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Kysymys?:

Mähän siis pääosin liikun luonnossa kameran JA koiran kanssa. Se on sellanen juttu, että kaveria ei jätetä kun sellainen on hankittu, niin me tehdään lähes kaikki yhdessä tai ei ollenkaan…

Yllättävän paljon Oopz 🐶 osaakin vaan chillaa jos löydän jotain kuvattavaa, ja joskus hänen aistit jopa auttaa kuvattavan löytämisessä. Mutta yli nelkyt kiloinen vaalea koira myös pitää jonkun verran villieläimet loitolla, jos istutaan vaan jossain odottelemassa.

Siksipä sain kuningataridean (kuten näkyy Oopzin naamasta, hän on samaa mieltä 🙊): hommasin meille maastoitumistarpeet. Itselle takki ja Oopzille/meille tuollainen kamopeitto.

Käytiin heti testaamassa, ja todettiin et oltiin ihan huomaamattomia! Eikö?😅
Eniveis, ehkä vielä kehitämme hommaa mutta se kysymys:
Miten tällaisten takkien/vilttien käyttäjät saatte pysymään nuo jokseenkin puhtaana?!?
Siis niihin tarttuu heti kaikki varvut ja oksat ja lehdet ja sammalet. Tuotiin puolimetsää mukanamme kotiin näiden kanssa ja käytin ikuisuuden kaikkien oksien irrottelemiseen…
Vai onko nämä sellasta muotia, jolla vaan patsastellaan muttei oikeesti liikuta maaston tai puiden läheisyydessä?😆

#luontokuva
#koirankanssa
#rescuekoira
#luontovalokuvaus
#metsässäonhyväolla
#maastoutuminen
#forestlife
#topfinlandphoto
#dogswhoexplore

This was my safe haven and paradise between border

This was my safe haven and paradise between borders last summer.

Ex-tempore pakun oston jälkeen, ajoin nopeasti kohti pohjoista. Kaikki oli uutta, jännää, pelottavaakin…Olin itse ollut jo pitkään jaksamisen äärirajoilla ja tämä repäisy ja retki yksin ilman päämäärää oli suunnattoman iso puristus. Mutta tiesin, että minun tuli lähteä matkaan, selvitä haasteista, löytää hienoja maisemia, mutta ennen kaikkea itseni taas uudestaan.

Tämä puska parkki on Suomen ja Norjan raja-alueella. Sinne ajettiin kuoppaista ja kapeaa hoitamatonta hiekkatietä pitkin. En tiennyt pääsenkö perille pakulla, saatikka pääsenkö vielä pois 😅.

Pääsin perille, ja voinette arvata että poiskin…ja ahhh mikä paikka! Pakun edessä oma hiekkaranta, ei ketään muita mailla halmein ja maastoa ja maisemia tutkittavaksi ympärillä.

Vietin tässä pari päivää. Lenkkeiltiin ja tutkittiin. Uitiin. Syötiin ja nukuttiin.

Vaikka olin ollut jo muutamia öitä matkalla ennen tätä ; vasta tässä paikassa sain ensimmäiset kunnon unet pakussa. Ei ollut ohikulkijoita, joihin herätä ja olin jo tottunut jääkaapinkin ääniin. Tältä paikalta alkoi matka tuntua pikkaisen siltä, että saattaisin siltä jopa löytää etsimäni.

#puskaparkki
#vanlifefinland
#solofemalevanlife
#retkeilyauto
#chasingfreedom
#pohjoisnorja
#vanlifediaries
#kohtiunelmia
#tietäjätlöytää

Pakkailen retkipakua pidempää reissua varten ja

Pakkailen retkipakua pidempää reissua varten ja odotan mielenkiinnolla mihin matka tällä kertaa vie…

Ostin retkeilyautoni ex-tempore viime kesänä, kun elämä oli kolhinut kulkijaa oikein olan takaa. Kaipasin irtiottoa, uutta maisemaa ja toivoin löytäväni myös hitusen iloa matkalta.
En osannut kuvitellakkaan, että päädyn viettämään syksyn ja talven revontulien alla. Ja odotan jo tulevan syksyn tulia innolla.

