some photos of

ISLANDS AND SKERRIES OF LADOGA LAKE

Karelia region (Priozyorsk-Sortavala)

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See slide-show ISLANDS near  SORTAVALA

(voyage  2009)

 

See slide-show ISLANDS near LANDENPOHYA

(voyage  2010)

 

See slide-show SAILING by YAL

(voyages 2005-2006)

 

 

 

a yawl going to Ladoga from the nothern strait of Sortavala

 

 

islands in Kurkiyomi srait hidden in mist

 

   

relaxation in nature (in inner skerries near Kilpola island)

 

straits between islands

 

 

   

islands near Lamberg (Sortavala region)

 

 

 

 

  beauty of Karelia - view to Ladoga lake through tops of pine-trees  

  

typical forest view on Ladoga lake islands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 raining, pine-trees in water: very high level of water in Ladoga in 2005

 

a travelling camp on the island

 

 

mosses on granite rocks – islands' soil

 

 

 

a sail in the distance

 

 

vast expanses are to come before!  

 

See slide-show ISLANDS near  SORTAVALA

(voyage  2009)

 

See slide-show ISLANDS near LANDENPOHYA

(voyage  2010)

 

See slide-show SAILING by YAL

(voyages 2005-2006)

 

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SOUTH-EAST of LADOGA - "SAND CAPE"

 

 

15 êm of sand shore  

 

 

nature flower-beds  

 

 

       

in undergrowth of bog whortleberry

 

 

 

 

mushroom harvest

 

 

lake is glooming

 

 

See also slide-shows  SAND CAPE (2008) 

 

SAND CAPE (2011)

 

SAND CAPE (2013)

 

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