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Iäkäs Kivittää

Topic Categories: Helsinki, FinlandImage of the DayMy PicturesNature
Posted on: March 13, 2009 2:59 PM, by "GrrlScientist"

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Iäkäs kivittää.

Photographed at Suomenlinna on Kalevalapaäivä (Kalevala Day).
This is one of my favorite places to visit in Helsinki, Finland.

Image: GrrlScientist, 28 February 2009 [larger view].

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So many umlauts! I think we have that same lichen species, or a very similar one, here in Missouri. I see it on rocks and old weathered fence posts.

I'd love to visit Finland some day!

Posted by: Larry Ayers | March 13, 2009 3:40 PM

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Probably a Xyanthoria.

Posted by: Blind Squirrel FCD | March 13, 2009 10:13 PM

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I'm fighting back the urge to make the obvious rock pun, so I'll just say: lovely.

Posted by: Kim | March 13, 2009 11:35 PM

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