Pictures about the nature of North-Finland: year 2005

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Mountainbirches (Betula pubescens ssp.tortuosa) start to live through the period of darkness, frosts and snows...

Hirvisuo is a wide-ranging aapamire near to Oulu. This picture is taken at half-day time - the sun is almost in the horizon.
It is period of darkness (Finnish = kaamos). A spring-time picture from the same mire (and almost from the same place) other picture here!