http://www.iww.is/art/shs/pages/thumbs.html
Enjoy.They are wonderfull.
Dave Brooks
> does anyone have the link for those photos?
>
> rg2
> *PENTAX SAMURAI*
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 6:39 AM
> Subject: RE: Some really neat northern lights photos
>
>
> > Greenland got populated by the Scandinavian Vikings a thuosand years ago.
> I
> > guess the Vikings got there during summer, where the coastal areas
> appeared
> > quite green. Remember that the climate at that time was considerably
> warmer
> > than it is today. Greenland is up to this day still a part of the Kingdom
> of
> > Denmark.
> >
> > Erik the Red, was a Norwegian Viking (actually rebbel an a murderer - a
> kind
> > of an outlaw - a refugee from Norway and Iceland) left Norway to go to
> > Island and later moved on to Greenland. On a trip to Greenland in 985 he
> > missed Greenland and reached North America, which was then called
> Wineland,
> > because they found wine plants there (somewhere in todays Canada, I
> > believe). The first European to see North America was a man from Iceland,
> > travelling with Erik the Red. His name was Bjarni Herjolfsson. Actually he
> > dissovered North America, not Christoffer Columbus, who got there about
> 500
> > years later. Erik the Red Never reached America himself but wnt back to
> > Greenland. His son Leif the Happy, got to America 10-14 years later. They
> > never really established a Viking coloni there, because the native
> > population (indian, inuit) was giving them a very hard time. So, it was in
> > fact the Vikings who "discovered" America. After that the world was never
> > the same...
> >
> > Jens Bladt
> > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt
> >
> >
> > -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> > Fra: David Mann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sendt: 4. december 2004 05:37
> > Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Emne: Re: Some really neat northern lights photos
> >
> >
> > On Dec 2, 2004, at 10:29 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > I always thought that "Greenland" was an early example of false
> > > advertizing in the attempt to make people move there :-)
> >
> > Probably named by the guy who invented the greenhouse.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > - Dave (we call them glasshouses here)
> >
> > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
