This work shows a winter landscape with snow and ice in Finland. We see frosted and snow-covered trees on the tops of hills in Riisitunturi National Park in southern Finnish Lapland. They look like ghosts or figures from a fairy tale. They are created by a unique local combination of moisture and cold. In winter, the area gets freezing cold, often as much as 30 degrees below zero. At the same time, despite the cold, the air is quite humid, especially in the valleys. This moist air creeps up the hills from the valley, gets colder and the moisture condenses as frost on the trees. So not snow as I thought before I arrived in Riisitunturi, but hoarfrost. So the statues also remain standing all winter because the layer of hoarfrost is rock hard and the weather and wind have absolutely no grip on them. How do these trees survive?
In this magical fairy-tale world, I was able to photograph for several days in ever-changing conditions. This photo was taken with sunny weather just before sunset. As a result, the trees cast long shadows on the icy landscape.
                                
 
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