Finnish Collection (page 44)

White-throated Dipper (Cinclus cinclus) six adults, wintering group, on ice at edge of river habitat, Finland, february

Black-throated Diver (Gavia arctica) adult, summer plumage, in flight, Finland, june

White-throated Dipper (Cinclus cinclus) adult, standing on ice at edge of river, Finland, february

Comet Lovejoy from the ISS
Planetary conjunction. Image 1 of 5. Planets in the evening sky just after sunset on the evening of 30th April 2002. At upper left is Jupiter

Comet Ikeya-Zhang

Wind turbine, Finland
Wind turbine at a wind farm. Photographed on the Aland Islands, Finland

MIR deep-sea submersible being moved by crane over the sea. Once in the sea, the MIR submersible will be controlled by an onboard crew

Meteor over lake
Meteor. Optical image of a meteor track (upper right) in the night sky and reflected in a lake. A meteor, or shooting star

Aksel Berg, Soviet engineer
Aksel Berg (1893-1979), Soviet engineer and cyberneticist, at his country house. Berg was of Finnish descent, but after the death of his father in 1904

Aksel Berg, Soviet admiral and engineer
Aksel Berg (1893-1979), Soviet admiral, engineer and cyberneticist. Berg was of Finnish descent, but after the death of his father in 1904

Nils Nordenskjold, Arctic explorer
Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskjold (1832-1901), Arctic explorer, sometimes better known as Adolf, or A.E. Nordenskjold. Born in Finland, but later to live in Sweden

Sundogs and halo
Sundogs with halo. Trees silhouetted against the Sun, which is surrounded by a halo (circular) and sundogs (bright areas to left and right of the Sun)

Pollen corona. Pine tree branch in front of a corona (luminous disk) around the Moon. A corona is an optical atmospheric effect

Cumulonimbus cloud. Cumulonimbus cloud over the sea at sunset. The largest clouds formed in the Earths atmosphere, they cause thunderstorms and can be taller than Mount Everest

Helsinki, satellite image. North is at top. Vegetation is green, water is blue and urbanised areas are pink and grey. Helsinki is the capital of Finland

Scandinavia, true-colour satellite image. North is at top. Water is blue, snow and ice are white, and vegetation is green

Mir-2 deep submersible in Lake Baikal
Deep water exploration. The Mir-2 submersible seen being lowered into the waters of Lake Baikal, Russia. Mir-2 is one of a pair of manned deep submergence vehicles designed in Russia

Noctilucent cloud over a city by a river. This type of cloud, also known as polar mesospheric, is visible only in deep twilight and is seen mostly during the summer

Noctilucent cloud over a lake. This type of cloud, also known as polar mesospheric, is visible only in deep twilight and is seen mostly during the summer

Aurora Borealis from Earth and space
Aurora borealis from Earth and space. Two images of the aurora borealis (northern lights) taken in Finland (bottom left and right), and one taken from the International Space Station (ISS, top)

Aspen trees (Populus sp.) in Finland

Silene tatarica
Silene flowers Silene tatarica. This wildflower is endemic to north Finland

European Brown Bear (Ursus arctos arctos) adult female, playing with cub, in bog habitat, Northeast Finland

European Brown Bear (Ursus arctos arctos) adult, standing in bog habitat, Northeast Finland

European Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) adult, in coniferous forest, Finland

FIA World Rally Championship, Rd8, Neste Rally Finland Shakedown, Jyvaskyla, Finland, 28 July 2011
Mads Ostberg (NOR) Ford Fiesta RS WRC on the shakedown stage. FIA World Rally Championship, Rd8, Neste Rally Finland Shakedown, Jyvaskyla, Finland, 28 July 2011

Russian soldiers WWII
The last Russian train passes Helsinkis Frederiksber station where soldiers receive tulips from the Finns after the armistice with Finland during Word War II

Captured Russian bombs WWII
Captured Russian bombs for use in trench mortars, some of the heavier types are equipped with a revolving fan. Finland during World War II

Mannerheim line anti-tank defences WWII
Rapidly improvised anti-tank devices are constructed by sawing down trees at a height of 10 feet and banking them up with timber and rock during World War II

Soldier in Finland WWII
Soldier in Finland during World War II

Helsinki fortifications WWII
Soldiers constructing fortifications in Helsinki during World War II

Russian captives WWII
Captured Bolshevik soldiers in Finland are allowed regular and valued devotional hours that were regularly prohibited because of atheist policies within the Soviet regime

New Finnish-Soviet border WWII
Finnish sentries stand on a road leading to Viborg and which has now become Soviet. The sentry on the right is equipped with a modern sub-machine gun. Finland during World War II Date: 1939-1940

Russian bombing WWII
Russian plane drops incendiaries in Northern Finland during World War II

Converted first aid station WWII
Converted and barricaded sauna baths become a first aid post where a soldier keeps watch for enemy aircraft in Helsinki, Finland during World War II

Finnish soldiers WWII
A rapid response battalion of Finnish ski troops during World War II

Finnish soldiers equipment WWII
Equipment used by the individual Finnish soldiers during World War II

Bomb remnants WWII
Remnants of a Russian bomb which fell near the front line in Finland on the Mannerheim line during World War II

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