Tag Archives: Mountains

Humans in the lowlands

Posted on February 25, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

I like to compare mountains with islands. Islands of undisturbed nature in a wild and dangerous ocean of  human influence; the lowlands. Wave after wave of human influences crashes on the slopes of the island-mountain, trying to erode the natural … Continue reading →

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A line-shaped ecosystem

Posted on January 30, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

Roadsides are wonderful. Over only a span of a few meters, the vegetation changes completely. A line-shaped ecosystems that differs in all imaginable conditions from the natural, undisturbed vegetation next to it. Over the pace of only a few footsteps, … Continue reading →

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A hare’s tail

Posted on January 25, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

It is one of my all-time favorite plants from the high north: cottongrass (called Eriophorum vaginatum on its passport). It should be obvious why it is often named the ‘hare’s tail cottongrass’. But this fluffy appearance only hides one of the … Continue reading →

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Travelling

Posted on January 16, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

The future looks bright! There is some new traveling on the way and I am already looking forward to share the experience with you all. Next month will start with a visit to the Canary Islands, some volcanic rocks in … Continue reading →

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The lake of the trolls

Posted on January 4, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

A serious candidate for ‘most impressive place of the world’: At the far end of the valley of the trolls lies a lake. It is the clearest lake of Sweden and surrounded on all sides by steep mountains. It barely … Continue reading →

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Trolls (!)

Posted on January 1, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

I start the year with a nostalgic post about my visit to Sweden in July to cheer up those brave Scandinavians in the far north that don’t have much daylight at the moment. There is this one valley in Lapland where … Continue reading →

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