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Jockfall

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:24 +0100

Stopping for a quick picture after troubleshooting the network at Jockfall. Jockfall has earned the status of a haven for sport fishers, attracting tourists from all over europe.

Up, Up and Away

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:24 +0100

The US Airforce Crew aboard the gigantic Boeing C17 Globemaster III taxiing out during the 2011 Nordic Air Show in Luleå, Sweden

In Case of Emergency

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:22 +0100

Soldiers on standby during the 2011 Nordic Air Show in Luleå, Sweden.

Grand Rapids

Tue, 17 May 2011 18:49 +0100

Storforsen is one of the largest rapids in europe. The rapids stretch out over a distance of 5km in which the riverbed is lowered by 82 meters. I've never heard of anyone kayaking these rapids, some say you couldn't survive them. The rapids used to go down two separate ways with a an islands of sorts inbetween them. But they damned a part of it, forcing the water to just one possible route, leaving the other side dry(ish), showing many of the giant potholes formed under thousands of years. Also leaving some excellent places for cliffdiving. The entire area is a nature reserve, though the actual rapids have walkways built to give easy access to the sights.

Firestarters

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:35 +0100

Niklas and Torbjörn making a fire next to the akkajaure lake so we could make some tasty food.

The Butterfly Effect

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:57 +0100

Taken on our trip to Stora Sjöfallet national park. My brothers girlfriend, Vanessa, with a Tortoiseshell butterfly that landed on her camera. There was two of them flapping around us and they were both quite friendly. Even sitting on our fingers drinking from our hot chocolate.
Map/Satellite Image of location

Below average

Thu, 27 May 2010 20:55 +0100

A water level indicator next to the Akkajaure lake. This is not the highest water level indicator, there's another one about two meters above where I'm taking this photo. As I said in the post before this one the water level fluctuates with 30 meters over the season. In the end of the summer, when the lake is full again the place I'm standing will be under water. In the distance you can see the Akka massif with it's seven peaks. Akka is a swedeified version of the sami name Áhkká (Old Woman). Akka also has the heighest vertical drop of any mountain in Sweden, 1,563 metres (5,128 ft).
Map/Satellite image of location

Calm water

Sat, 15 May 2010 12:02 +0100

The deceptive calm water at the base of the waterfall in Stora Sjöfallet national park. We decided to head to the waterfall to have a look this foggy morning. There's not much of a waterfall left though. Of what once was the largest and most visually striking waterfall in Europe, only a small stream remains. The reason being that greedy politicians wanted to harness the immense force of the falls for hydroelectric power. But not only the falls suffered, the dam built to feed the hydroelectric plant flooded the lands above, destroying hundreds of square kilometers of reindeer graising lands dotted by a network of around 150 small lakes. Today the depth of the artificial lake created by the dam fluctuates by 30m over the season, and the area of the lake from 92km2 to 242km2. Leaving a barren stone desert void of all life anytime the water reserve is emptied. To this day it is the largest interferance in Swedish nature.All of that might sound a bit negative, well because it is. They created the park to protect the falls, then ten years later they redraw the borders of the park so they can fuck them up anyway. But as sad a story as it is the park is bigger then the falls and the lake above them. And the rest of the park is truly magnificent. Too bad they had to go and completely destroy the main attraction.Map/Satellite image of location

Mom & Kevin

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:59 +0100

Mom & Kevin, Christmas 2009 at my Aunts place. My camera has been out of action. I fixed it a while back so now I can shoot pictures again. Yay for me!

Fly Agaric

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:37 +0100

Went up on the local "mountain", Ormberget, to do some mountainbiking. Well, actually it's more like a hill then a mountain. Road from home, over the mountain and down to a place called Hagaviken and then back again. This is a shot I grabbed somewhere between Ormberget and Hagaviken. The Fly Agaric (Flugsvamp in Swedish).