
Icy temperatures well below freezing, only a short cool summer, the most adverse conditions and yet green in green.
The boreal forests stretch as a green belt around our northern hemisphere and are the largest contiguous forests on earth. Herds of reindeer, bears and lynx often roam undisturbed through a globally unique forest landscape.
Further north in the tundra, trees no longer grow. The boreal forest - also known as the boreal coniferous forest or taiga - is the world's northernmost form of forest and stretches from Alaska across Canada and Scandinavia to Siberia. The forests, some of which are still undeveloped and difficult to reach, are the largest remaining primeval forests on earth.
Given their size, it is surprising how little we are aware of the forests of the far north and their importance. Boreal forests make up more than a third of the world's forest area and are the dominant forest type in the northern hemisphere.
The forest in the picture is located at the Stora Sjöfallet National Park in Sweden. It is part of the Laponia World Heritage Site.
Some of the very, very slow-growing trees sprouted during the Viking Age, fell in the Middle Ages and their roots are still alive. The oldest tree in Scandinavia
"Old Tjikko" is estimated to be at least 9550 years old.
Date & Time | August 6, 2023: 2:10pm - 2:44pm |
Location | Stora Sjoefallet National Park, Laponia, Sweden |
Coordinates | 67.477359, 18.358153 |
Focal Length | 105 mm |
Aperture | f/9.0 |
Shutter | 1/80 sec |
ISO | 100 |
Num of Exposures | 6494 |
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Total Pixels | 1,744,446,398 px |
Width | 64,094 px |
Height | 27,217 px |
Aspect Ratio | 2.35 : 1 |
Date & Time | August 6, 2023: 2:10pm - 2:44pm |
Location | Stora Sjoefallet National Park, Laponia, Sweden |
Coordinates | 67.477359, 18.358153 |
Focal Length | 105 mm |
Aperture | f/9.0 |
Shutter | 1/80 sec |
ISO | 100 |
Num of Exposures | 6494 |
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