Atlantic ocean road atlanterhavsvegen

High Resolution JPEG Picture of The Atlantic Ocean Road, Atlanterhavsvegen or Atlanterhavsveien in Norwegian, is a 5.2 mile long section of two-lane Highway that runs through an archipelago in Hustadvika and Averøy municipalities in Møre og Romsdal county, Western Norway.It passes by Hustadvika, an unsheltered part of the Norwegian Sea in the North Atlantic, connecting the island of Averøy with the mainland and Romsdalshalvøya peninsula. It links the villages of Kårvåg in Averøy and Vevang in Hustadvika and is built on several small islands and skerries, which are connected by several causeways, viaducts and eight bridges—the most prominent being Storseisundet Bridge, which features in this unique series of four arresting images. The unusually low and wide perspective of the road and the bridge in the first picture of the series is complemented by the compressed telephoto shots of the following three images taken from the left, right and centre of the road, respectively. The elegant but sharp curve that leads to the ascending slope of the bridge accentuates the adverse camber of this dangerously spectacular stretch of road with the vanishing point in the 4th and final picture in the series being the road ending in the sky itself. The image was captured just as an anonymous car reached the apical point of the bridge and it gives the illusion of appearing to be driving over the abyss or taking off into the sky. These images were taken on a calm winter's day in low angle arctic light but on stormy days the road is often awash with sea spray and huge waves from the unprotected North Atlantic Ocean that it faces. The road is preserved as a cultural heritage site and is classified as a National Tourist Route. It is a popular site to film automotive commercials and it has been declared one of the world's best drives in motoring circles.