I…
Stream of consciousness From whence came you, stranger? 8 Sep 20195 Sep 2019 It is curious to realize that wet sand will keep footprints in it, while dry sand won't. I wonder whether it is as simple as a question of friction. Then,…
Stream of consciousness Wave colors, wave breaking 11 Aug 201910 Aug 2019 A simple image of an ocean wave breaking on a beach. Good. Waves are a physical phenomenon which occurs wherever oscillations move about. They can be electromagnetic such as light,…
Stream of consciousness Green and blue: The colours of summer 9 Jun 2019 I had a conversation with a friend the other day. The topic: The green colour in the Northern summer. Apparently, it's not quite as the summer green in other parts…
Stream of consciousness Martian landscape 28 Apr 201926 Apr 2019 Did you know that one can use the same maths for the surface of Mars and a surface of sand at the beach? Comment below or find out for yourselves…
Stream of consciousness Can’t wait! 7 Apr 201929 Mar 2019 Man, I'll probably bore you with this already, going on, as I am, about Earth's nutation and what that does to the weather… Enough with the snow already. Our days…
Stream of consciousness Colours with a capital “C” 17 Sep 20189 Sep 2018 With the autumn, the Colours come back! They really do. Just look at this image, which I have taken at a beach in Breivika on Andøya, Norway. In the distance,…
Popular Science The least spectacular beach in Andøy 4 Sep 20153 Sep 2019 I will confess something. After having lived close to 15 years in Northern Norway, scenes like the one above appear in front of my eyes so often that I do…
Popular Science The Physics of Bleik 18 Aug 201530 Aug 2019 The picture above is of Bleik beach in Andøy in Northern Norway. I will readily admit that I want to bait you to click on the link with that picture.…