Sunset on ice in Helsinki
Finally we got some ice and snow in Helsinki. Unfortunately snow will disappear soon.
Wiews from the hide
The nest of ospreys is on a small island. There is a fallen tree with a big chunk of roots and soil and a hole through which the lens is put out. One could call it an organic hide.
Yesterday there was three ospreys flying around. Looked like that there was one too many.
Seven years of photo blogging
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I want to thank with the flowers of Cape Town all my followers through the years.
Our stay here will end tomorrow. After 14 hours of flying we will be back in Finland on Tuesday afternoon.
Question of life or death
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Cape White-eye. The chick dropped down to our terrace and found his place on the cross. Parents worked hard to feed him there.
Back in Cape Town
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Third January in Cape Town for us. We like this beautiful place and the weather here. This year has been too hot, around 35 degrees without wind. At home, in Finland has been 35 degrees, too. Minus.
Atlantic Ocean
A beautiful morning at lake Inari in Lapland
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A very special, warm autumn we are experiencing!
This is weird!
The bioluminescent waves of Vaadhoo Island
Doug Perrine, a marine biology photographer, has captured stunning images of bioluminescent waves, in Vaadhoo Island, Maldives. The spot holds a concentrated population of bioluminescent phytoplankton, much to the delight of photographers.
Various species of phytoplankton are known to bioluminesce, and when washed ashore by the tides, their chemical energy is turned into light energy, illuminating waves all over the world.
The biological process is ancient, natural and found around the world. If you’ve never seen it, it’s most easily observed on nice, warm beaches after dark.
This is fantastic!
More or Less
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My favorite rapids in Espoo. I have more than a thousand pics from these rapids.
Well…this is different! Very different!…Risto
Neiden Fly Fishing Zone
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Good salmon summer in Neiden, Norway even if I did not catch any this time.
2010 in review
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:
The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Fresher than ever.
Crunchy numbers
A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1,700 times in 2010. That’s about 4 full 747s.
In 2010, there were 46 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 116 posts. There were 72 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 50mb. That’s about 1 pictures per week.
The busiest day of the year was April 15th with 70 views. The most popular post that day was Thursday Theme “Jump”.
Where did they come from?
The top referring sites in 2010 were inspis.vuodatus.net, facebook.com, blogilista.fi, hundredpics.1g.fi, and kuvaristo.wordpress.com.
Some visitors came searching, mostly for lapland, inari, helsinki, landscape, and otanmäki.
Attractions in 2010
These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.
Thursday Theme “Jump” April 2010
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About January 2009
Thursday Theme “Helmikuu on helmi” February 2009
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Thursday Theme “The Spring” April 2010
Thursday Theme “Still life” March 2010
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Nature at Lake Inari
Nature at Inari lake – it is so bare but so beautiful. Picture taken at Suovasaari, close to Inari village in Lapland.
Made by man or not?
When hiking at the riverside of Inari-river close to Angeli in Lapland we found this set up of round stones. One stone in the middle and four around. Looks like made by man and maybe “Seita”, a holy place of ancient people?
A picture taken five meters from the cottage
Sometimes you do not need to go far. I was photographing mushrooms and lichen in the woods and when getting back to our cottage I took this pic. I like it!
