Panorama Photo

Most people who happen to come by Havnsø as tourists do so in order to take the ferry to Nekselø or Sejerø. Both islands can only be reached from here. As soon as you are at the habour, and if the weather is just fair, this view is granted. By danish conditions it is a quite striking view, and I hope the mountain-loving community here will also like it ;-)

The two main formations are of course Nekselø and Vejrhøj (meaning Weather-top). They look a bit the same superficially and lie close, but they were created by two different glaciers during the last ice age. Nekselø is a lateral moraine from the Great Belt-glacier (see #9421), and is part of the line that show the maximal extend. It continues on sejerø. Nekselø is a small row of hills that are sort of packed together. This gives the impression of the island rising from the sea. Actually the water is very shallow from Nekselø to Havnsø, and you can walk out to it by low tide in a pair of long rubber boots! You don't get that impression from this pano, but if you click the locations button you can see it on the satellite photo.

The island is one of the crown-jewels in danish nature. During the last 50 years it has been de-populated, and since long the whole island has been protected as both a cultural and natural heritage through conservatiion. It is situated in the so-called Great Belt-climate, which is dry and sunny, compared to the rest of Denmark (approx. 500 mm rain/year). The island houses severel relicts, now with a more southeastern distribution, like: Fire-bellied toad (Bombina bombina), Oregano (Origanum vulgare), Hügel-Erdbeere (Fragaria viridis) and Common Rockrose (Helianthemum nummularium).

Vejrhøj is one of the highest tops on Sjælland. The "unplugged" hight is 113 m, but with the tumulus on top it comes to 121 m. The prominence seen from here is a rare sight in Denmark. With the tumulus it is in the top 3 of Sjælland. It was made from a narrow glacier advancing from the east, that pushed up an end moraine in the shape of a horse-shoe. From this point you see the front of the horse-shoe, with the two lateral moraines going inland.

I chose to go up on the fence at the pier so I was free from the many boats in the harbour, and to get as much of the far horizon as possible. If nothing else, as to avoid stitching problems. However, two of the pics nearly could not be stitched. Luckily I found an invisible antenna far away on the horizon giving one control-point. I had to put another on with one eye shut and the best of my abilities.

10 pics (RAW), 50 mm, iso-100, f/8, 1/320s, stitched with Hugin, a little GIMP, scaled and sharpened in IrfanView.