Finland Photo Gallery - Weeks 8~9

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1 - Pine and cloud reflections at Lake Iso-Niskalampi 2 - Dwarf Cornel
  (Cornus suecica)
3 - Värikallio lake-side rock face with Palaeolithic rock-paintings 4 - Detail of Värikallio prehistoric rock-paintings

 
5 - Roadside reindeer in Hossa Trekking Area 6 - Campsite among pine and birch at Oulanka National Park 7 - Kiutaköngäs Rapids on the  Oulanka River 8 - Churning waters of    Kiutaköngäs Rapids

 
9 - Insectivorous Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) 10 - Lady Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium calceolus) 11 - Crossing the notional line of the Arctic Circle at Hautajärvi 12 - Grazing Lapland reindeer
at Salla Poropuisto

 
13 - Partial experience of the Midnight Sun at Kemijärvi 14 - Kemijärvi church bell-tower which survived WW2 German destruction 15 - Lapland traffic hazard of reindeer ambling along the road 16 - Scree-covered slopes of Lampivaara Fell above
Pyhä-Luosto valley

 
17 - Digging for amethyst on
    Lampivaara fell-top
18 - 17th century wooden Old Church at Sodankylä 19 - Interior of Sodankylä 17th century wooden Old Church 20 - Summit of Pieni Tankavaara Fell on Kuukkelilenkki Nature Trail

 
21 - Twin-Flower
     (Linnaea borealis)
22 - Dual-language Lapland road signs in Finnish and Sámi 23 - Midnight Sun across Lake Inari obscured by late cloud 24 - Sámi Cultural Centre and Parliament (Sámediggi) at Inari

 
25 - Plenary chamber of the Finnish Sámi Parliament 26 - SIIDA Museum -  modern reindeer herding snowmobile 27 - Lapland Jacob's Ladder   (Polemonium acutiflorum) 28 - Pielpajärvi Erämaakirkko
(Wilderness Church), Inari

 
29 - Interior of 18th century wooden  Wilderness Church 30 - Altar painting at Inari church showing Sámi family 31 - Will cloud break tonight for clear sighting of Midnight Sun? 32 - Midnight Sun shining across Lake Inari
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