Trolltunga — Midnight Sun
214.00 £
Trolltunga — the Troll’s Tongue rock ledge — photographed at midnight during the Norwegian summer solstice, the horizontal midnight sun casting warm sidelight across the Ringedalsvatnet lake 700 metres below.
Description
Trolltunga is a horizontal rock ledge projecting 700 metres above Lake Ringedalsvatnet in Hardangerfjord municipality, Norway — one of the most dramatic accessible viewpoints in Scandinavia and the country’s most photographed natural attraction. The 22km return hike from Skjeggedal gaining 900 metres of elevation is demanding but achievable without technical equipment in summer. This photograph was made at the summer solstice — when Norway’s midnight sun provides 24 hours of daylight at this latitude — at precisely midnight, when the sun is at its lowest point on the horizon. The horizontal sun angle produces a warm sidelight that illuminates the rock ledge from the north, casting the famous tongue of rock in warm amber light while the lake and valley far below remain in the soft blue-grey of the low-sun atmospheric scattering. The image was captured in near-complete silence at an altitude of 1,180 metres.
