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May-November 2006 |
This picture shows the Zanzibar red colobus monkey
(Procolobus kirkii). These monkeys are leaf eaters and digest the cellulose
with a four chambered stomach like a cow. Hmmm... have you ever seen
a cow hanging from a tree?
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March-April 2006 |
New England is famous for its fall colors. However, it looks beautiful in spring too. Here is a view of a small farm near Mt. Wachusett. I took this photo in May 2005 on my first hike of the season. Wachusett Mountain State Reservation offers some nice easy trails up this 2006 feet (611 m) high mountain and when you are too tired you can come down via the access road. In Winter it is a very popular Ski Resort with people in central Massachusetts.
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August 2005 - February 2006 |
Sorry, no pictures. My camera got stolen.
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July 2005 |
The flower of this Rose Apple tree (Syzygium jambos) that I
took on Kauai reminds me a little bit of the 4th of July fireworks.
The buds explode into flowers. A few other trees on the islands of Hawaii have
very similar flowers. However, some bear poisonous fruits (Barringtonia asiatica).
Professor Carr of the University of Hawaii has an excellent
page
showing pictures and descriptions of a wide variety of plants on the islands.
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June 2005 |
This picture shows the campus of the
Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Even
though it is not an Ivy League university, it does have a lot of ivy growing
on its buildings. Another thing to observe is the emptyness. I took this picture
in July last year on a cloudy day in the afternoon. The
WPI Wireless Association
asked me to document their efforts of hoisting a repaired antenna on their
W1YK tower on the roof of Salisbury Labs. This roof offers an interesting
view of the campus.
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May 2005 |
We got up very early on the second day of our safari in the
Serengeti National Park. Many animals
are more active before the mid day heat. We spotted these two male Lions who just
successfully hunted a Water Buffalo. Now calm and relaxed, they are having a feast
for breakfast.
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April 2005 |
Sorry, no picture for April.
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March 2005 |
This is a picture of the spectacular Kalalau Valley on Kawai, Hawaii.
It is located in the northern part of the island at the Na Pali Coast.
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February 2005 |
"Would you like some fish?" Women selling
fish in the market of Panjim (Panaji) in Goa, India. This is a first try of
mine at street photography. Most of my pictures here are landscape
scenes. I noticed that many people got to my web page by looking for pictures
about India. If you are one of those people, please let me know how you found
this page ie. which link did you follow, which search term did you use.
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January 2005 |
Snow. A lot of snow fell this month in Worcester.
According to this
Article from NOAA this
is the snowiest January on record for Worcester, MA, with 51.1 inches
till Jan 27th.
I took this picture a few winters ago but I think it perfectly reflects the masses of snow,
the icy wind, and the low winter sun.
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December 2004 |
Sorry, no picture for December.
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November 2004 |
This is a picture of the Owachomo Bridge of the
Natural Bridges National Monument in Utha.
It is a lot smaller than the famous Arches National Park and has much fewer visitors.
I visited it on day 64 of my Coast to Coast
bicycling tour.
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October 2004 |
I took this picture this month on a trip to western Massachusetts.
I was driving on Rt.202 between Holyoke and Belchertown when I came across a
farm selling pumpkins. Actually there are many farms selling pumpkins this month
but this one was especially nicely set.
I wish everybody a happy and scary Halloween.
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September 2004 |
Sorry, no picture for September.
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August 2004 |
Here is another picture from my
Tanzania trip in 2003.
During a Safari in the Serengeti National Park
we came accross this
zebra crossing.
This herd of zebras was drinking at a water hole when it got spooked by a lion that was near by.
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July 2004 |
There is nothing special about this months picture, it just looks nice.
I tried to figure out how good the Nikon D70 is with its kit lens. I must say, I was
pretty impressed that it still works so well under near macro conditions. The sharpness
and picture quality is incredibile. Digital SLRs are really up to par with film SLR
cameras.
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June 2004 |
Sorry, no picture for June.
