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an autumn storm sweeping across the Rapa Valley, Laponia, Sweden
September 14, 2015

Storming the Mountain

An autumn storm sweeps dramatically into the Rapa Valley in Sweden’s vast Laponia region, spotlighting Mount Nammatj. Like much of Laponia’s rugged, primordial landscape, the peak has been sculpted by glaciers.

See more pictures from the October 2015 feature story “Wild Heart of Sweden.”

Photograph by Orsolya Haarberg, National Geographic
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