Hunting for Comet 46P/Wirtanen
Hunting for Comet 46P/Wirtanen. No complaint against the restaurant which served me a hot soup during a warm-up break. It was minus 9 degree celsius plus significant wind chill. Nothing against the washed out church either, stingy enough to switch light off after 10pm. Moon oberstayed its welcome. Here two pictures of the Sudelfeld: ...
recent-events-2018
“Bescheidne Wahrheit sprech ich dir. // Wenn sich der Mensch, die kleine Narrenwelt, // Gewöhnlich für ein Ganzes hält.” — Vers 1346 ff. / Mephistopheles
Stonehenge – England
Revisiting Stonehenge after 20 years.The remarkable feat of engineering—some of the stones came from dozens of miles away—and acts like a huge astronomical calendar, aligned with the summer and winter equinox and still keeping track of the moon after more than 5,000 years.
recent-events-2016
After 2015, the year 2016 may break Europe, through unsustainable politics. The year of the Fire Monkey … 2016, … Ambitious and adventurous, but irritable.
recent-events-2015
This year was strangely calm. Most for the with lost of ups and down. Lots of travel, but again this year just Europe.
recent-events-2015 Travel Haunted and magic Languedoc-Roussillon
This year we travelled through the haunted and magic Languedoc-Roussillon, where I followed the footsteps of the Esclarmonde de Foix and the heretic Cathars. In Languedoc-Roussillon Cathar castles, Templar Abbeys and Châteaus inspire powerful myths, major mysteries, complex religious history, symbols of psychological relevance and – also significant pseudo-history. There are lots of stories about...
Webcams auf den astronomischen Beobachtungsplätzen in unseren Breiten
Webcams im Nahbereich Nymphenburg München West Marienplatz München Mitte Passau Blick über die Dächer von Salzweg Grainet Arber Oberes Sudelfeld Webcams Bayern Allgäu foto-webcam.eu fuerstenfeld peissenberg Webcams auf den astronomischen Beobachtungsplätzen in unseren Breiten Webcam-Blick über die Dächer von München-Neuhausen Webcam-Blick im Hintergrund der Taubenberg und (bei klarem Wetter) das Mangfallgebirge Webcam-Blick zum Wendelstein (nur bei klarer...
The magic of outstanding pictures – quality methodology and communication theory
As a photographer, your eye is your lens. This essay gives a basic understanding, why excellent pictures (paintings or photographs) succeed. After you start exploring the world with this mindset, you’ll find that you automatically begin to see things differently. I got the idea from an excellent book of the Swiss photographer Martin Zurmuehle, “The...
recent-events-2014
This year we traveled for three weeks in Languedoc-Roussillon, where we followed the footsteps of the Templars and the heretic Cathars. In Languedoc-Roussillon Cathar castles and Templar remains, Abbeys and Châteaus are inspired by powerful myths , major mysteries, complex religious history, symbols of psychological relevance and – also significant pseudo-history. There a lots of...