Not sure if anyone else finds thunderstorms as fascinating as I do, but here you go. In the night before the start of ATypI Barcelona, one of the most dramatic thunderstorms I’ve seen. This was pretty fantastic to watch, at least until after much such faraway, beautiful, almost-silent lightning suddenly thunder crashed down directly above and I was very, very awake for the next hour or so.

The above was made with the iPhone 5s “Burst Mode”, which is much more sensitive than recording a video. Next time I’ll try not to shake so much.

This site, where a river meets the labyrinthine Norwegian South-East coast, used to be a wood processing plant. Logs were floated down the river from a wide network of inland waterways, and processed here into tree pulp and such which was then shipped away. The first pulp mill (further up the river) started out as early as 1889; this newer facility was built in 1952. It was an important factor in the region until it closed its doors around 1988. Since then it has been decaying. Used by locals to dump disused boats, cars, and other scrap, the site has been periodically cleaned up, but its future remains unclear. An expensive proposal for residential/touristic redevelopment a few years ago was shelved.

Boat graveyard in industrial ruins

Upstairs in the main building, more boats.

And so much more

Pareidolic

As if surprised by rust

All that and a sewing machine

Stranded

Dizzying (I *think* this is horizontal).

Skylight

Former heavy duty.

New life

Bluelight

Danger, high voltage

Fused

Still

Blue door

Out