Mutta ensin kesän retkeilyt tien päällä. Tälläkään kertaa en tiedä muuta, kuin että suuntaan ensin Utsjoelle työhommiin hetkeksi ja sen jälkeen fiiliksen mukaan minne nenä osoittaa… kamalinta ja parasta elämässä on ehkä epätietoisuus?🫢

#revontulet
#taivaantulientytto
#jonnainthewoods
#reposet
#retkeilyauto
#tienpäällä
#tenojoki
#northernlightsfinland
#vanlifefinland
#topfinlandphoto

Hyvää luonnon monimuotoisuuden päivää. Somess

Hyvää luonnon monimuotoisuuden päivää.
Somessa luontokuva feediä seuratessa voi helposti saada sellaisen kuvan, että koskematonta luontoa ja villieläimiä löytyy joka nurkalta. Todellisuus Suomessakin on jotain aivan muuta ja mielestäni vastuullinen luontokuvaaja kertoo myös siitä, jotta emme tule ylläpitäneeksi illuusioita luonnon tilasta kauniiden kuviemme kautta.

Itse olen konkreettisesti viimeaikoina huomannut, miten moni Suomessa ja somessa vaikuttava luontokuvaaja kuvaa isojen kaupunkien kyljessä tai kuvaamiseen varatuilla alueilla/kojuilla.
Kaupungeissa ei yleensä saa metsästää ja olenkin huomannut ’maalle muuton’ jälkeen, että täällä minun on huomattavasti vaikeampi löytää villiä elämää luonnosta, kuin kaupunkia ympäröivästä luonnosta. Täällä törmään päivittäin metsästykseen ja sen jälkiin liikkuessani luonnossa sekä hakattuun metsään. Hakattu tai hoidettu metsä ei tue monimuotoisuutta ja toinen iso uhka luonnonmonimuotoisuudelle on metsästys.

Pelkään, että kaupunkien tai kojujen lähellä kuvattujen kuvien virta, vääristää kokonaiskuvaa Suomen luonnosta ja sen kohtelusta. Siksi pääosin itse kuvaan ja liikun todellisessa lähiluonnossa ja pyrin kertomaan faktoja ja kokemuksiani siitä miten luontoa kohdellaan päivittäin kaupungin, kojujen ja kansallispuistojen ulkopuolella.

Ymmärrän, moni katselisi mieluummin vain kauniita kuvia, mutta en koe toimivani vastuullisesti luontoa rakastavana luontokuvaajana, jos vain osallistun tietyn illuusion ylläpitoon edes yrittämättä kertoa miltä todellisuus näyttää luontopolkujen, kaupunkien ja kojujen ulkopuolella.

Mitä mieltä sä oot luontokuvaajan vastuullisuudesta asiassa?

Kettuja saa metsästää Suomessa ilman kiintiöitä 9kk vuodesta. Kesän ajaksi kettu on rauhoitettu lisääntymisen vuoksi. Mutta esim supikoiria saa vieraslajina metsästää vuoden ympäri, oli niillä pennut tai ei. Supikoiria metsästetään mm loukuttamalla. Samanlaisella loukulla metsästetään kettuja. Kettuhan ei tiedä ettei sen kuulu mennä loukkuun kesä aikaan.
Loukuttajan tulisi tarkistaa loukku päivittäin ja tappaa loukkuun jäänyt haluttu saalis. Tätä ei kukaan valvo ja tänään törmäsin tapaukseen jossa saalis oli ilmeisesti jätetty loukkuun kuolemaan.

Eurasian Treecreeper, Puukiipijä, and her 6 chick

Eurasian Treecreeper, Puukiipijä, and her 6 chicks 🐦.

It’s funny the description of the bird begins by “ small tree bark colored bird…” I could hear the chirping of the chicks so clearly and so close, but for the life of me , I couldn’t locate them on the tree until the mom flew in and showed me their location.
They truly camouflage fantastically with the tree bark; swipe for the iPhone video to see for yourself!

The Treecreeper quite literally creeps around the tree trunks to look for insects 🕷 to feast on.

And get this: they use the white under their necks to reflect light down to tree bark cavities to better spot their food. Pretty amazing huh!

Encounters like this are rare, at least I’ve never before come across this sight and I’m in the woods every day…but this is definitely why I’m there every day. So wonderful!

#treecreeper
#puukiipijä
#linnunpoikanen
#jonnainthewoods
#luontovalokuvaus
#babybirds
#suomenluonnonvalokuvaajat
#suomenlinnut
#villipohjola
#topfinlandphoto
#bestoffinland
#nordicnature
#lovelyfinland
#forestanimals
#kissmyturku

What actions do you think we should take to be abl

What actions do you think we should take to be able experience more of these kinds of memorable connections with wildlife in the wild?

