This collection of buildings are part
of a small museum of traditional farm buildings
in Svensby, Norway. I had come to Svensby
in late January, 2003 in hopes of seeing
the aurora borealis in the arctic, night
sky. Svensby is located within the Arctic
Circle at a latitude of seventy degrees
which is almost as far north as the top
of Alaska. Of all of the places that I
have been in the world, I think that Svensby
and Norway in general are probably the
most beautiful due to their rugged beauty.
After spending the previous
night watching the spectacular display in
the night sky, I got up at the crack of dawn
to watch the sun rise over the mountains.
I was in the process of taking one last walk
around the cabin that I had rented before
staring the thirty hour combined bus, ferry
and train trip back to Copenhagen when I
came across these buildings in front of the
backdrop of the mountains and the fjord.
I really like this photograph because I think
that it conveys the chill of the morning
and the beauty of the surrounding landscape
in the background. |
