Láhku is a new national park in Norway, established in December 2012. It is in Nordland, quite far north, and the most special about this park is the geology and the botany. I went there on my trip up north earlier this June, and only for a short stay.
The mountain Glomfjellet has the largest area of alpine karst in Scandinavia. Karst is a geological formation shaped by dissolution of a layer, or layers of soluble bedrock, usually carbonate rock (limestone or dolomite) or gypsum. It can also be weather-resistant rocks such as quartzite, according to Wikipedia. Map and more information (norwegian) on geoportalen.no.
There was still some snow on this mountain, Glomfjellet, and melting snow means theat the mountain flowers are in a hurry too bloom and make seeds since the summer is so very short. The geology here makes the flora very rich, but many of the plants flowers so early that not many people see them. I was lucky, since there were many mountain flowers around.
The White Dryas (Dryas octopetala, reinrose).
The Purple Saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia, rødsildre).
The Alpine Rock-cress (Arabis alpina, fjellskrinneblom).
This is a mountain Primula, either a Primula Scandinavica og Primula stricta. The first one can only be found in Norway and Sweden.
The Mountain Azalea (Loiseleuria procumbens, greplyng). And others. Láhku is from the indigenous sami language and means something like a plateau high in the mountains. There are more pictures in my Láhku photo gallery, and in my mountain flowers gallery.
Underbara bilder!
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B&W photo is amazing : it looks like frozen waves !
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Beautiful, looks kinda cold though…
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fantastic pictures!
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I bet it was chilly when you took these photos, but it looks like the place is full of wonderful subjects to photograph.
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When I was in northern Norway on summer solstice day to see midnight-sun,
it was a bit of sleet and I was shivering.
Then young local girl went on bicycle wearing half sleeve T-shirt.
That is their Summer !
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Hahaha, you are so right Yoshi. We think the summer is there when the snow is gone and the sun gives us a glimpse. No matter the temperature. And yes, Anneli. Chilly and wet. But not that bad weather for photographing small flowers. These mountain flowers are really small..
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Very Very Mesmerizing Pictures
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Lovely flower images.
The wavering lines on the rock in the B & W image look very interesting.
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Beautiful photos !
And beautiful landscape though, —- all over your country,
the land scape in the summer, more or less looks like this, isn’t it ? 🙂
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gorgous place, gorgeous flowers, gorgeous photos!
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You bring wonderful and absolutely amazing photos from this new national park. I’ve never heard about the fact that Norway got a new one. But know I know and I’ll check out some facts about it. The terrain looks so very interesting. Maybe this could be a place for our next Norway trip. Thanks for sharing these beautiful landscape with us! Ha en kjempeflott dag! 😀
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Nydelige bilder. Likte spesielt godt de vakre fjellblomstene 🙂
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Beautiful! Norway – what a wondrous place to live!
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Wow, such an amazing place! It is quite beautiful, and nice flowers. How long would the flowers be opened for?
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It is our great flower and landscape of the new National Park.
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Oh, Bente, how beautiful!!!! What an amazing landscape!!!
🙂
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Fantastic pictures Bente!
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What a beautiful park and such beautiful photos. I would love to visit there someday.
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This are amazing pictures from the nature in the new national park.
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An amazing landscape, Bente. So beautifully photographed. Yet another reason to visit Norway!!!
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Wonderful. I love this post; thanks for sharing.
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Absolutely stunning, I’m so glad that there is another National Park in the world – great photos of the flowers Bente, thanks
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The landscapes are awesome ! Beautiful flowers. 🙂
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Beautiful!
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gorgeous pics!
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Un endroit qui doit être plein de merveilles. Tes photos sont superbes.
Val
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Nature can be wonderful and it is all there to be photographed; huge expanses of landscape down to tiny wild flowers; all mesmerising. Keep up the good work!
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Beautiful photos Bente and a more than beautiful land!
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I’m glad you could bring the park to us in photographs. It’s beautiful!
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So nice to see you finally enjoying some summer. The flowers can’t be quite as extravagant in that climate, but I bet they’re all that much more appreciated.
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Pictures make me want to visit the park! 😀
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Really stunning – how amazing to have a new National Park! I have always loved alpine flowers – we don’t get so many in the UK!
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Congratulations on the new park. It looks like a wonderful place and you have shown it off quite well, Bente. Those are delightful flowers.
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Gorgeous photos Bente and it is reassuring that some areas are still being given NP status and presumably added protection. Here it goes the other way with Conservation Areas and Green Belt being rezoned so developers can make money. Greed wins every time in HK sadly.
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By the looks of that landscape, it deserves to be a national park. What gorgeous flowers! They will use the short summer well!
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amazing shots
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such a beautiful place and what flowers:)
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Oh, so refreshing. Beautiful places, stunning images, Bente!
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Such amazing and beautiful views you captured dear Bente, fascinated me. Thank you, have a nice weekend, love, nia
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It’s interesting that such a beautiful wilderness area has only just become a national park. Was there some lengthy debate about whether it should be a protected area? I am glad that it is a national park now.
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These flowers are so beautiful & a tough bunch! I’m sure the weather & the amount of light are not friendly to plants. But life will always find a way. You’re making me add Norway to my traveling bucket list!
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Stunning pictures Bente.
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Such an amazing landscape with such beauty and delicacy!
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Amazing landscape, love it.
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Those rocks are fantastic.
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I love all these images – especially the Azaleas. Some of the images in the associated galleries show some very successful abstract rock formations. Lovely set Bente.
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Thanks so much for sharing this! This park is wonderful! It has such an “other-worldly” quality about it..Love it 🙂
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¡Fantásticas y maravillosas fotos!
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Simply gorgeous!
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Fantastic photos of the new National Park with views of mountains and wild flowers.
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Such fabulous photos, Bente. The striations – if that’s what they’re called – on the Karst are amazing.
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Absolutely stunning views 🙂
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So incredible!
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Awesome shots!
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Mycket vackert! Det känns som ett nytt “måste” – definitivt. Var exakt ligger detta område? Mycket långt norrut, tydligen, men nog måste det gå att komma dit från Sverige också.
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Gorgeous! I love that turquoise mineral water. I’ve only seen it once – in western Canada. Just so very beautiful….
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Underbara bilder! Fick verkligen lust att själv komma och se!
Klem og alt godt til dae!
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Some really amazing shots.
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Preciosas florecillas, excelentes instantáneas, y para mi gusto las resueltas en tonos muy suaves con los fondos
Gracias. saludos.
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Good for you, Bente, capturing the flowers during their very short lives…you’ve done them a sweet tribute here…so pretty….
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The landscape is amazing, but I love, love, love your flowers Bente!
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Jag tittar lite i oordning och hittar de mest härliga bilder var jag än tittar. Landskapet, klipporna, blommorna, så vackert!
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Superb park and what a lot of beautiful flowers.It seems me like walking in a dream.
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all fowers are beautiful but I prefer the saxifrage. 😉
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Beautiful pictures ! Norway is a lovely country !
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Thanks a lot for your comment.
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Wonderful. Awesome pictures.
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fantastic!
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