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May 2004 |
This month's picture shows the wheels, drive rods, and coupling
rods of the L&N #152 steam engine from the
Kentucky Railway Museum".
The L&N #152 is a 4-6-2 Pacific type Alco locomotive built in 1905 by Rogers
Locomotive Works. #152 is the official steam locomotive of the Commonwealth of
Kentucky as designated by an act of the Kentucky Legislature. Unfortunately it was
not under steam when I visited the museum in 2002.
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April 2004 |
Sorry, no picture for Arpil.
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March 2004 |
Even though it is still winter, I guess most people have
seen enough snow. At least I'm looking forward to spring. Therefore here
is a picture that I took in May 2002 on the 9th day of my
coast to coast bicycling trip. After leaving the town of Lexington in
Virginia, the little side street runs parallel to Broad Creek.
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February 2004 |
This is a picture taken by my father end of January of people enjoying
the snow in front of the
Ahrensburg Castle.
The castle was build around 1595 in the late renaissance style under the
direction of Peter Rantzau.
In the 1800 major changes have been made by the dukes of Schimmelman
(similar to the design of the Danish Castle).
The street sign to the right shows a road called "Bagatelle" which translates
into "trifle" in English.
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January 2004 |
Yet another picture taken in Wonderful Worcester. The Institute
Pond has a small island in its center which is depicted here.
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December 2003 |
When my friends and I were in
Tanzania we went on
Safari to three national parks. Seeing all these animals in their natural environment
roaming freely was amazing. When we left the Ngorongoro Crater and its conservation
area in the afternoon we spotted these two giraffs.
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November 2003 |
This is the first of my Tanzania pictures that is on my web page. More pictures
will be added at a later point in time. At the end of our trip to
Tanzania we went to Zanzibar.
We stayed in a beach house on the east coast. Almost every morning we had a
gorgeous sunrise. Here you see a traditional outrigger fishing boat in the foreground.
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October 2003 |
In July my hard disk died, in August my computer, so there were no new pictures
for two months. But now I should be able to keep up. Here is a picture of the
financial district of San Francisco taken from the Coit Tower last year.
In the forground you can see the typical San Francisco houses.
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July 2003 |
Sorry for putting up the picture for July so late. My big Maxtor hard disk, on
which I stored all my image data, died overnight in the beginning of July. This
picture came into my mind when this happened.
The route of my Coast to Coast
bicycling tour followed the Devil's Highway in Utah for a few miles. In
June 2003 the American Association of State Highway and Transportation changed
the number from U.S. 666 to U.S. 491. By the time the road workers went out to
change the signs all U.S. 666 signs were stolen. I was not so crazy to carry a road sign
whith me on my bicycle.
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June 2003 |
In 2000 I went on a short bicycle trip
across the Rocky Mountains.
On my fifth day I had a very scenic ride. I went over White Bird Hill in northern
Idaho on this extremely hot summer day. After the hamlet of White Bird my route
ran parallel to the Salmon River which can be seen on this picture.
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May 2003 |
About one year ago I took this picture somewhere in Virginia. It was during
the first days of my Coast to Coast
bicycling tour when I was still travelling alone. It is too bad, that I can't
be on a similar tour now, but that I have to be in the lab doing research.
Maybe in September I'll do something exciting again.
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April 2003 |
There is still snow in Worcester. This picture shows some berries with an icing of freshly
fallen snow. I took it in December with a macro lense in front of my appartment.
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March 2003 |
Even though it is already March, there is still snow in Worcester.
This picture however is from December 2002. The dark walls of Boynton Hall (right) and
Washburn Shops (left) are towering over the viewer. But there, right behind those threatening
looking buildings is the horizon. A glimpse of nature, a tree, blue sky and the light
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February 2003 |
In 1999 I went on my first trip to India. Now,
three and a half years later, I have finally scanned and resized the
pictures. Guess when the pictures of the bicycling trips will be online.