I mean, wouldn’t you want to witness fox 🦊 cubs play on your forest walk or observe other animals in the wild, instead of mainly seeing no other mammals on your outings?

Humans and their livestock now comprise about 96% of all mammal biomass on Earth.
All other mammals – whales, sea lions, bears, elephants, badgers, shrews, deer, bear, cougars, rats, wolves, foxes and all the rest – are only about 4.2%.

If things keep developing as they have thus far, we are likely to see less and less wildlife on our planet.

I would love to hear ideas to what we could do to balance the scales ⚖️

🧡These teenagers I was lucky enough to meet in the woods last summer. This spring I’ve been looking for signs of foxes but I’ve only found signs of fox hunting and am starting to think there is no foxes left on this island where I live.

#ketunpoika
#luontokuva
#foxcub
#redfox
#biodiversity
#luonnonmonimuotoisuus
#kettu
#kettuperhe
#villipohjola
#villieläin
#topfinlandphoto
#wildlifeconservationist
#luonnonsuojelu
#inthewoods🌲
#luonnossakotonaan

It’s my birthday weekend and this is a composite

It’s my birthday weekend and this is a composite / digital art I made with two separate images…for me it’s about my connection with nature, of how I come alive with it but also die with it.

I walked into this clearing in the woods. You know the ones, where all the trees have been cut and it looks like a war zone. And effectively that’s what it is, just an other battle field in this war between nature and man that we’re waging.

It’s a war, I believe, nature will eventually win. As in this clearing in the woods, the undergrowth had already taken over and covered the wounds as first aid. This one tree stump in the middle drew my attention and I physically felt it’s pain as mine. I took a picture. In the same picture there was death and rebirth…

I wanted to portray the hurt and connection I felt with the tree, as well as the death and rebirth in one image.

So I got butt naked. Set up the camera and sat on the floor in window light, imagining I was sitting on that tree stump feeling it’s pain, being it and being the cycle of life; rebirth after death.

I then took the images to Photoshop and made this. It’s not my usual work although I do enjoy more magic in my photos than just documenting. I did love the process though and I hope the work evokes emotion.

#jonnainthewoods
#onewithnature
#luonnossakotonaan
#earthling
#intothewoods

“For instance, on the planet Earth, man had alwa

“For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.”

📸A common dolphin under the surface in the Azores back in 2011 <swipe> Me after the encounter 😅.

That trip began when I was watching a Nat Geo (if I remember correctly) Documentary about Sperm Whales 🐳 and once the credits rolled at the end: I googled the company who had taken the film crew out to sea 🌊 and a Day later I had tickets booked for the Azores!

I travelled solo (as I often do) and spent a good week on the islands of which most days at sea for 8hrs each day.

I saw Sperm Whales, Pilot Whales, common dolphins, spotted dolphins, Risso’s dolphins, Bottlenose dolphins, sharks, sea turtles , so many birds…

Going through these old photos, which I hope you enjoy? , I’ve started to Google: how to get a camper van in to a cargo ship to the Azores… 🤗

#dolphin
#commondolphin
#azoresportugal
#whalewatching🐳
#dolphinphotography

“Take the adventure, heed the call, now ere the

“Take the adventure, heed the call, now ere the irrevocable moment passes!
‘Tis but a banging of the door behind you, a blithesome step forward, and you are out of the old life and into the new! Then some day, some day long hence, jog home here if you will, when the cup has been drained and the play has been played, and sit down by your quiet river with a store of goodly memories for company.”

Who else loves the book Wind in the Willows ( Kaislikossa suhisee )?

Vietin Vappu viikonlopun piknik filtin sijaan kaislikossa ja metsässä pötköttäen, kuvia editoiden ja uusista seikkailuista haaveillen. Ja suunnitelmat ja uudet unelmat alkaa vähitellen saamaan muotoa…ihanaa!✨

#vappu

#roamtheplanet #nb_nature_brilliance
#nature_of_our_world #worldbestshot
#wildlife_perfection #discoverwildlife
#ig_finland #fotoviaggiatoriwild
#photooftheday #instanaturefriends
#yleluonto #finland_photolovers
#excellent_nordic #thebestoffinland
#topfinlandphoto #suomenluonto
#suomenluonnonvalokuvaajat #luontokuvaus
#seikkailijattaret #canonnordic
#villipohjola
#herpsofinstagram
#reptilesofinstagram #ig_reptiles
#wild_nordic #natrixnatrix
#grasssnake #rantakäärme

My kind of sparkling ✨🥂 Cheers and happy Vapp

My kind of sparkling ✨🥂 Cheers and happy Vappu aka Finnish Labor Day!

