Russian North

[ranunculus]

From all the interest shown by your fellow forum members in these magnificent landscapes and plants Natalia, I suspect you need to start a tour company as quickly as possible ... could we book two places on the first holiday please?
Wonderful photographs of a remarkable destination ... no wonder you return so often!!!

[Lesley Cox]

I hope you may be able to show pictures of the Arctous alpina in the autumn. Please.

[Magnar]

Colleagues, thanks, I am glad that was possible to show this fine corner of our country at a forum.

Armin, I showed a photo to friends in Kirovsk(town in Hibiny) and they have told that it is young fish Salvelinus alpinus — fish of family salmon. But also they could be mistaken:)

Thanks again for more interesting pics of plants and landscaspes.

As for the fish I am pretty sure that Armin is right though. We have both Salvelinus alpinus and three spined stickleback in the lake by out mountain cabin. The sticklebacks often stands still like that in shallow water and are easy to take pisc of, while a char (S. alpinus) would be gone in a second, and not wait to be photographed. The fish also has the typical shape of a stickleback.

[Armin]

Magnar,

thanks for your support. I agree your observation that a young char or trout would have resorted as soon as a shadow or a moving object appears in their range of vision.

When I was a teenager I've caught and rescued thousands of sticklebacks from a running dry pond. Their shape is unique. You never forget.

[cohan]

Beautiful plants and landscapes, Natalia! thanks for sharing them

[zvone]

Thank's Natalia!


Beautiful!


Best regards!   Zvone