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January 18, 2017

Snow Wonder

A pastel sunset and a heavy coating of rime and snow transform Särkitunturi fell in Finnish Lapland. The area is a popular hiking destination, and the frosty structure is actually an outhouse. “It's very strange to find a public toilet on top of a windswept, frozen fell,” Your Shot photographer Sausse David writes. “[But] the scenery is indeed stunning.”

Photograph by Sausse David, National Geographic Your Shot

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