Receding Glacier Silhouette Against Steel Blue Sky in across a floodplain after rain near Rovaniemi

Receding Glacier Silhouette Against Steel Blue Sky

by Jolene Holmes

Steel-blue ambient light fills the early evening sky above a floodplain near Rovaniemi during the polar night. The sky remains perfectly clear, offering an unbroken expanse of deep, cold color. A massive glacier recedes across the flat, wet terrain, appearing as a stark black silhouette against the fading illumination. Meltwater streams carve dark, reflective paths through the silt and gravel of the floodplain, mirroring the sky's hue. The ice face rises vertically, its jagged edges softened by the distance, showing immense scale and stillness. Puddles scattered across the foreground catch the faint light, while the glacier's shadow stretches long and heavy across the waterlogged ground. A thin layer of frost lines the edge of a melting stream, marking the boundary between the frozen ice and the liquid runoff.

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glacier polar night meltwater floodplain Finland Rovaniemi silhouette ice
Camera Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1*AI-imagined, not shot. For real Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 photos, grab one online.
Lens 75mm f/1.8
Focal Length 75mm
Aperture f/1.8
Shutter Speed 1/1000
ISO 400
Film shot in RAW and edited
Location across a floodplain after rain near Rovaniemi
Date 2017-11-23
Credit VEETER
License Free for any use
Coordinates 66.4181, 25.6040
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