P.S. #balloonsblow 🎈: most released balloons end up in our oceans 🌊 and kill marine life such as turtles 🐢 whom mistake the floating balloon trash as a jellyfish snack.
So avoid purchasing balloons and if you absolutely die if you don’t, then please do not release it in the sky and make sure no one does even on accident. Thank you 😊.

#dolphin
#luontovalokuvaus
#protectmarinelife
#sparklingwater
#vappu

Do these look like your weekend plans too? 💤

Do these look like your weekend plans too? 💤

Though I’ve named the account Jonna in the Woods, I am equally, if not a tad more in love with the oceans 🌊 and marine life as I am of the woods and it’s inhabitants 🌲.

The oceans are my first love 💙. Spending my childhood summers in the archipelago, I was quite the sea lion 🦭 my self. And my dream job was marine biologist who would save the whales 🐳.

That calling has sometimes been weaker and sometimes stronger, but it’s taken me to many wonderful experiences so far.

In the picture are the napping Sea Lions 🦭 of Pier 39 in San Francisco. They’re totally wild and free, but choose to snuggle up and snooze 😴 on these floating decks by the tourist attraction.

I was in town for a workshop in the biannual conference organized by the society of marine mammalogy. It was about sea side sanctuaries for marine mammals rescued or ‘retired’ from aquariums. As they obviously don’t belong in captivity for human entertainment but once that industry slowly dies as awareness rises, the animals will need a place to go. A seaside sanctuary would keep the animals safe yet in a more natural and free setting.

As I’m organizing these older photos, I’m starting to feel the pull of the oceans again! And new dreams are forming…excited to see where it takes me this time and when 🧐.

#sealions
#marineconservation
#merielämää
#jonnainthewoods
#marinemammals

There are 42 dolphin 🐬 species and 7 porpoise s

There are 42 dolphin 🐬 species and 7 porpoise species currently on our planet.
Have you seen any in the wild?

I’ve seen 8 species of dolphin and one species of porpoise in the wild. Here in Finland, in the Baltic Sea we have a small very endangered population of Harbor Porpoises. And the other summer we had some Bottlenose Dolphin visitors.

While the porpoises are small at under 2meters long, the largest of the Dolphins can grow up to 8 meters: that is the Orca, also known as the killer whale…yes despite it’s name, it’s a dolphin.

I’m obsessed with cetaceans (porpoises, whales and dolphins). I’ve worked as a volunteer for a non profit working to protect cetaceans in the Indian Ocean and I’ve watched whales and dolphins in the Atlantic, The Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and The Barents Sea. I’m the annoying guest on a whale watching boat who already knows everything and is likely to correct the guide on the latest information.😅

This photo is from the Azores. My friend Lisa (an American marine biologist) has lived there for years studying Sperm Whales 🐳 and funds her research by taking guests out to see the cetaceans.

These are Common Dolphins. We were surrounded by hundreds of common and spotted dolphins for several days. This was back in 2011 and I barely knew how to work my camera and definitely didn’t shoot RAW. Given that and the fact that dolphins move in and out of water fast and you are sitting on a boat rocked by the Atlantic waves: I’m pretty pleased with the picture🐬.
And I think I need more Cetaceans in my life again soon.

#commondolphin
#dolphins
#dolphinphotography
#naturephotography
#luontokuva

Happy Earth Day 🌎! May all creatures walk, swi

Happy Earth Day 🌎!
May all creatures walk, swim, slither and fly on this planet safe and free.
✨
I got to spend my Earth Day morning bathing in sunshine with this guy 🐍 and a couple of his buddies. Those moments I find myself humming and singing aloud by my self for pure happiness.

I don’t even care if I get any shots. The time spent and trust and connection achieved is just the best!

#earthday
#jonnainthewoods

So, I just learned that my (now deceased) dad used

So, I just learned that my (now deceased) dad used to collect vipers with his bare hands to sell to the hospital for anti-venom production. He made money that way and I learn bought himself a canoe 🛶 among others with the money.

