Photos from last summer
Mar. 1st, 2020 07:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luzulaWell, I thought I would post something not related to my current fannish obsession, so: some photos from last summer! I suppose this post could double as some sort of "Visit Sweden's Beautiful Nature" commercial. Which is fine; do come visit! : )
Here's one of the campsites from when I hiked in the mountains. The map had the symbol for archaeological finds--yes, prehistoric people, I understand why you also made your campsite here!
A moss which only grows on poop, in this case reindeer poop. It's some sort of Splachnum, don't have a flora right now since I'm on a train.
Another mountain campsite, this one more bleak. I spent three or four hours here searching for the rare plant Carex bicolor but failed to find it.
Here's a rare plant I did find. In Sweden, Arenaria humifusa only grows (so far as anyone knows) on this one mountaintop in Padjelanta. I found it after two hours' searching; it is tiny! I mean, that's my fingernail in the photo.
A more showy plant: purple saxifrage, Saxifraga oppositifolia, found in polar and mountainous regions around the northern hemisphere.
Another lovely view: Lake Virihaure in the evening.
I looked at insects a lot last year. Here's a very cool moth larva: Orgyia antiqua, which in English seems to be called rusty tussock moth.
And finally, here's a climbing photo from September, with me going off the side of a bridge. I love climbing, but my shoulder's been wonky since November, but getting steadily better. So towards spring I should be able to get back to it.
Here's one of the campsites from when I hiked in the mountains. The map had the symbol for archaeological finds--yes, prehistoric people, I understand why you also made your campsite here!
A moss which only grows on poop, in this case reindeer poop. It's some sort of Splachnum, don't have a flora right now since I'm on a train.
Another mountain campsite, this one more bleak. I spent three or four hours here searching for the rare plant Carex bicolor but failed to find it.
Here's a rare plant I did find. In Sweden, Arenaria humifusa only grows (so far as anyone knows) on this one mountaintop in Padjelanta. I found it after two hours' searching; it is tiny! I mean, that's my fingernail in the photo.
A more showy plant: purple saxifrage, Saxifraga oppositifolia, found in polar and mountainous regions around the northern hemisphere.
Another lovely view: Lake Virihaure in the evening.
I looked at insects a lot last year. Here's a very cool moth larva: Orgyia antiqua, which in English seems to be called rusty tussock moth.
And finally, here's a climbing photo from September, with me going off the side of a bridge. I love climbing, but my shoulder's been wonky since November, but getting steadily better. So towards spring I should be able to get back to it.
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Date: 2020-03-01 08:31 pm (UTC)Ooh, I remember finding an Orgyia antiqua caterpillar in my parents' garden a while ago. I had to go and look up what it was, which was a fun bit of research—they're certainly distinctive to look at!
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Date: 2020-03-01 09:50 pm (UTC)Yes, the tiny plant was satisfying to find! Since it's so small, I really wonder how it was found the first time.