Walking in Paradise - a photo on Flickriver

            Just a little bit below the polar circle you can find the National park Saltfjellet-Svartisen. I was there the first of June when the park wasn’t yet open, although you were allowed to go in there.  There were no facilities but I didn’t care. It meant there were hardly any people, so I had most of the hike for myself. I hiked towards the eastern part of the Svartisen glacier, the part known as Svartisen Rana. (There is also a western part, that you reach driving the Kystriksveien that I did more than 3 months later. )

The walk was amazingly beautiful, first of all the weather was gorgeous and it had been that way for most of the May month. The lower part was a 6 km hike along a turquoise lake, and then a ca.  3km climb up to the glacier (not shown on the photo). When crossing the pass I ended up in an incredible snow landscape that just was starting to melt . It gave the wonderful blue colors in little water pools, and in front of me there was a vast lake (Austerdalsvatnet) covered under thick snow (also not in this picture). 

I still have to work on a selection of this glorious day, but upon seeing this shot while hopping through my maps, there was no stopping, I had to post this one, otherwise it might take months before I get to this part of my journey.

Taken in: Norway / Nordland / Raudsandaksla (show map)

Taken on: June 1, 2025

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Camera: Sony SLT-A65V, f/10.0, 1/800 sec, 35mm (=52mm), ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony SLT-A65V
Lens:	17-50mm F2.8
Aperture:	f/10.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Focal Length:	35mm (35mm equivalent: 52mm)
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	High
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Software:	Adobe Photoshop 26.11 (Windows)
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