At first that sounded like a thing from the past, live snakes for anti-venom but I looked into it and to this day, that is how they make it!

First: snake anti-venom is only used in severe cases and only available in hospitals. Medication 💊 here in Finland branded as Kyypakkaus has nothing to do with anti-venom and has no effect on viper venom that’s got to our systems. Kyypakkaus is merely a mild allergy medication.

The anti-venom is given to about 10% of adult viper bite victims in hospitals in Finland and it alone can stop the venoms damaging effects on one’s body.

It is made by milking the vipers of their venom.
The venom is then diluted and injected into sheep 🐑 in small doses for multiple times.
After about 10 weeks the antibodies in the sheep’s blood are at their peak and liters of blood is drawn from the sheep.

Then plasma is separated from the blood. The plasma gets purified and developed further into the final anti-venom product.

Anti-venom is snake species specific and very time consuming and expensive to make. It also usually requires refrigeration for storage and is ruined if it gets warm.

This means that in warmer less developed countries they lack access to anti-venom.

And it also means that for some snakes, such as the very venomous and very possibly deadly Coral snake in Southern USA (Florida where I lived) and down south from there; it is not profitable for the drug companies to produce anti-venom for that snake and production has stopped years ago. And that is a snake you’ll really need the anti-venom for if bitten.

The best way to stay safe is to learn about snakes and their habitat and behaviors. So you learn how to spot and avoid them.

If bit:
1.avoid movement to prevent the venom from spreading.
2.Get another person to stay with you and monitor how you feel.
3.If you get symptoms, get medical help.

9 months out of 12 she can be legally shot and kil

9 months out of 12 she can be legally shot and killed in Finland 🇫🇮. The fox hunting season starts first of August and ends 14th of April in the South and 30th of April in the North of Finland.

Finnish forest service , Metsähallitus encourages The hunting of foxes and other small predators. They call it an investment towards nature as the proceeds from the hunting licenses sold go directly towards game maintenance (riistanhoito): in other words towards more hunting.

The price of a small predator hunting permit is 10€ and it has no kill limit when it comes to foxes and many other small predators.
On average about 60 000 foxes are killed by hunters in Finland each year. The statistics (collected by the hunters them selves) say that this leaves about 70 000 foxes in nature after the hunting season.

Three months they 🦊 have in between the hunting season to live without a target between their eyes.

Foxes feast on small rodents such as mice, rats 🐀, moles etc. they also eat berries, insects, fish, bird eggs and birds. And the bird part is what is used to justify fox hunting as game management. Less foxes mean more birds for…wait for it…not to protect a certain species; BUT to leave more birds for the hunters for ‘birding season’.!

And this is what we call game management and taking care of nature in Finland 🤗. Makes sense huh 🤔?

This photo is from a few days ago when the hunting season was still on. Last year in this area the hunters built hides right next to a hiking trail, their line of fire crossing it, aimed at a fox den with small cubs. I had found the nest earlier and then the hides showed up. I walked there daily and collected fast food trash, beer cans and ammo shells left behind by these people supposedly doing good deeds for nature. And I didn’t see the cubs anymore after.

#kettu
#luontovalokuvaaja
#luonnonsuojelu
#suomenluonto

It’s easy to get the wrong impression about what

It’s easy to get the wrong impression about what northern lights are truly like.

Especially now that so many people have the gear to shoot and edit Aurora photos and we have the social media platforms to spread those images like wild fire… many think that the way they see the Aurora in photos is the way they’ll see it with their own eyes…

And that can be pretty far from the truth. Here’s why:

- To begin with the human eye is not great at seeing colors in the dark. It also can’t set a slower shutter speed to gather more light into the view. The camera on the other hand has to use a slower shutter speed from anywhere between about 2 to 10 seconds to gather enough light into the censor to make a decent image of the lights in the dark. It’s capability to record color in the dark is also better.

- The northern lights can be very weak or very strong or anything in between. Sometimes they can’t even really be seen by human eye but the camera can capture them none the less.

- if the lights are really strong (which only happens on occasion) , you might detect some colors like pinkish hues amongst the greenish hues. When there’s mediocre lights, you’ll see them but you’re not quite sure if you see color or just think you see color 😅.

- and all of our eyes (and imagination levels) differ as well.

