elaterite, 1 month ago

@ambivalena Ya, the sea is very special & I miss visiting it several times per year. Lakes are great though, & I'd bet lakes in Sweden are spectacular! We have an interesting mix here in Northern Nevada. 20-30 minutes away is alpine Lake Tahoe & we have several remnant ice age endorheic lakes, Pyramid & Mono Lakes being the most notable. The one of Emerald Bay with comet NEOWISE has an interesting feature in the back of the bay called Vikingsholm. Here's a story about it: http://vikingsholm.com/

Comet NEOWISE reflected in Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe. The bay is in the foreground with a small island in the middle. There's a narrow opening into a large lake. So it looks like an hourglass between the bay and the main lake. The mirror like bay is surrounded by hillsides thickly covered with conifer trees. It's predawn and there's a light yellow glow on the horizon and faint stars dot a light blue sky. In the sky at about center frame, above the distant mountain range on the opposite of the lake, is a comet that appears as a vertical white streak. A shape point is at the bottom and a tail fans out above the dot.
A color photo of a desert lake with three pyramid shaped rocks. The foreground is flat and dry with very low plant growth. A turquoise blue lake is visible at middle ground where two of the pyramids are on the left and one, with its top missing, is on the right. On the opposite side of the lake are very tall mountains with a hint of snow on top. The tops are shrouded in clouds.
A black and white photo of tufa towers in a lake. The tufa towers are vertical and very rough looking. Probably about seven meters tall. They are reflected in mirror like water in the foreground. The shadow of other tufa towers is cast on the visible towers by a rising sun. In the background are tall snow capped mountains.