Tuesday we were in Tromso, Norway. It sits on the island of Tromsoya . A suburb city sits on the mainland and the 2 are connected by a bridge and tunnel. Tromso has a population of about 42,000. The weather was overcast with some light rain in the morning
Our excursion today was "Tromso Highlights & Northern Lights Planetarium".
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| Taken about midnight |
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| Tromso is not quite in the 24 hour sun zone on this date. It will be in about 6 days. |
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| Sunrise approaching. It will be the last for several days |
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| About 1 AM |
BOUT 1:30 am |
| Pilot boat arriving |
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| Tromso sits on a fjord so the water is calm. |
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| Ski jumps |
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| Approaching the pier |
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| We will go see this church on our excursion. |
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| A bridge connects the island to the mainland |
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| On out way to our first stop at the Arctic Cathedral |
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| We also travelled through a tunnel |
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| The Arct (or Tromsdalen church)ic Cathedral |
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| View from the fromnt of the church |
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| On the way to the Planetariums |
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| Closer view of the ski jump hill |
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| Another tunnel |
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| This one has interesting lighting at the entrance |
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| Th Planetarium. We were noy allowed to photograph or record the Northern Lights sho |
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| Sailing away |
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| We are above the latitude where the sun does not set for a day so no sunrise or sunset seen |
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| Sun hit closes on the hoirzon but did not set. This is about 11:00 PM |
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