I have been travelling in a land of elemental contrasts: held in a spell cast by it’s raw beauty. It’s summer, but a land of the midnight sun; here the season is short. As the snow melt casts off it’s layers, a chocolate coloured layers of land are exposed and form broad patterns across the landscape.
This week’s photo is inspired by the WPC: “Contrasts” Click here for other challenge photos.
Nature on the Edge 
Oh, that is a perfect contrast photo and so cool to see when I sweating in the heat of summer!
🙂 Not long though, MM your autumn is just round the corner now that the solstice line is crossed.
What a lovely shot!
Thanks Rajiv. What a country!
Beautifully captured!
Thanks – the scenic splendour had us in awe
It’s almost an abstract painting! Black and white! Very beautiful!
Thanks Daisy. It’s quite the most stunning place, and was inspired to also try my hand at ‘abstract’ pattern photos especially of the moss and lichen – amazing colours.
It’s stunning – if a little cool for me and I’d love to experience those long hours of daylight.
Yes, cool it is! Gilly those extra sun hours are a bonus, but weird on the body clock!
Beautiful – love how the contrast puts it together despite the absence of sunlight.
Hi, thanks:). It’s a quite the most remarkable country I’ve visited.
I hope you are enjoying the contrast, and not the least the neverending day. Nice photo from a familiar situation.
Oh, what a country of contrasts. I can have a better ‘feel’ for your photos now, Bente. Snowmelt has a language all of it’s own. As for the all day night, revelling in those extra hours, and that soft light for photography. Plays havoc with the body clock though! All bleary eyed and grumpy mid- afternoon! How do you cope!!
Loved the photo! Loved you description of it!
Thank you 🙂
beautiful !
Thanks for the comment – it certainly captures the spirit 🙂
yeah… I get it!
warm regards from Indonesia…
Very spare but beautiful.
janet
Thanks Janet. Yes starkly primordial in places.
Beautiful, like an Orca land mass 🙂
Thanks! I rather like that analogy 🙂
What a very cool (no pun intended) shot Liz – reall stunning.
Thanks, Tina – what a country, such majestic scenery.
Beautiful – love that landscape
Thank you, can’t help being inspired by the country and it’s intrepid inhabitants. What a place!
Did you see volcanos or geysers or some of the other phenomena it’s known for?
Despite seeing photos, I find I can’t even imagine it!
Although I didn’t get to see any active volcanoes, I got to see some of the after effects, and everywhere you go there is evidence of geothermal activity. Below the icy exterior lives a fire-breathing dragon, belching and hissing through fissures and geysers. The geomorphology is foreboding, one- eyed Odin lurks in the dark and looming mountains. But was completely entranced by the glaciers and their icebergs ..drifting through glacial lakes and out to sea. Imagine the sight of these on black sand beach, towering fantastical shapes, all a sparkle in the sun! Oh and then birds, so many different species, it’s phenomenal. What a country.
Thank you for some wonderfully vivid word pictures!