“What are you doing in my swamp!”
Shrek, circa 2001
Babcock/Webb Wildlife Management area is the oldest one in Florida, and is noted for its expansiveness. It reaches from the Gulf of Mexico to Lake Okeechobee, and it was given to the state after being a ranch. Today it holds many bird species and ecosystems, including the marshes and flat woods pictured here.
One of the best times of year in the Nordics is late summer, fall, or spring—when the days are still bright, but the nights are dark or just beginning to fall. That’s when you experience these striking lights and long shadows dancing along the sides of the fjells. This photo was taken on August 6th, 2023, at 22:17 during our two-week hike to the Gaissene area in Finnmark, Norway
On a break, trying to figure out where we actually are in the Kemihaara Wilderness Area, Finland, during Christmas and New Year's Eve 2023/2024. We got pretty badly lost on this hike and for five days, we only had a vague idea of where we were. But since we always pack food for a few extra days, we didn't have any other emergency except that it started to become mentally exhausting. I would say I'm pretty good at navigating, but in forests, sometimes my inner compass just gets overwhelmed, or I get lost in my own thoughts and forget to be on alert for landmarks.
Can’t quite remember the exact spot where I took this, but it’s somewhere in the Käsivarsi Wilderness Area during my six-week solo ski tour. Fun fact: Käsivarsi means ‘arm’ in Finnish—because if you look at a map of Finland, it kind of looks like the country has one arm reaching out. We used to have two… but then WWII happened.