Friday Theme, From a different Perspective

Todays friday theme is a little tricky, but as with all these themes you can interpret it in your own way.I have a lot of pictures that are taken from a different perspective, mostly catching a flowers perspective of the world. I love taking pictures that have blurry backgrounds, focused on one specific thing with the world in the background.

Another different perspective is the way that insects view the world

The plant on the picture below is probably not anything I would recommend to an insects, it's Sundew, an insect eating plant found in the boreal forest.

Plants are really beautiful, and I love taking closeups

Sometimes I take pictures and wonder how it would be if I could walk around in the woods as a much smaller creature.

Every second year the Yucon Quest starts in Fairbanks, last year was one of those years. Of course I brought my camera. That is the perspective of a bunch of happy dogs doing what they only know.

Of course I can't leave out climbing, ice climbing, and the different perspectives you get there.

Me and W got a different perspective of life and people when we went through Las Vegas, the town that never sleeps....

Well, with that it's finally time for bed. Less writing and more pictures today, but that is what the friday theme is all about for me.

Since you all know how much I love mountains, here's a picture from last weekend, Hopefully I will se many more this weekend :)

Happy Weekend!

Friday Theme, Magic

I know I know, one day late again. But I just don't have time to write on fridays, busy at work and then I want to do something fun when I get home instead of continuing sitting in front of the computer :) With a risk of making you tired of mountains I will show you some pictures that feels like magic to me I took this picture (below) just yesterday, it is the view from our friends house. Okey, I did zoom quite a bit, but still.

I love the landscape of rolling hills and farms, it is really beautiful. The picture (below) is from France, Vosges, really close to the Swiss border. Magic.

When I was in Abisko, we did one hike that ended at this lake (below). The lake is called "Trollsjön" or "Troll lake" as the name would be in English, but the real name is Rissajaure. The lake is the most purest and clearest lake in Sweden, you can see 34m down, now thats magical.

Mountains mean so much to me (As all of you probably know). Sometimes I get goosebumps by just looking at mountains. They are so incredible.

Situations can be magical, like this one here (below) hiking home after a long day in Lake District (England). It was such an awesome afternoon/evening.

This mist (below) is really characteristic of the landscape where my summerhouse is. My mom always used to say "the elves are dancing now" when we saw it, and that is really magical.

One thing that is absolutely 100% magical is northern lights, the Aurora of the north. It is incredible.

Well, in reality the whole world to me is magical

Have a nice Weekend!

Friday Theme, One picture is worth more than one thousand words

I have written about thermokarsts before here and I will do it again when this Friday theme seems very appropriate for this natural creation.

Thermokarsts are huge, and are the result of permafrost (soil that remains continuously frozen for at least two consecutive years) degradation. Permafrost degradation is connected to climate, since the term permafrost is connected to frozen ground. With increase in temperature these features may increase in numbers over large areas in the permafrost zone. But temperature itself is not the only driver and there are other factors that may trigger the degradation of permafrost.

One of the key parts in research about thermokarsts and permafrost right now is to figure out what effect this degradation has on the global carbon budget. The permafrost zone contains more than 50% of the estimated GLOBAL belowground carbon storage, even though it only accounts for about 16% of the global soil area.

Up on the north slope (and also in the boreal forest) there are not only thermokarst, there are also mosquitoes, many many mosquitoes.

This winter break me and W went to canyon lands in Utah, specifically island in the sky. An amazing place and if you haven't been there yet, I suggest you go. These canyons that have been shaped through time have so much history stored in them, and it's amazing that we can hike, and see such an undeveloped place that has been fairly untouched by humans, but completely modified by mother nature.

What will it look like in 100 years? or a thousand? Will those stone towers still be there?

I love hiking, and sometimes you just are and the right place at the right moment

He didn't even see us,

Anyway, hope you all will have a great weekend