- Then there’s the photo editing and the chosen settings for the image that have a huge impact on the end result. For example there’s a IG trend where the images are turned more turquoise and bluish; that’s definitely not the reality.
Add all other artistic freedom photographers take when editing and you’ve got a whole host of northern lights photos that couldn’t be further from what the eye could see.

- I try to edit mine as close to reality as possible but even then that’s far from what the eye would see just based on how the eye and camera operate in the dark.

- This imagine is from my very first big activity solar storm last fall. One of the few times I could see color and even pinks with my eyes.

- The solar cycle is ramping up for the next few years, so expect more active auroras even more south than usual, and a IG feed filled with even more aurora photos.

That moment when an exchange is happening without

That moment when an exchange is happening without words.

Just energy and vibes that speak volumes without even a whisper.

When a connection is happening, belonging building and hearts beating as one.

That is the moment, I am truly alive with every cell in my body screaming with life and love. How can one feel so alive like a whole universe is connected within, yet so at peace in that moment?

This post is a total hippie/earthling parade, but you get it if you get it ✨

I love you.🧡

Last summer at warm evening light in the woods with 🦊 shot with Sony a7III, 90mm 2.8 macro prime at 1/500sec f/2.8 ISO800

#ketunpoika
#kettu
#earthlings
#luontovalokuvaaja
#jonnainthewoods

I made my first northern lights photos about six m

I made my first northern lights photos about six months ago. I had absolutely no idea what I was doing!

Yes, I knew how to use a camera and had been into photography for quite some time, but shooting night skies and the Aurora was something completely new to me.

I think I got pretty good at it!😀💪 Still lots to improve though , maybe next season.

Here’s a few things that I learned by doing which have a huge impact on how the image turns out:

- Nailing the white balance on camera. I found the best setting to be a little different whether I used my old Sony vs my new Canon: so testing is key here.

- Moon phase has such a big impact on the settings and the colors of the aurora in an image. There’s benefits to all moon phases but I think I definitely prefer some moonlight lighting the skies.

- The lights have “ set routes”. Once you watch them at the same location for a period, you’ll find that they always start over there and grow over there, and if they come from behind that fell it often means they’ll grow there soon etc etc. you’ll learn to read them a little bit, which helps in getting the composition right in your image.

- The above being said, I also learned the lights can be fast and fickle. It’s good to be prepared with gear all set and ideas for compositions in mind before heading out.

- Post processing is everything! It’s obviously an art and personal preference but shooting RAW and developing the file digitally is important. It also takes some time to learn, but once you find a good way to edit your northern lights photos; it’s easier to also know how to shoot them. I mainly use Lightroom to edit.

- On social media, the photos which have been edited to display all the colors of the rainbow 🌈 and neon greens or turquoise: tend to get the most attention but those are rather far from the actual experience of seeing the lights. Which is why, learning to edit is so important…believe me, I went a little overboard at first as well until I found my sweet spot.

Let me know if you’d like to know something else regarding shooting the Aurora! I’d love to help 💚 as after all, I now have whole six months of experience 😀.

#northernlightsphotography

It’s hard not to think we humans have a nomadic

It’s hard not to think we humans have a nomadic soul.
It might be just me, but I feel like I come more alive when I’m dreaming of, prepping for it or actually traveling from place to place.

I feel sad and excited about leaving at the same time. And happy and anxious for arriving.

Like few days ago when I was to leave for southern Finland again and the night before the northern lights came to say bye bye… Noooo I can’t leave, there’s lights here!!! My heart went.

But I was also looking forward to a change of scenery (again) and the things waiting for me in the south. And being on the road again 💗!

And now that I’m back south, I’m looking forward to going back up north and happy to be here as well…and thinking where to do a little van trip this weekend… after the winter it was great to be back in the van again.

Nomad much? Can anyone relate?

#nomadict
#solofemalevanlife
#ontheroadagain
#northernlights
#jonnainthewoods

A crown 👑 is merely a hat that lets the rain in

A crown 👑 is merely a hat that lets the rain in.

Aurora Borealis Corona: When the stream of charged particles from the solar storm flow exactly in the direction of the observer. Usually you’ll see this happening directly over your head, which is why it is called corona, from the Latin word crown 👑.

So if you see the northern lights starting to rise from the horizon to higher in the sky, keep an eye on the sky directly above your head…if you get ‘crowned’ by the Aurora, it usually happens fast and you don’t get to keep the crown 👸 very long.

We got crowned last night. Any other royals here?😄

#auroracorona
#northernlights
#crownedheads
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