My body sore and aching, after a restless sleep due to my body protesting loudly and decidedly all through the night, we woke up in a cloud this morning.
The rain was falling heavily, so this first day at the station was mostly spent indoors, listening to lectures and preparing our group projects.
In the evening, the raining took a short pause, so after dinner a couple of us went for a walk up to the Tarfala lake. The stops were frequent, the debate heated about the name and origin of different rocks.
Upon a first glance, the landscape up here can look grey and completely consisting of rock. But once you look closer, the most amazing small organisms reveal themselves. Colorful, weird and so incredibly resistant.
Group photo in front of Tarfala lake. Sara, Kajsa, Elin, Robert, Johan and Christoffer standing, Erik and Sandra kneeling.
The sun setting behind the ridge.
Some nice frost action and lichens, making art of a small amphibolite block (I think). Rocks are beautiful. People who can’t see that are just narrow-minded.
Katja Malmborg 