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May 18: Utö – clouds

After lunch the clouds started to roll in.

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The sky is blue — where's the sunlight? (Note how the blue of the sky washes out the yellow of the hostel when unwarmed by sunlight.)

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We went on a tour of the pilot station. The way up to it is covered with chain-link mesh to Prevent Those Approaching From Being Hit By Objects Falling From The Towers.

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An upper level of the pilot station has a sweet deck with a sweet view.

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At my present longitude (eastern US), 59°N is up in the Ungava Peninsula. How about THAT.

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The tower sitting on the pilot station.

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The freestanding tower: the longer you look, the more attachments you find perched on its edges.

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And now for some tower-filtered village views.

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And to the north.

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And to the south.

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The room next to the deck.

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Tall sky.

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The big smooth rock along the southern shore. Can you spot the shipwreck?

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There seem to suddenly be MORE towers than before. I like the accreted look of the pilot station that is clearest from this direction.

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Some more vivid beetles! What u up 2 ??

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A semi-secret path and stair up the hill near the eastern end of the village, I think.

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We were challenged to a football match with the schoolchildren. Not a shin was left unbruised.*

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Brutal!† (*†not really.)

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The placement of the first bench.