The southern part of Israel is a desert – the Negev Desert. Towards the north of the Negev, is the Zin Desert located. The name comes from the Nahal (stream) Zin. The Avdat spring which created a deep canyon feeds the Nahal Zin. In the midst of the desert the little stream meanders like a large green snake.
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The Lofoten are a chain of islands north of the Artic Circle in Norway. Towards their southern end and close to the little town Reine is a mini island called Sakrisøy. It is perfectly located in front of a bay surrounded by steep spiky mountains that are characteristic of the Lofoten.
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Here we look at the “other” Alps, the Lyngenalps in the north of Norway! The Lyngenalps are a 90 km long mountain range rising 1’800 m high out of the Lyngenfjord on their east side and the Ullstfjord on their west side.
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Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau – three mountains in ther Bernese Alps – are one of the Alp’s favorits. This year there was only little snow so that one could take a look at the marble like ice of Eiger Glacier
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Wishing you all a wonderful festive season and a healthy 2022!
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Everyday roughly 15’000 vehicles travel through the Gotthard Road Tunnel1 which connects the north side of the Swiss Alps with the south. Most of them just pass the little town Prato Leventina on the south side missing out on a little gem.
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On the occasion of today’s Wold Photography Day I’d like to publish this picture that I’d like to call “The beauty of the ordinary”.
On the occasion of today’s Swiss national holiday I once again like to post a shot from a special place in Switzerland. This year I chose the Val Frisal.
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I’d like to add another post to my little series on Panoramic Views in Switzerland. As in the very first post from this series we are again in the Ticino and again feature Lake Lugano, but this time the view from Monte San Giorgio.
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If this Zebra Jumping Spider could talk to the photographer that’s probably what it said while looking straight into the big black hole of my lens … Its head is roughly 1 mm wide and the whole animal 5 mm long.
Continue reading ““I watch you …!!””
structures & shapes 