perhaps the most amazing local place to visit is Mølen. it has a fascinating history, is one of the best places in Norway to observe birds and wildflowers but is most noted for the unique variety of countless rocks left on the shore by the glacier from the last ice age.
the rock mound graves on the moraine up to 7 meters high date from the bronze age and early iron age but i am more interested in taking a closer look at individual stones.
various lichens grow on some of the rocks less exposed to the seawater
while algae grow on some of them in the tidal zone
i took all these photos a few days ago with my samsung S22 except the last two which i took a few years ago with my Lumix FZ300
Oh! I love rocks! I would love to see these. My problem is that I want to bring home all my favorites!
this place is a rock lover's paradise. to remain so it is forbidden to take any away but there are similar but much smaller places nearby where it is possible to collect some. the whole coast was under glaciers during several ice ages. it is hard to believe but years ago there was an effort to start a sand and gravel pit here and crush the stones. fortunately it never happened.
Glaciers deposited sand in Wisconsin during the last ice age and our fine grained sand is being mined to be used for fracking in the oil fields of North Dakota and Canada. Who knows what the long term environmental impact will be.
folks in the just stop oil crowd are nuts but just stop fracking might not be such a bad idea.
I agree!
This place shouldn’t be called “local”
The rocks are so beautiful
I love the pictures!