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I had high hopes for #Perseids and #stargazing opportunities during the trip, but I have never considered that with mere 200 kilometres away from Arctic Circle, even during the deepest night one can count the number of visible stars in the sky on one hand.

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I had high hopes for #Perseids and #stargazing opportunities during the trip, but I have never considered that with mere 200 kilometres away from Arctic Circle, even during the deepest night one can count the number of visible stars in the sky on one hand.

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A view of the sky with rocky terrain in the foreground. There is an intense light coming from below the horizon that makes only a single star barely visible.

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#Kungsleden: Day 2 🌤️
The weather was warm and sunny, but the forecast for the next few days wasn’t as optimistic. The trail had ascended above the tree line and followed Aliseatnu river, snaking through mountain valleys. The glaciers were hiding in the shade just below mountain peaks, feeding streams that descended to the mirror lakes below.

#TravelPhotography #Backpacking #Sweden #Photography #Hiking #Walking #Nature #Outdoors #Mountains #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #WaterfallWednesday

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#Kungsleden: Day 2 🌤️
The weather was warm and sunny, but the forecast for the next few days wasn’t as optimistic. The trail had ascended above the tree line and followed Aliseatnu river, snaking through mountain valleys. The glaciers were hiding in the shade just below mountain peaks, feeding streams that descended to the mirror lakes below.

#TravelPhotography #Backpacking #Sweden #Photography #Hiking #Walking #Nature #Outdoors #Mountains #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #WaterfallWednesday

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A mountain with a patch of ice and snow below its peak. The stream descends, turns into a waterfall and deposits its water into the mirror smooth lake below.

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A quiet landscape of a mountain valley, with a lush carpet of low vegetation below and smooth shapes of its bordering mountains in the background.

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A mountain gorge with water cascading down in a multitude of small waterfalls. A man-made bridge in the background looks tiny in comparison to the scale of the natural landscape 

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A river lazily snaking through a mountain valley. Glass and small shrubbery cover the ground. A ring of mountains surrounding the picture.

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#Kungsleden: Day 3 ☁️
With the sky covered in a thick layer of clouds and icy wind, the temperature has dropped almost to the freezing point.
I trekked through the moss-covered Tjäktja pass before descending into the Tjäktjajåkka stream valley. The stream's water flow was erratic, with twists and turns, serene lakes, and forceful cascades over rocky terrains.

#TravelPhotography #Backpacking #Sweden #Photography #Hiking #Walking #Nature #Outdoors #Mountains #Landscape #LandscapePhotography

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#Kungsleden: Day 3 ☁️
With the sky covered in a thick layer of clouds and icy wind, the temperature has dropped almost to the freezing point.
I trekked through the moss-covered Tjäktja pass before descending into the Tjäktjajåkka stream valley. The stream's water flow was erratic, with twists and turns, serene lakes, and forceful cascades over rocky terrains.

#TravelPhotography #Backpacking #Sweden #Photography #Hiking #Walking #Nature #Outdoors #Mountains #Landscape #LandscapePhotography

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Islands of moss-covered rocks are separated by the countless  little streams. The ground is ascending, with a saddle-like shape forming a mountain pass. A patch of snow is sitting at the base of the pass, serving as a water source.

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A panorama of the mountain valley. Silhouettes of the mountains on both sides under an overcast sky. A stream is zigzagging through a green value. Two human figures are almost lost amongst the landscape’s scale.

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A moment of calm. A flat lake surface is reflecting the grey sky and bluish mountains that surround it. A green grassy shore in the foreground.

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A stream is tearing through a mountain gorge, with layers and layers of rock exposed. The water is grey and turbulent. A weathered mountain shape is sitting above the stream.

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#Kungsleden: Day 4 🌧️
Overnight, the landscape underwent a magical transformation. While camping and hiking in the rain wasn’t the most fun activity, it offered distinct views, with clouds hugging the mountains and moving around as if alive.
The day's highlights included stunning waterfalls next to the trail and the breathtaking panoramic view of Teusajaure lake.

