Finland Photo Gallery - Weeks 8~9
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1 -
Pinewoods setting of Kiantajärvi
Camping at Suomussalmi
2 -
'Flame Memorial' commemorating
1939 Suomussalmi battles
3
- War Cemetery backed by modern
church at Suomussalmi Church Village
4 -
Raatteen Portti War Memorial to
those killed in 105 days of Winter War
5
-
Raate Road, route of December
1939 Soviet invasion of Finland
6
- Sealed border-zone at end
of Raate Road
7
- Border-Guard Museum and
watch-tower at end of Raate Road
8
- The lonely Route 843 through
empty forested wilderness terrain
9
- Midge-ridden forest path
at Martinselkosen
10
- Pine woodland camp
at Hossa Visitor Centre
11
- Gravel road through forests
to Julma Ölkky parking area
12
- Dwarf Cornel (
Cornus suecica
), Hossa Trekking Area's iconic flower
13
- Hossa Trekking Area
- path to Värikallio
14
- Lake walk-way leading to cliff
with Värikallio rock-paintings
15
- Lake Somer cliff-face with
Värikallio Neolithic rock-paintings
16
- Värikallio rock-paintings: human
stick-figures and horned shaman
17
- Cliff-face of Värikallio rock
-paintings from across Lake Somer
18
- Quintessentially Finnish forested
setting of Lake Iso-Niskalampi
19
- Mother and calf reindeer
ambling along the lonely Route 843
20
- Lake-side pitch at Matkajoki
Camping near to Kuusamo
21
- Sun declining across lake
at Matkajoki Camping
22
- Magnificent sunset across
the lake at Matkajoki Camping
23
- Ancient spruce forests on the
Konttaisjärvi Bird-watching Walk
24
- Reindeer herd blocking
the road at Käylä village
25
- Camping amid pine forests
in Oulanka National Park
26
- Kiutaköngas Rapids in
Oulanka National Park
27
- Red dolomite cliffs above Kiutaköngas Rapids and Oulankajoki
28
- Oulankajoki river-cliff and
endless pine forested wilderness
29
- Oulanka National Park's
pine forested wilderness
30
- Cranberry flowers (
Vaccinium oxycoccus
) on Hiidenlampi marshes
31
- Marshland photography along
the Hiidenlampi board-walk
32
- Lady's Slipper Orchid
in Oulanka National Park
33
- Lady's Slipper Orchid
(Cypripedium calceolus)
34
- Insectivorous oval-leaved
Great Sundew (
Drosera longifolia
)
35
- Crossing the notional line of
the Arctic Circle at Hautajärvi
36
- Granite tank-traps from WW2
Salpa Linja defensive line at Salla
37
- Russian border-crossing point
on Route 82 east of Salla
38
- Camping on the banks of
the Kemijoki river at Savukoski
39
- Red Squirrel
at Savukoski Camping
40
- Looking out over the Kairanaapa
Mires from the bird-watching tower
41
- Board-walk
across Kilpiaapa Mires
42
- The lawned-garden setting of
Kuukiurun Lomakylä at Vuostimo
43
- The 1689 Old Church
at Sodankylä
44
- Interior of the wooden
Old Church at Sodankylä
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