Kalmar is a pleasant town in Southern Sweden that has many beautiful buildings and one truly historic monument: Kalmar castle, where the Kalmar Union (combining Denmark, Sweden and Norway) was founded in 1397, as a counterweight to the rapidly growing Hanse.
This is one of the most important and most beautiful castles in Sweden.
The original owners of the land still know best how to protect it: many of the bush fires are actually started by aborigines to prevent much worse natural fires from spreading. Also, many of the plants have adapted so well that they actually need such a fire from time to time... Picture taken in Kakadu National Park, Australia. ...
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April 29th, 2009 at 10:10 am
Amazing. Did you take all these photographs?