#TravelPhotography #Backpacking #Sweden #Photography #Hiking #Walking #Nature #Outdoors #Mountains #Landscape #LandscapePhotography

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#Kungsleden: Day 4 🌧️
Overnight, the landscape underwent a magical transformation. While camping and hiking in the rain wasn’t the most fun activity, it offered distinct views, with clouds hugging the mountains and moving around as if alive.
The day's highlights included stunning waterfalls next to the trail and the breathtaking panoramic view of Teusajaure lake.

#TravelPhotography #Backpacking #Sweden #Photography #Hiking #Walking #Nature #Outdoors #Mountains #Landscape #LandscapePhotography

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A green valley with a massive shape of mountain to the right, only half-visible below a think layer of clouds.

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Waterfalls and rapids of a mountain stream, with rocks interrupting the water flow and sending it flying in all directions.

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Multiple cascades of water falling down in disticts steps from the top of the ridge. Small trees cling to the edges of the waterfall.

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Lake Teusajaure sits at the bottom of the cup formed by the mountains that ring around it. The mountain tops are covered in clouds, but at the water level visibility stretches to the far mountain chains at the horizon.

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The trail has entered the area, where #Sami people engage in traditional #reindeer herding. And the sight of reindeer grazing has quickly become commonplace.

#TravelPhotography #Backpacking #Sweden #Photography #Hiking #Walking #Nature #Outdoors #Mountains #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography

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The trail has entered the area, where #Sami people engage in traditional #reindeer herding. And the sight of reindeer grazing has quickly become commonplace.

#TravelPhotography #Backpacking #Sweden #Photography #Hiking #Walking #Nature #Outdoors #Mountains #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography

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A photo of a reindeer silouette in front of a white cloudbank. Another silhouette is of a human trying to take a photo of the reindeer.

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#Kungsleden: Day 5 ☁️
Halfway through my journey, this was my rest day, but it doesn't mean there were no fantastic sights.
I took a boat ride across Teusajaure lake, followed by an ascent to a rocky plain, and then descent to Akkajaure lake.
From there, it was a short bus and boat ride to hospitable Saltoluokta station, where the second part of the trail began.

#TravelPhotography #Backpacking #Sweden #Photography #Hiking #Walking #Nature #Outdoors #Mountains #Landscape #LandscapePhotography

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#Kungsleden: Day 5 ☁️
Halfway through my journey, this was my rest day, but it doesn't mean there were no fantastic sights.
I took a boat ride across Teusajaure lake, followed by an ascent to a rocky plain, and then descent to Akkajaure lake.
From there, it was a short bus and boat ride to hospitable Saltoluokta station, where the second part of the trail began.

#TravelPhotography #Backpacking #Sweden #Photography #Hiking #Walking #Nature #Outdoors #Mountains #Landscape #LandscapePhotography

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A boat loaded with backpacks and hiking gear is gliding across a lake surface. Mountain peaks covered in clouds are seen rising from the lake shores.

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A winding pass across a rock-covered plan under a cloudy sky. 

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A spectacular vista of Akkajaure lake. The lake is surrounded by the mountains and has several large islands covered by vegetation.

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A waterfall cascading down across the bounders. The trees try to find any possible space to take root and turn the landscape green.

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#Kungsleden: Day 6 ☁️
Reinvigorated after the brief rest, I began the second part of the trail.
The biggest physical challenge of Kungsleden aren’t elevation changes, but boulder fields and flooded areas that force you slow down and make every step carefully.
They were thankfully absent from today's hike, so there was an opportunity to relax and enjoy the views.

