Day 10: Karlstad to Fjällbacka — This was the view of Fjällbacka at sunset, from the the top of a diving platform on a small island that forms one edge of the harbor. It had been cloudy most of the day, but out over the North Sea there was clear sky, so it was only a matter of setting up the camera and waiting for the sun to dip under the cloud cover before it set. For a five-minute period, the village was ablaze in red. Read on...

During August 2008 I spent 17 days driving around Sweden in the single-minded pursuit of one good 360-degree panorama per day, posting the results daily to the Panoramic Sweden blog.