February 25 – March 7: miscellaneous

Here a bit of an emphasis on celestial phenomena.

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From the kitchen window of the apartment: looking west toward downtown, with the smokestack of a cruise ship intervening in the harbor between Katajanokka and the mainland.

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Lovely crisp sunlight streaming into the living room. The apartment certainly did everything it could with the daylight it got.

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Another late afternoon with roily clouds.

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From a seat of one of the older-style trams.

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The UFO-like water tower (although this seemed a common shape for them) on Lauttasaari, an island between Helsinki and Espoo that was skirted by the highway we took to TKK.

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Senaatintori steps had a message.

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I wonder what Anne thought about this.

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Night shot of the lights in the square from the kitchen table.

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Oh yes and also the moon.

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Late sun, enervated by the bank of altostratus before it.

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A little bit closer.

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Ah, but then it reemerged.

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Red sunlight on the flashing of the buildings down the street.

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Looking east on Aleksanterinkatu from Mannerheimintie; a typically busy scene. Aleksi is the biggest shopping street in Helsinki, and Stockmann is pretty much the anchor store for the whole city.