This week I scoured our picture archive for the best desolate, snowy landscapes. Here’s what I found.
Aurora borealis, Kautokeino, Lapland, Northern Norway (LOOK/Robert Harding)
Moonrise above snowy mountains in Spitzbergen, Norway (LOOK/Robert Harding)
Tree trunks in a winter forest, Switzerland (Still Pictures/Robert Harding)
Lone tree in Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, US (Kim Walker/Robert Harding)
Hut covered with thick frost on Mt. Dundret, Gaellivare, Norrbotten, Lapland, Sweden (Image Broker/Robert Harding)
European Black Pine in a snowstorm, Lower Austria (Image Broker/Robert Harding)
Winter snow splendour on Kamzicnik, Hrubý Jeseník mountain range, Northern Moravia, Czech Republic (Image Broker/Robert Harding)
Pine trees in Winter (Image Broker/Robert Harding)
Cottage in Kvaloyvagen, a fishing village near Tromso, in the Norwegian fjords (age fotostock/Robert Harding)
Single tree, Toggenburg, Switzerland (age fotostock/Robert Harding)
Winter landscape, Sweden (age fotostock/Robert Harding)
Argentiere and Grand Montet ski area, Chamonix Valley, Haute-Savoie, French Alps (Christian Kober/Robert Harding)
Cloud-covered mountains near Hornsund, Svalbard Islands, Norway (James Hager/Robert Harding)
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