#TravelPhotography #Backpacking #Sweden #Photography #Hiking #Walking #Nature #Outdoors #Mountains #Landscape #LandscapePhotography

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#Kungsleden: Day 6 ☁️
Reinvigorated after the brief rest, I began the second part of the trail.
The biggest physical challenge of Kungsleden aren’t elevation changes, but boulder fields and flooded areas that force you slow down and make every step carefully.
They were thankfully absent from today's hike, so there was an opportunity to relax and enjoy the views.

#TravelPhotography #Backpacking #Sweden #Photography #Hiking #Walking #Nature #Outdoors #Mountains #Landscape #LandscapePhotography

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A couple of reindeer in a typical Lapland landscape. Green plain with some rare boulders in the foreground, and grey silouettes of distant mountain peaks with rainclouds in the back.

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A sparse bounder field covered in moss and lichen under and thick blanket of clouds.

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A think planket of clouds sits on right top of a green valley. A small steam is flanked by some trees. In the very far distance a gimpse of Sun highlights a far away mountain.

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Sitojaure lake forms a mirror surface under the thick layer of clouds. 

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#Kungsleden: Day 8 🌤️
After one final lake crossing and a hike through a mountain pass, I have entered Kvikkjokk-Kabla mountain forest.
It's a truly majestic coniferous forest, with small waterfalls, lots of undergrowth and impassible thickets just a few meters off the trail.
It’s such great difference with the weak birches of the first days of the hike!

#TravelPhotography #Backpacking #Sweden #Photography #Hiking #Walking #Nature #Outdoors #Mountains #Landscape #LandscapePhotography

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#Kungsleden: Day 8 🌤️
After one final lake crossing and a hike through a mountain pass, I have entered Kvikkjokk-Kabla mountain forest.
It's a truly majestic coniferous forest, with small waterfalls, lots of undergrowth and impassible thickets just a few meters off the trail.
It’s such great difference with the weak birches of the first days of the hike!

#TravelPhotography #Backpacking #Sweden #Photography #Hiking #Walking #Nature #Outdoors #Mountains #Landscape #LandscapePhotography

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Early morning of a beautiful day on a Tjakta lake. Whisps of fog are rising from the lake and hanging to the sides of the mountains.

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A mountain pass panorama stretching far into the distance. The mountains down below are covered in the thick forests. The lakes and rivers zigzag at the bottom look tiny in comparison.

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A mountain pass panorama, with the thick forest covering all the lowlands, and only the high mountains showing up from its carpet.

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An old mountain forest. A stream cascading down in small waterfalls. Lots of undergrowth and the trees are growing densely. The area is completely impassible outside of the trail.

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#Kungsleden: Final ☀️
The last stretch of the trail took me through Kvikkjokk-Kabla mountain forest, along the glassy surface of Stuor Dáhtá lake. From there, it was just a short hike to the exit point at Kvikkjokk mountain station.
My nine days on Kungsleden have been unforgettable, filled with a constantly changing beautiful landscapes that made the time fly by.

#TravelPhotography #Backpacking #Sweden #Photography #Hiking #Walking #Nature #Outdoors #Mountains #Landscape #LandscapePhotography

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#Kungsleden: Final ☀️
The last stretch of the trail took me through Kvikkjokk-Kabla mountain forest, along the glassy surface of Stuor Dáhtá lake. From there, it was just a short hike to the exit point at Kvikkjokk mountain station.
My nine days on Kungsleden have been unforgettable, filled with a constantly changing beautiful landscapes that made the time fly by.

#TravelPhotography #Backpacking #Sweden #Photography #Hiking #Walking #Nature #Outdoors #Mountains #Landscape #LandscapePhotography

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A clear morning on Stuor Dáhtá lake, with a clear blue sky and a distant mountain reflecting in the surface of the lake.

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A mountain barely reflecting in an overgrown surface of the lake. 

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A mountain stream cutting through the forest. Tall pine tress surround it from both sides, growing right at the edge of water.

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A small forest clearing, covered in boulders, overgrown with colourful red and orange plants. Suddenly, it become very obvious that the start of autumn has silently sneaked in.