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Urho Kekkonen National Park (Finnish: Urho Kekkosen kansallispuisto) is a national park in Lapland, Finland. Established in 1983 and covering 2,550 square kilometres (985 sq mi), it is one of Finland's largest protected areas. It is named after Urho Kekkonen, former President and Prime Minister of Finland.
The Suomujoki river flows through the northern parts of the diverse park. The marked paths in its western part are an easy destination even for the inexperienced backpacker, whereas the wilderness is good for long and demanding trips.
Most trips to Urho Kekkonen National Park are started from the Kiilopää fell center, the Aittajärvi lake along the Suomujoki river, or Raja-Jooseppi, and backpackers usually end up nearby the Saariselkä fell line, for instance on the top of its highest fell, Sokosti.
Reindeer keeping is still a common livelihood in the area.
(Wikipedia)
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It just somehow happened that I visited Urho Kekkonen national park twice within a single year; this time, famous "ruska" autumn period and a week-long hike to the north-east part of the park was our ultimate goal.
We traveled on foot for eight days and enjoyed all those lovely aspects of deep-north wilderness: grey sky, cold river crossing, moody terrain, losing direction, and heavy backpacks. However, the autumn colors were truly exceptional - the timing was absolutely perfect.
Here the picture is taken at the Ylilompolo lake during our way to Kiertämäjärvi wilderness hut that we reached on the 7th day of our week-long adventurous hike.
stretching and furrowing so far into the heart of it all that digging them up means the death of something good. the death of something that can’t be planted again without the new result becoming different, foreign, twisted. i've planted and subsequently ripped up roots too many times in my life to keep count - most of which is due to moving around a lot as a kid - and it never gets easier. because whether your deep roots are planted in a place, or a person - they're not coming back up without a hell of a lot of pain involved...and there will always be little bits that you leave behind. but i suppose the silver lining is the fact that we can't grow without roots. and stagnant living is worse than living to the hilt, come what may.
Star hopping in the Scutum Centaurus Arm of the galaxy, Hullbull RST encounteres a large red star shedding some of its atmosphere in the early process of planetary nebula. Using the new variable-geometry neutral density filter delivered by the spaceChaser, the HRST was able to resolve magnetic fields in the corona near the stars north pole and fine features in the coronal mass ejection.
Not a real space photo. Light art.
Single exposure. Waterworld technique used to create close star body and corona CME effects.
An underwater exploration frame, equipped with Deep Sea Floodlamps, Propeller Assistance and 2 Emergency Explosive Charges.
I have been going through my archives putting them onto DVDs as my computer is slowly dying and I have lost precious photos before. I am now up to date and when I was going through I found this one of my grandson taken way back in 2009. I love it and it is one that I will be printing out - I don't know how I missed it before.
'The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms. '
- Auguste Rodin
It is a labour of love for me to find 'different' lighting and angles to bring out their unique beauty, the petals so tightly concentrated in the heart and cascading out in full glory.
And then, the smaller variety, in sprays, with curling petals!
Another aspect of Chrysanthemum, tightly packed, a true Autumn flower, built against rain, wind and cold?
The name "chrysanthemum" is derived from the Greek words chrysos (gold) and anthemon (flower)
Chrysanthemums, sometimes called mums or chrysanths, are flowering plants of the genus Chrysanthemum in the family Asteraceae.
They are native to Asia and northeastern Europe. Most species originate from East Asia and the center of diversity is in China. Chrysanthemums were first cultivated in China as a flowering herb as far back as the 15th century BC.
The flower was brought to the Western World in the 17th century.
There are about 40 valid species and countless horticultural varieties and cultivars.
For many years, chrysanthemum signifies praise and admiration. A chrysanthemum is considered as a noble flower of the Chinese noble class.
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