Took my Macro lens mounted to the UWR camera diving into Soma Bay near Safaga, and there were quite a few fellows crossing my path. Thanks to Tine for choosing the dive spots so wisely to accommodate the wide range of customers on board the dive boat, and for everybody diving with me.
Open mouth lion fish, Safaga, Red Sea, Egypt
Tiny shrimp dance on a carpet anemone, Safaga, Red Sea, Egypt
Fryeria rueppellii, Nudibranch, Safaga, Red Sea, Egypt
Blue spotted ray, Safaga, Red Sea, Egypt
The three facets of the Danube:
– Moonrise in a narrow valley of the Danube near Beuron Monastery and Thiergarten, exposing the white limestone cliffs of the “White Jurassic”, Oberes Donautal Naturpark
– Reappearance of the “sunken” Danube at Aachquelle spring source (for the Danube sinking, see earlier post)
– Sunset at Lake Constance, Radolfzeller See with Markelfinger Peninsula and Radolfzell church steeple
Danube Valley near Beuron, Baden Wurttemberg, Germany
Beuron monastery, Badem Wurttemberg, Germany
Aachquelle, Aach, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Sunset at Lake Constance, Baden Wurttemberg, Gernany
Who would have known that most of the Danube actually ends up in the Rhine and then in the North Sea…?! This is a sink hole where most of the Upper Danube river percolates through limestone and ends up a layer below which then resurfaces in the Ach source, which drains into Lake Constance and hence… the Danube ends up in the Rhine river!
Sign indicating the Danube sinkhole, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Danube sinkhole in early spring, Nature Park of Upper Danube, Möhringen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Flood mark of the Danube, Möhringen, Nature Park Upper Danube, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
One of the Zurich Mexico employees with whom I have been working for a long time on the program has suggested we do the “easy hike” to the two lakes of the crater bottom of Nevado de Toluca, one of the highest mountains of Mexico. Which is where the problem lies – the hike is indeed very easy, only a couple 100 m hike up from the car park to the saddle necessary to see (and walk) down into the Laguna de la Luna and Laguna del Sol – but it is the absolute altitude itself that I felt more than really I should have, given I had already spent 4 days in Mexico City at already >2000 m ASL. So much for acclimatization!
Nevado de Toluca with view from the saddle into the crater lagoon, Toluca, Mexico
Nevado de Toluca with crater lagoon, Toluca, Mexico
Nevado de Toluca with crater lagoon, Toluca, Mexico
On a week-long trip to our flood resilience program communities in Tabasco and subsequent meetings in Mexico D.F., I was able to observe a typical evening-thunderstorm cross Reforma, one of the arteries of Mexico City, from my hotel room.
Lightning above Reforma, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
And yet another discipline. Fat tires are fairly cool as long as the snow is … well, snow and not slush! Come afternoon and a lot of sun, it even becomes difficult with the bigger bikes.
Fat bike Davos Pischa, Graubünden, Schweiz
Fat bike Davos Pischa, Graubünden, Schweiz
Fat bike Davos Pischa, Graubünden, Schweiz
Was really surprised to understand how different modern cross country skate skies are to downhill skiing or anything that I remember about cross country
Davos cross-country, Graubünden, Switzerland
Cross country into Dischma valley, Davos, Graubünden, Switzerland
Cross country into Dischma valley, Davos, Graubünden, Switzerland
First part of Davos winter sports – downhill skiing – not so difficult
Davos and shadow, Graubünden, Switzerland
Davos to Wolfgang panorama, Graubünden, Schweiz
Davos pano towards Parsenn, Graubünden, Schweiz
Visit of the glacial tongue and the corresponding cave at the end of Val d’Anniviers: Wonderful Zinal glacier
Zinal glacier and Moming mountain flank, Zinal, Valais, Switzerland
Glacial river and ice sculpture, Zinal glacier, Val d’Anniviers, Valais, Switzerland
Inside Zinal glacier, Val d’Anniviers, Valais, Switzerland
Inside Zinal glacier, Val d’Anniviers, Valais, Switzerland
View from my plane leaving Washington D.C. at a crips but sunny day. This is an American Airlines service from Reagon Nat’l
Airport.
Leaving on a jetplane from Reagan Airport, Washington D.C., USA
View of Washington D.C., USA
View of Mall and Tidal Bassin with Jefferson Memorial, Washington D.C., USA