Image of the month
Viewing Platform at Horseshoe Bend
Sunset at Horseshoe Bend
Last year the National Park Service started building a viewing platform and installing safety rails at famous Horseshoe Bend, a 270-degree turn of the Colorado River located within Glen Canyon National Recreation Area south of Lake Powell. They did a good job, providing additional safety for all people [...]
Sedona in Winter
Cathedral Rock in Sedona after a winter storm
Just like Alabama Hills (our last month's image) Sedona was one of the highlights during our winter trip 2018/19. As a heavy winter storm was announced for the whole area, we changed our travel plans [...]
Boot Arch at the Alabama Hills
Winter Sunset in the Eastern Sierra Nevada
Steffen and I spent our holidays in the American Southwest. This image was taken on Christmas Eve in the Alabama Hills. It shows Boot Arch (note the little "shoe" in the opening of the arch!) in front of the snow-covered Sierra Nevada. The highest peak in [...]
New images from Gran Canaria
Sunset at Gran Canaria
This month's images is from our 1,5-week-trip to the Canary Islands in mid November. Besides the incredible (unnamed) arch in the foreground it shows famous Roque Nublo at Gran Canaria as well as Pico del Teide in the far distance. This active volcano isn't just the highest peak of the [...]
Neon Green Moss
Neon green moss in the Icelandic Highlands
We know, last month's image was all about neon green moss, nevertheless here is one more of those surreal places well hidden in the Icelandic Highlands that we visited in [...]
Neon Green Moss in the Icelandic Highlands
Pitch black lava and neon green moss
Steffen and I just returned from another trip to Iceland. This time our main focus was set on the Icelandic Highlands. During our first week on the island rainy weather and gale force winds prevailed and deterred us from heading there. [...]
Lakagigar Crater Row
Magic Light at Lakakigar
Lakagigar is one of the most fascinating places in the Icelandic Highlands. Mount Laki rises about 200 m above its immediate surroundings. From its top the view extends far east and far west providing a bird eye's perspective of the crater row that once changed the weather [...]
Midnight Sun in Iceland
Magic Light in Early Summer
It's been quite a while since we last enjoyed the midnight sun under the Arctic Circle. So this year we decided to return to Iceland to shoot some of those fantastic everlasting sunsets followed by an endless sunrise. At least that's what we had hoped [...]
Columbia River Gorge - Panther Creek Falls
Panther Creek Falls at Columbia River Gorge
The Columbia River Gorge changed dramatically due to a human-caused wildfire last fall. Eagle Creek Wildfire burned for three months and destroyed large parts of what used to be one of the most beautiful rainforests in the [...]