A -20c Morning Journey

It was -22c this morning at the house, and the sun was still just under the horizon. There were just a few clouds, or maybe it was fog, and all the trees were covered in frost, so like a fool I went outside to take some pictures…

I walked down to the river first, hoping to get a nice shot of the sun as it came up from behind the mountain but it jest kept moving to the right, never really getting high enough to see. It did manage to light up the tips of the trees though. The frosty white trees along the river were beautiful.

Then I walked south toward the Circle until I saw an open field that screamed “walk out here for a nice shot”, so I trudged through a foot of snow into the middle of the field, and waited… This is where I took my favorite shot “Arctic Sunrise”.

Once it was obvious that the sun was not going to come above the horizon, and the -20 temperature started to permeate my clothes, I decided to take a self portrait continue on my journey.

I walked down to the Arctic Circle, spotted a law abiding reindeer, and then headed back home. Along the way I spotted another reindeer looking for food, and a bird enjoying the sunrise.

The sun finally passed behind the tip of the mountain near Övertorneå and began to shine on the tips of the trees. More birds were out enjoying the day, like this bird in the trees.

It was a beautiful winter morning indeed. It is days like this that make the short winter days tolerable.