Where midnight sun meets the horizon

Taken from the bridge to Ruissalo island on my way back from a late cycling trip. Minor rain made the skies amazing.

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Oak in the mist

Midsummer 2013

Midsummer eve brought us gorgeous skies and lovely weather. We went to Naantali island to watch both President's and the city bonfires. 

It's a bit of shame that the night was stormy, so there was no chance of getting any sunrise photos.

 Naantali's bonfire

 

 President's bonfire

Not so Supermoon, but still quite big and bright for the region

Stormscapes

Taken at Ruissalo

The golden hour

Taken some time ago at the beach of Ruissalo

April spring report: snowfalls

After few weeks of sunny, though cold weather, most of the ice covering the cycling paths managed to melt. Just when we thought that spring might be finally coming, we woke up today to see the landscape covered in white. I guess we won't be having green for another month or so. 

Frozen seas and fallen stars

Taken at Ruissalo, while the sea was still quite frozen. The wave-like shapes form when ships pass and push water to the sides, making new layers of ice.

Edit: The photo was featured into the Tumblr Landscape tag

 

Snow blizzard and back pain

We had some really bad weather here, in Western Finland this weekend. For now, the snow blizzard is gone and sun is shining again. Sadly I couldn't enjoy it much, due to horrible back pain that pinned me to the couch. It appeared for no reason, I'm only hoping it will go away soon.

Gorgeous sunny Sunday afternoon, captured from our balcony

as amazing sunset

Winter sunset at Ruissalo

 

One of the very few sunny days we've had in months. 

Finally, the brightness lasted longer than 10 minutes, so we could take photos.

Location is Ruissalo island, part of the Turku archipelago.

  behind the scenes shot by Kalle

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12.12.12 Snow waves and golden hour

Waves

Snow formations on the main beach of Ruissalo after snow hurricane Antti passed over the coast.

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