Breathing World s Cleanest Air, a photo from Lappi, North

Photographer's Note

Finland | Lapland | Leppäjärvi

The meeting point of three cultures
This photo may not look spectacular but it was just wonderful to stop there and looking around us.... It was the first time we actually were in Finland. Just some kilometers between Kiruna, Sweden, and Karasjok, Norway. We travelled along the Pallas–Yllästunturi National Park where it is said that you can breath World's Cleanest Air!

We are now in Finnish Lapland... So my TE Map will be extended with Finland and it is also a little eye wink to Kari... ;)
In the WS a photo of our way of travelling... :)

The landscape of Pallas–Yllästunturi National Park is dominated by fells and the unscathed forests and wetlands surrounding them. The well-marked trails, clean and beautiful nature and varied terrain of the area provide excellent opportunities for trips and wandering in nature. The fell range in the national park is almost one hundred kilometres long in total. The picturesque, beautiful Pallas fells have been chosen as one of Finland’s national landscapes. Visitors to the national park are served by a large network of resting places and wilderness huts and the unique chain of three nature centres of the Forest and Park Service (Äkäslompolo, Pallas and Hetta).
(Source: yllas.fi)
http://www.yllas.fi/en/area-info/pallas-yllastunturi-national-park.html

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alvaraalto, pajaran, macjake, jemaflor, COSTANTINO has marked this note useful

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alvaraalto (36184) 2018-12-05 8:25

Dag Viviane, mijn buurvrouw van vandaag.
Hoewel de sneeuw al gesmolten was toen ik hier lang geleden in de buurt was, geeft deze foto mij heerlijke herinneringen. Bij voorbeeld hoe iedereen op de dag dat we hier aankwamen met een muskietennet op buiten liep en we een dag later tijdens een tocht hier in de buurt (o.a. naar de zomerresidentie van de kerstman, de hele dag geen mug te bekennen was.
Heerlijke sfeervolle foto,
Groet Rob

macjake (89617) 2018-12-05 17:16

Hi Viviane
I often say to Kari, we don't see enough Finland photos on TE, its not like France, Italy, etc...its too bad bc I want to learn more about Finland. Looking at the map feature, you're really up north there! This is one of those posts where it isn't so much about the photo, but more about the story and experience. Its still a fine photo though, and I can honestly say i've almost been up there too hahaha, so I know about the clean air you breathed in :) nice post
cheers
Craig

jemaflor (122779) 2018-12-05 23:29

Salut Viviane,
Une belle lumière bien apturée pour valoriser ce paysage de Laponie, bon effet avec la blancheur de la neige et celle qui s'étend dans le ciel avec ces nuages.

COSTANTINO (89698) 2018-12-10 22:30

Hello dear friend and have a nice time
I visited your gallery today and I chose
this photo and reading your useful notes
I do not agree with you that this photo
may not look spectacular!!
for me it is very eyecatching because
we are in the heart of the winter and it is
wonderful to stop and looking around us
the Nature!!!
welldone snd wellseen
regards
Costantino