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Aurora at Dimmuborgir
AURORA SWIRLS at DIMMUBORGIR
We spent the days around the turn of the year in Iceland and we were gifted with a nice northern lights show at Kirkjufell on Christmas Eve. But on most other nights the overcast skies and the severe gales were a bit of a challenge. The sun goes through an 11-year cycle and currently it is [...]
Coyote Buttes: Major changes at the Wave Permits Lottery
Soft evening light on the Second Wave
Some major changes at the Wave permits application are planned for next month. As of June 2020, up to 64 people or 16 groups (whichever comes first) are allowed into the Coyote Buttes North Area on a [...]
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas
ALABAMA HILLS on CHRISTMAS EVE 2018
This month's image was taken three years ago. It shows Cyclops Arch, one of the largest natural arches at the Alabama Hills right at the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.
We stayed at Lone Pine that night and we wondered why Santa Claus forgot to fill our [...]
Gran Canaria - El Bufadero de la Garita
The ocean's heartbeat
There is one place at Gran Canaria where you can feel the ocean's heartbeat: El Bufadero on the coast at the town of La Garita. It consists of two large bowls carved out of the basalt shoreline which are regularly filled by the waves rolling in from underneath [...]
The face within Kvernufoss
From behind the water curtain
We took this image last year in early October. It shows Kvernufoss, the "little brother" of nearby Skógafoss. Kvernufoss is a stunning waterfall dropping 30 m into a narrow canyon. Its main attraction is the path running into a deep alcove behind [...]
Maelifell - an iconic landmark
A place from another world
Last month's image was dedicated to a secluded green oasis at the edge of Maelifellsandur, this month we would like to share with you another image we took in early September during our last photography trip to Iceland. It shows [...]
Green oasis at Maelifellsandur
Sunset at a Green Oasis on Maelifellsandur
We were back in Iceland in late August, spending most of the time exploring the Highlands ("hálendið" in Icelandic). For a couple of years now, this vast uninhabited volcanic [...]
Lupines in Iceland - an early Summer Night's Dream
Purple Lupines Fields at Vatnajökull National Park
A magic fairy must have woken me up in the middle of the night on June 30th, 2021. Steffen and I were not really happy when we got ready to bed at the "Potato Storage" (isn't it a funny name for a really cozy room!? ;-) ). We had been scouting the dense lupine fields in full bloom near a [...]
Puffins couple in Iceland
Happily ever after
They are the cutest little birds in Iceland. Each year during springtime, the Atlantic Puffins return to their nesting grounds along the coastline in search of their same old burrows. And after continuously tapping their bills together for a while and reinforcing their bond, the couples start raising a new [...]
Yenidze and City Skyline of Dresden
City skyline towers of Dresden
It's been pretty much exactly ten years now that we took this image from our hometown. Instead of the usual classic city skyline view from the bridge (Carolabrücke) which crosses the river Elbe, we aimed for a rather seldom-seen perspective far away from any tourist attractions. [...]