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Jean Delalune
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Dr en teledec de glaçons Arctique, perdu chez les vikings, je papote astronomie et aurores.
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Après des années à en entendre parler par Boris, j'ai enfin goûté au Kvass... Et maintenant, la question qui se pose: pourquoi, mais PUTAIN de POURQUOI on a pas ça chez nous! La première gorgée est surprenante, mais c'est super bon ce truc!
Glass of Kvass with its bottle next to it, on the table of a café
October 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Je crois que j'ai trouvé la salle de bain de @monsieurbidouille.fr 😂
Worn out industrial style double sink. Two concrete bowls are installed on a workbench-like table. The taps are made of thick old pipes with manometers. Thick iron lathes with large bolts frame a heavily oxydised mirror and the sink bench. The wall is covered with worn out bare plasterboards
October 21, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Last year on this day, we had what is so far the best aurora show I ever saw in Bergen... and by far! It was also the first night I could play with my new fisheye lens. I had a lot of fun! I am really looking f... Read more on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DPoS7dUAjM6/
Fisheye photo of a massive green and red curtain of aurora taken from a pier next to a fjord. The pier can be seen in the lower right corner with some people on it and few trees to the right. The fjord and the land on the other side can be seen on the lower left part of the picture. Finally the aurora appears like a massive mountain of light rising from the sea to, almost, the top of the picture. It presents shades of green and yellow on its lower part, with the majority in bright to deep red. Finally, of strong reflection of the aurora appears on the sea in a curved lower band in the pic.
October 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Almost exactly 9 years ago today, I was enjoying a gorgeous moonset from my new place in Tromsø, right after coming back from my first Arctic Ocean expedition. I cannot pinpoint exactly when I really fell in lo... Read more on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DPgkjOkim14/
Photo of a moon quarter setting over the mountains in the south of Tromsø in a pink-ish atmosphere. The southern tip of Tromsøya can be seen in the lower left half of the photo and the moon reflection on the sea draws a long golden vertical streak, roughly along the right third, and passing just by the southern tip of the island.
October 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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The aurora season has officially started in Bergen. Night is back for quite a while now, but I haven't been able to see proper aurora until last Tuesday. Unfortunately, I also haven't been able to take photos o... Read more on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DPWRXimimOw/
Photo of a massive green aurora spiralling over the house. Most of the photo shows the sky, while the lower part presents trees tops and the house in the right corner.
October 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Autumn often pass by really quickly in Norway. We barely have time to enjoy its warm colours it's already gone (and sometimes never really shows up). This weekend gave us a nice opportunity to enjoy it though. ... Read more on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DPOtD3riray/
Photo of a small stream and waterfall getting into a little crystal clear pond. The stream is surrounded by bushes in autumn colours. In the background a small mountain can be seen with a thick layer of dark clouds above it.
September 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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I moved to Bergen four years ago. As I was driving down, I decided to make it a week long roadtrip to compensate a bit the sadness of leaving Tromsø. My first real stop was at Svartisvatnet. The glacier has ret... Read more on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DO8kuHBClr5/
Photo of a little green wooden house with a forest in autumn colours in the background. Both the cabin and the forest are reflected in a milky turquoise blue glacier lake.
September 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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I moved to Bergen four years ago. As I was driving down, I decided to make it a week long roadtrip to compensate a bit the sadness of leaving Tromsø. Although that was a bit of a detour, I decided to spend the ... Read more on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOyOPSOimm-/
Photo of a silhouette with a read headlamp standing in front of a wide green aurora band reflecting on a lake.
September 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Nights have come back to Bergen for roughly a month now. That means a new aurora season has started. Unfortunately, so far, I haven't been able to say anything yet. But since we are around solar maximum activit... Read more on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOgMqljCtYL/
Photo of a elusive bands of aurora cossing the photo. A small patch of clouds can be seen on the lower right corner of thepic.
September 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Sunday evening, most of the world, aside from the American continent, could enjoy a full lunar eclipse. From Norway, the moon was rising a bit late to enjoy the totality (and clouds also crashed the party, as o... Read more on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOYeRvnCiL8/
Photo of a a large red moon with a bright crescent coming out over a layer of clouds over the mountain ridge. The moon, on the left side, dominates two cabins on the ridge, in the centre of the lower part of the photo.
September 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Once again, nothing too particular for your week's dose of green. Just a nice memory from end of September 8 years ago... I quite like the contrast of trees with autumn colours and green auroras.... Read more on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DLZ0hCYNmNO/
Photo of a curved green bands of aurora covering the left half of the photo. Trees in autumn colours can be seen in the bottom part of the picture.
