Okay, I can’t claim to have seen ALL the lakes in New Zealand, but the collection of my top 10 shots in this post unveils the variety and beauty of some of them: Lake Matheson is located on the west side of the Southern Alps and is one of my favorits. A hidden gem with a wonderful view towards New Zealands highest mountain Aoraki/Mount Cook. Patience is needed to catch a moment of calmness.
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Today I’d like to feature a few of the coast lines of the southern island of New Zealand. As you will see these are structures & shapes at its best! Let’s start in Kaiteriteri: beautiful red sand, white rocks, greeen trees … , yes, and blue sky. What else?
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The active geothermal area “Wai-O-Tapu” close to Rotorua, New Zealand, fascinates with its colorful springs, lakes and craters. The Champagne Pool is a hot spring that really bubbles like champagne (caused in this case by carbon dioxide*). Many minerals particularly antimony lead to the red ring around the spring*.
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Lej da Staz (Lake Staz) is one of my top photography spots in Switzerland. Not even challenging to get there – just a 30 min. walk from St. Moritz – this little lake is again and again worth checking out.
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On the occasion of today’s Swiss national holiday I once again like to publish a shot from a beautiful and iconic spot in Switzerland. This year I selected the Oeschinen Lake. It’s located close to Kandersteg in the Bernese Alps. The lake belongs to the UNESCO World Heritage Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch.
It’s quite a ride to get to Askja. 3 hours by car (real SUV with significant clearance required) and 40 min. walk through the caldera: Here and there a bit of snow and where it’s gone the ground is warm – so you know that you are on a vulcano. Once you reach the Viti crater what you see is breathtaking.
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Iceland is full of waterfalls. Here is my top 20. Let’s go clockwise around the country, starting in the north with the Aldeyjarfoss which is located about 40 km from the ring-road no. 1 towards the highlands.
Regular visitors of my website know about my interest for Iceland. Today I’m sharing a few “shots from above” that perfectly fit the theme of my website: structures and shapes!
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A good 40 minutes drive north-west from Locarno, close to the little village Foroglio, the river Calnegia falls good 100 meter down: first from an 80 meter cliff and then cascading further through steep rocks with lots of spray and bluster – pretty spectacular! Continue reading “Foroglio Waterfall”
In addition to the summer version and the winter version of the Giessen Waterfall which is located in the Swiss Kanton Basel-Landschaft, I ‘d like to share now the fall version of it!
structures & shapes 