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Seurasaarenselkä

Helsinki: An oystercatcher resting on the melting ice cover of Seurasaarenselkä sea area, lit by the afterglow of a clear spring evening. View from Hietaniemi beach in the district of Etu-Töölö.

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Etu-Töölö

Helsinki: Sunset view from Hietaniemi beach in the district of Etu-Töölö. The sea area of Seurasaarenselkä is still partly frozen, but the spring sunshine will soon do its duty.

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Katajanokka

Helsinki: The three brightest objects in the night sky, the planets Venus (above), Jupiter (below) and the moon, captured next to the Uspenski Cathedral in the district of Katajanokka.

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Suomenlinna

Helsinki: Fog drifting in from the Gulf of Finland, approaching the lighthouse island of Harmaja. Advection fog like this is a typical weather phenomenon near the coast during spring time, and it occurs when warm air passes over cool water.

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Suomenlinna

Helsinki: A frozen sea landscape seen from the shore of Kustaanmiekka, the southernmost of the Suomenlinna islands, almost an hour after sunset. The two brightest objects in the night sky, the planets Jupiter (left) and Venus (right), are clearly visible close to each other.

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Suomenlinna

Helsinki: The full moon on the edge of a fortification wall on Kustaanmiekka, the southernmost of the Suomenlinna islands. The fortification can also be seen in my earlier photos, see 13 September 2005 and 10 January 2007.

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Suomenlinna

Helsinki: A frozen sea landscape seen from the shore of Kustaanmiekka, the southernmost of the Suomenlinna islands. Picture taken at sunset, just before the sun disappeared in the horizon.

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Suomenlinna

Helsinki: Sunset above the island of Melkki seen from a small bay between Susisaari and Kustaanmiekka, two of the Suomenlinna fortress islands.

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Suomenlinna

Helsinki: Sunset view from a small bay between Susisaari and Kustaanmiekka, two of the Suomenlinna fortress islands. (I've visited the same bay before, see 15 January 2011.)

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Ullanlinna

Helsinki: View from the shore of Eteläinen Uunisaari island on a sunny late winter day.

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Etu-Töölö

Helsinki: The Finlandia Hall illuminated by Changing Landscape, a light installation during the Lux Helsinki event.

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Taka-Töölö

Helsinki: The Opera House and its reflection seen from the opposite shore of Töölönlahti inlet.

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Taka-Töölö

Helsinki: The tower of the Olympic Stadium illuminated by Variant Spectrum, a light installation during the Lux Helsinki event.

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Töölönlahti

Helsinki: Northern evening view over Töölönlahti inlet from nearby the Finlandia Hall. In the background is the tower of the Olympic Stadium, illuminated by Variant Spectrum, a light installation during the Lux Helsinki event. Six of the seven stars in the Plough are visible near the upper edge of the picture, see the large version.

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Töölönlahti

Helsinki: Lantern Park light installation in the trees on the southern shore of Töölönlahti inlet as a part of the Lux Helsinki event, formerly known as Season of Light.

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