Denmark Island, Hekla Have

Arctic summer

During the brief arctic summer, a large diversity of tiny plants leaf out, bloom and die wherever a patch of earth can be found in the rocky terrain. Purple saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia) in bloom on Denmark Island, Scoresby Sund, East Greenland.

arctic summerflower bloomstiny plantspurple saxifrageSaxifraga oppositifoliaDenmark IslandScoresby SundEast Greenland