Tag: snow
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England cycle trip 2023 (3)
I traveled to Northumberland (in the north of England, almost on the Scottish border) for an event at the end of March. The week after the event I took leave to explore a little more of England. This is the second day of the bicycle tour. A little later than I had hoped, after a…
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Andalusia 2012
Spring 2012 was my (so far) last visit to the Calar Alto Observatory. This time, however, I first went to nearby Granada, where I gave a presentation on my project and was then able to have helpful discussions with my colleagues there. On the day of arrival, but also in the mornings and evenings on…
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Ore mountains 2010
I hope winter for this year is over, as I’m looking very much forward to cycling in the warmth. This year I didn’t see just some snowflakes falling, and not even anything on the ground. Hopefully there will be more snow in the next winters (but there is not much hope: https://interactive-atlas.ipcc.ch/). The photo was…
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Finding Snow – Thuringia 2014
It was Winter and where I lived I didn’t see much snow. But as I crave some snow every year, and checking the snow measurements of the nearby mountain area, I saw that several 100 metres higher there was a good amount of snow. So I decided to get on the train, go to the…
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Calar Alto February 2010
A business trip brought me on my first flight, looking down on the landscape was amazing. And then, at the airport in Almeria, it felt like summer holiday, only it was February. The observatory was covered in snow and we were above the clouds. That were so many good, and yet sometimes contradicting experiences. Thanks…
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