June 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Today 8 years ago, I was doing my very first "Ti på topp"! Literally translated "ten on top", it's a kind of hiking competition which lasts all summer. Organised locally by each kommune, the goal is to validate... Read more on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DLST8U1trEw/
Photo of a wooden sign carved "Ti på topp" with a grassy hill in the back
June 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Nothing particular, just your weekly dose of green (after a month of pause) :)
This photo was taken early mid-March 2022.... Read more on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DLIAdp3NUcL/
Photo of a curtain of green aurora crossing the frame. The silhouette of two trees can be seen on the lower left corner.
June 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Last week we had a fantastic sunset. For a reason I quite don't understand yet, in Tromsø the best sunset colours are during the polar night (or generally in winter), in Bergen it appears to be around the summe... Read more on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DLCl_ewtmf2/
Photo of several bands of clouds illuminated in various shades of orange, red and pink from the setting sun. The top of the sun can be seen peaking above a band of clouds and hills in the lower part of the image. The photo is taken with a long focal lens (250 mm) making the sun appears big in the frame.
June 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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One of those nights where you go out, sky is clear and forecast looks good. The only thing remaining is patience and hope for the best. If you're lucky enough, the best happens! 🤩
This photo was taken end of Fe... Read more on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ_r6XqMlgO/
Photo of a small pier getting into the fjord from the lower left corner. The upper part of the picture show a green band of aurora with large flame-like red aurora over.
May 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Even in fairly thick fog, Norwegian coastline is gorgeous.
This photo was taken exactly two years ago, during my roadtrip to Stavanger area. Nice large sandy beaches are not the norm around Bergen, I quite mis... Read more on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ4fNyFMVIg/
Photo of a gentle hill slope going down to the sea on the left side of the image, a bit faded in the fog. The lower third of the photo shows the turquoise sea water and a wide patch of dark seaweed under the surface. The sky is fully grey from the fog.
May 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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We're now at this time of the year where we don't really have nights any more and the sky is too bright for aurora. Luckily, I can always count on my archives to enjoy these marvellous colours, while waiting fo... Read more on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DJuMswVsTea/
Photo of a swirling curtain of aurora dancing over the fjord, with colours ranging from green to red with hints of yellow, pink and purple.
May 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Substorms usually occurs when our magnetosphere releases its tension accumulated from solar flux. Then, the stream of charged particles hitting the upper atmosphere drops, sometimes leading to such faint elusiv... Read more on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DJboeaeMldQ/
Photo of an elusive curved band of aurora crossing the photo from lower right to upper left, expanding to cover the whole length of the upper side of the pic. The sky is covered with all sorts of pastel colours for the northern lights and the lower part of the photo is the fjord water reflecting these colours.
May 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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I can't believe this photo has been taken 8 years ago already. I still remember it as if it was yesterday! My very last (to this day) fieldwork in Ny Ålesund. This place is really my little paradise on Earth. A... Read more on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DJUGX4KMsl8/
Photo of some buildings of Ny Ålesund, including NPI's Sverdrup station village with Kongsfjorden and the Loven Island, Kronebreen and mountains in the background.
May 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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One of the most famous waterfall in Bergen area is Steinsdalfossen. This nice 50 meter drop waterfall offers the nice experience of passing behind it. During the snow melting season, it is actually impressive t... Read more on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DJB5UyCsNDn/
Long exposure photo of a waterfall creating blurred streaks out of the moving water.
April 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Pareidolia is hell of a thing, I definitely see a long-tailed dragon in this band of northern light. Do you see it? Do you see something else?
This photo was taken mid-march 2022.... Read more on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DI3mlLNM9CB/
Photo of a curved green band of aurora zigzagging through an opening of a thin cloud layer, from top to bottom.
April 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Three years ago today, I was back from my first roadtrip to France. On of the few perks of moving to Bergen, it made France kinda accessible by car (still a long trip tough). On the way back, I took some good m... Read more on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DIv1f9QtQwP/
Photo of the top edge of a dune. It first slightly curves left before making a sharp turn right in a croissant shape. The left side of the dune presents a wavy pattern while the right side is a steeper smooth surface.
April 22, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Ah, Les bots de cul c'est nouveau pour moi sur BS... Voyons le côté positif, ça veut dire que BS prend sérieusement de l'importance 😁
April 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Standing on thin ice. Nine years ago, I was in the middle of my very first Arctic fieldwork. On this photo, you can see me standing on thin sea ice to take samples with the corer, absolutely oblivious what safe... Read more on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DId4GwHNc32/
Photo of a man in an orange survival suit standing on dark thin sea ice, drilling with a corer with the snowy mountains of Kongsfjorden in the background.
April 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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I've said it before and I'll say it again, patience is key when aurora chasing! The weather was generally not good over the whole month of March. But when your holiday plans are being shortened by an unexpected... Read more on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DIB0lgANkVE/
Photo of a person standing in front of a small red boathouse on the shore, looking at the sky fully lit green by bands of aurora behind the boathouse.
April 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM