Lapland: The Northern Lights, or Revontulet (literally, "fox fire") in Finnish.
December in Lapland.
Finnish Lapland.
Finnair flight on the tarmac at Ivalo, Finland airport.
Grocery shopper, December mid-afternoon, Saariselkä, Finnish Lapland.
Kettles on the campfire, reindeer trek, Finnish Lapland.
December midday, Finnish Lapland.
Main (just about only) shopping area in the resort town of Saariselkä, Finnish Lapland. Those two customers are using a Finnish means of transportation called a potkuri, a kind of a sled thing.
HDR of old building atop the Kaunispää Fell, between Ivalo and Saariselkä, Finland. Combined from six exposures.
December afternoon on main street, Saariselkä, Finnish Lapland.
"Dodger" on a reindeer trek, Finnish Lapland.
Climbing the 1.2 kilometer Kaunispää toboggan slope, Finnish Lapland.
Metsähallitus is the forest management service in Finland. Here, a map of ski routes in Urho Kekkonen National Park, Finnish Lapland.
Northern Lights, "revontulet" in Finnish, Finnish Lapland.
The road from the airport at Ivalo, Finnish Lapland.
Moon over Lapland, Finland.
The cold north country in winter. Finnish Lapland.
Parking lot at the ski center at Kaunispää Fell, between Ivalo and Saariselkä, Finland. It's a high spot at 437.8 meters.
Observation tower, Finnish Lapland.
Ski lift and moon at Kaunispää Fell, between Ivalo and Saariselkä, Finland. Taken mid-afternoon in December.
Revontulet, Finnish for Northern Lights. Saariselkä, Finnish Lapland.
Ski run at Kaunispää Fell, between Ivalo and Saariselkä, Finland. It's a high spot at 437.8 meters.
Typical urban scene, Finnish Lapland.
Long nights, Saariselkä, Finnish Lapland.
Cell and microwave towers, Finnish Lapland.
The countryside as watercolor, Finnish Lapland.
Lapland.
Main (just about only) shopping area in the resort town of Saariselkä, Finnish Lapland.
Heading for the 1.2 kilometer Kaunispää toboggan slope, Finnish Lapland.
Old building atop the Kaunispää Fell, between Ivalo and Saariselkä, Finland.
A vacation rental community in Saariselkä, Finnish Lapland.
Northbound.
Nighttime in Finnish Lapland.
Pulkkas outside the door, Finnish Lapland. They're handy for pulling groceries back from the grocery.
Traditional Sami dress on the left, Finnish Lapland.
Siberia restaurant, Finnish Lapland.
Finnish Lapland in winter.
Reindeer trek, Finnish Lapland.
Saariselkä, Finnish Lapland in December.
Bulletin board at the general store in Saariselkä, Finnish Lapland.
Cold on canvas. Finnish Lapland.
