Tag Archives: Nature

Florida Zoo

Posted on August 15, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Well, the whole of Florida is a bit of a Zoo, that is for sure. Even for conference people that didn’t have the time to go out all day, like us, there was plenty of wildlife to discover. I always have … Continue reading →

Posted in USA | Tagged America, ESA2016, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Hiking, Nature, Nature photography, Outdoors, Travel, Traveling, Tropics, USA, Wildlife | 2 Comments

The stars of the project

Posted on August 3, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

You can scroll through lots of pictures of nice landscapes and curious plants in my previous posts on our fieldwork trip to Scandinavia, but that leaves us with one important question: did we actually see any of the stars of the project, our non-native mountain invaders? … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Abisko, arctic, Ecology, Fieldwork, Flowers, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Plant invasion, Plants, Scandinavia, Science | Leave a comment

Earth’s stage

Posted on July 27, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Concerning the weather, mountains never disappoint. They are earth’s stage for some of the most impressive shows I have ever seen, involving cloud formations of all types and structures. If it is a thunderstorm racing over the lake towards you, … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Atmosphere, Clouds, Ecology, Hiking, Landscape photography, Landscapes, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, Science, Travel, Travelling | 1 Comment

The red dot

Posted on July 25, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Mountain trails, the main subject of this years’ research in the Abisko region in the Northern Scandes. It means hiking a lot, and thàt means meeting The Red Dot everywhere. Piles of stones, trees, big rocks, or whatever other typical … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Abisko, Adventure, Hiking, Landscape photography, Landscapes, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, Scandinavia, Sweden, Travel, Travelling | Leave a comment

Picturesque

Posted on July 23, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Every time we pass this adorable little lighthouse in the Skjomen fjord in the high north of Norway, I have to think of the definition of picturesque (visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting). Every … Continue reading →

Posted in Norway | Tagged Architecture, Fieldwork, Fjords, Landscape, Landscape photography, Nature, Norway, Ocean, Scandinavia, Science, Travel, Travelling | 3 Comments

Behold the buttercup

Posted on July 19, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

We had to battle the fog and rains, withstand the iciest fieldwork conditions and climb above 1000 meters in the ice-cold subarctic mountains (in the valley of Laktatjakka, close to Abisko, Sweden), but we finally sow it flowering: the glacier … Continue reading →