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Meeting the dawn

Arctic. The first days of the new year. To see the Sun, you have to climb a mountain. Beautiful dawn and sunset light will be visible for several hours, until the Sun again disappears behind the distant hills.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 01.2020
Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: Kandalaksha, Russia
Camera: NIKON D750
Copyright: © Andrei Baskevich