Inge Löök’s Old Ladies, originally uploaded by CarolinaRen.
This time, enjoying treats in a “fort,” just like the kind my children build, and just like the kind that I bet most of us also built as children 🙂
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I love this card. The image is serene, beautiful.
I also love what I learned about Kaamos-time while doing research.
“Kaamos-time is not the coldest time of year. The winter’s most freezing part begins at the end of Kaamos, the time of year when people in northern Finland live in a dim blue twilight. There are only four hours of light during the day. It is not pitch dark but visibility is almost as good during bright moonlit nights as during the days, because the moon light shimmers on the snow and reflects off of it. As well as the snow reflecting light the winter sky is lit with northern lights.
Animals living up north during winter have adapted to this lack of sun light. The scantiness and total lack of natural light cause more problems for humans than animals. Constant darkness has many effects on the human mind and body; some tire easily, some lose their sleep rhythm and others crave sweets. On the other hand, Kaamos is a perfect time to wind-down and regain one’s strength.
Kaamos is the opposite of the summer’s midnight sun. Both phenomenons are based on the axis of the Earth and our planet’s tilted position towards the sun. During winter the North Pole is tilted away from the sun and is therefore left in shade.
The further north one travels the shorter the time of daylight is each day and the longer Kaamos lasts. The North Pole is for this reason the darkest point. The time of blue twilight begins at the end of September and lasts to the middle of March. In the northernmost village in Finland, Nuorgam the sun drops below the horizon at the end of November and stays there to the middle of January, the darkness thus lasting bout two months. In the Ivalo area Kaamos lasts 37 days. When the northernmost part of the planet is draped in the deepest darkness at the end of December the South Pole is washed over by the midnight sun.”
From www.luontoon.fi/news.asp?Section=5715&Item=16194
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Icebergs in Iceland, originally uploaded by CarolinaRen.
On the Jokulsarlon Glacial Lagoon, by Peter Gebhard.
From Wiki: Jökulsárlón is the best known and the largest of a number of glacial lakes in Iceland. It is situated at the south end of the glacier Vatnajökull between Skaftafell National Park and Höfn. Appearing first only in 1934-1935, the lake grew from 7.9 km² in 1975 to at least 18 km² today because of heavy melting of the Icelandic glaciers. Approaching a depth of 200 m, Jökulsárlón is now probably the second deepest lake in Iceland. Jökulsárlón is separated from the sea by only a short distance, and the combined action of the glacier, the river that empties from the lake, and the ocean may eventually transform it into an inlet of the sea. There are plans to prevent this from happening, since the only road in the area passes over the narrow isthmus. It is not far from the Icelandic Ring Road, and buses travelling between Höfn and Reykjavík usually stop there. The lake is filled with icebergs, which are calving off the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier.”
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North Cape, Norway, originally uploaded by CarolinaRen.
The nothernmost point of Europe! This would be an awesome place to visit!
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Lapland, Finland, originally uploaded by CarolinaRen.
Preparing of flame salmon. The gal who swapped with me writes that you can sleep behind the fire and stay toasty warm 🙂 This is such a lovely, peaceful image!
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Snow light — a photo by Ove Eriksson, originally uploaded by CarolinaRen.
I do not know if there is an electric light under this snow, or if it is a small fire? I have never seen such a thing, but it is so lovely! Printed in Finland.
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Revontulet – Northern Lights – Auror borealis, originally uploaded by CarolinaRen.
Would love to see this in person someday. “Caused when charged particles from Sun collide with atoms and molecules in the Earth’s atmosphere at the altitude of 90-250 km. Due to the collision, oxygen and nitrogen are emitting auroral light.” Printed in Finland.
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Snowy Swedish Scene, originally uploaded by CarolinaRen.
A photograph by Peter Lange. I don’t know where this is, but it is so idyllic, so lovely! I would like to be one of the people walking in this scene 🙂
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Revontulet, Northern Lights, Aurora Borealis, originally uploaded by CarolinaRen.
The lights in the card appear much greener than they do in this scan.
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Northern Scandinavia, Arctic Circle, originally uploaded by CarolinaRen.
Love this map card, which shows the Arctic Circle on it. I also like the smaller images on the card, especially the sign at the lower right corner. But, alas, I cannot read what it says! 🙂
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