Subject: Photos of FINO border (the Tana River)<br/>
Date: Jan 28, 2003 @ 17:42<br/>
Author: Craig &lt;trehala@yahoo.com&gt; (&quot;Craig &lt;trehala@...&gt;&quot; &lt;trehala@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-967569045">Hi BoundaryPointers<br/>
<br/>
The question posted: <br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; so i am left wondering<br/>
&gt; if i were in the photo also straddling fino & facing you<br/>
&gt; what would i see<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Well, aside from me :-), you mean? I &lt;do&gt; have photos of the FINO <br/>
border, north of where the fence photo was taken. I have pics of the <br/>
shoreline, and of a canoeist crossing the border mid-paddle. I also <br/>
took pics of the Norwegian side and of the Finnish side of the river.<br/>
 <br/>
My first attempts at scanning I see have gotten me into trouble. I am <br/>
so sorry for the size of these scans. All I did was place the photo <br/>
on the scanner, click on SCAN and then let it do the rest. I need to <br/>
learn how to reduce the resolution but there is no manual next to the <br/>
scanner at work. This truly was my first attempt at scanning anything!<br/>
<br/>
I do not want to get off on the wrong foot at this group. I just <br/>
joined and am having a great time reading the archives. This group is <br/>
like making 200 instant friends: we are all fascinated by this <br/>
subject and get excited at the idea of borders and border crossings. <br/>
I have lots more photos of these two FINO crossings (I even skipped a <br/>
few cuz I didn&#39;t want to post &lt;too many&gt;). <br/>
<br/>
I have a special passion for Finnish culture and the Finnish <br/>
language, and for Nordic countries. Next month I will return to <br/>
Finland for the fourth time, and also take in side trips to Sweden <br/>
and the Faroe Islands.<br/>
<br/>
Please accept my apologies for sending too-large attachments. Can the <br/>
moderator remove these photos, or reduce them, or put them in the <br/>
Photos or Files sections? Anything to make it easier on you to open <br/>
them.<br/>
<br/>
Craig<br/>
<br/>
--- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, &quot;acroorca2002 &lt;orc@o...&gt;&quot; <br/>
&lt;orc@o...&gt; wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="qreply"> &gt; --- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, Craig Rowland <br/>
&gt; &lt;trehala@y...&gt; wrote:<br/>
&gt; &gt; This is where the fence begins. After scrambling down<br/>
&gt; &gt; the sandy cliff, I touched down onto the southern bank<br/>
&gt; &gt; of the Tana River. <br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; that must have been quite a twinkle<br/>
&gt; even if not quite the absolute extremist boundary point <br/>
&gt; where the border actually does divide into distinct sectors<br/>
&gt; & indeed turns <br/>
&gt; at midstream<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt; I walked over to the FINO dividing<br/>
&gt; &gt; fence. When I took this photo, one foot was in Norway,<br/>
&gt; &gt; the other in Finland. <br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; so i am left wondering<br/>
&gt; if i were in the photo also straddling fino & facing you<br/>
&gt; what would i see<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; would i see the river at the bottom of the cliff <br/>
&gt; & perhaps even the thread of the stream<br/>
&gt; & be able to sight this most distinguished boundary point upon it<br/>
&gt; just above or really behind the top of your head<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; or might you perhaps even have such a pic<br/>
&gt; showing the truly northernmost international boundary point in <br/>
&gt; the world<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; if so <br/>
&gt; or even if not<br/>
&gt; please fire away again at will about this or anything else you like <br/>
&gt; as soon as you get the scanning down pat<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; i really should apologize to jannis & my alter eguy mike<br/>
&gt; & anyone else who cant handle such large meals<br/>
&gt; for my having egged you on so without explaining stuff like this<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; it was just my own exuberant appetite too<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; i will try not to let it happen again<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; but you craig please carry on <br/>
&gt; encore </span></blockquote></div>