Which picture would be more suitable to announce that the India
pictures are online than a picture of the Gateway of India.
You can find more pictures from India on my India page
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January 2003 |
On December 25th, Worcester had its first big snow storm this
winter. I woke up very early the next day. I had too much heavy
food the night before and my stomach was unrestful and did not let me sleep. I saw that the
clouds had cleared and that we would get a nice sun rise. So I walked into Institute Park
and took this picture.
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December 2002 |
We had a lot of snow here in Worcester this month.
Reason enough to put a picture on my page that I took last winter of the Institute Pond in Worcester.
This was the only morning where we had some snow that year.
I took the picture very early in the morning after spending a night in WPI.
Notice the duck-couple swiming side by side through the
icy water.
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November #2 2002 |
I did not post many Pictures of the Month
this summer. This was partially because my scanner did not
work and because I was on a
bicycling tour.
To make up for this, here is the second Picture of the Month
for November.
I took this picture of the georgeous
Bryce Canyon National Park
this summer while I was crossing the country on my bicycle.
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November #1 2002 |
I took this picture at Wachusetts Reservoir in the
middle of October. I was lying flat on the ground looking up
in to the leaves which were lit up by the sunlight.
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October 2002 |
This is the first picture of my
bicycling tour
across the USA that is online. More are going to follow in about
a month. After climbing across Carson Pass the landscape is
beautiful, blue lakes, high mountains, and this dead tree. I find
its shape fascinating.
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June-July 2002 |
This picture shows the Brownlee Reservoir in
Hells Canyon. It is the border between Idaho and Oregon. I took
it in 2000 when I was riding from Missoula, MT to Eugene, OR.
It was above 100 F there and there was no shade.
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May 2002 |
I took this picture while I was on the ferry from
Martha's Vineyard to Woods Hole. This sailing boat crossed right in
front of the ferry. I was on Martha's Vineyard for a
bicycle ride
to help fighting
Multiples Sclerosis.
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April 2002 |
This picture indicates what I will be doing this summer.
I will be on a bicycle trip from Virgina to San Francisco, 3 Months, 4000 Miles.
I took this picture in the White Mountains when I hiked along the bicycle path
to get to the beginning of the Liberty Spring trail.
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March 2002 |
Sorry, no picture for March.
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February 2002 |
Sorry, no picture for February.
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January 2002 |
I took this picture today (01/03/2002) in Munich. Thanks to my
friend's (Hans-Michael) digital camera I can put it up right away. In the foreground
is the Olympic lake, now frozen and some people are ice skating. The building right
behind the lake is the Olympic Swimming Pool and to its left behind the trees is the
Olympic Gymnasium. In the background is the TV Tower and to its right the BMW building.
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December 2001 |
Sorry, no picture for December. I was just too busy and my
scanner is still not working
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November 2001 |
In the middle of July I was hiking up the Liberty Spring trail
towards Mt. Liberty in New Hampshire. Even though it was sunny and warm in
Worcester there were lots of clouds and a light rain in the White Mountains.
The clouds were hanging very low so that the towards the top I was walking in clouds.
This is were I took the picture of the dead tree overgrown with moss.
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October 2001 |
This is a picture of West Street in Worcester, MA. West Street
connects the WPI Campus with
Rt. 9. I took this picture with a Nikon 80-200 mm
f2.8 zoom while lying flat on the street. My friend
Gunnar stood behind me so
that I did not get accidentially run over by a car.
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September 2001 |
I took this picture last year when I was on my
Rocky Mountain
Bicyle Tour. I left Lolo Hot Springs, which is close to Missoula, MT, early
morning and headed up the Lolo Pass. Smoke from a forest fire was hanging
over the area. The higher I climbed the thicker the smoke got. At one time
when I stopped to catch my breath I saw the sun directly behind a pine tree
and the beams of light passing through the smoke.
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August 2001 |
The Picture of the Month for August shows the famous Taj Mahal
in Agra, India. I took it in 1999 on my first trip to India. The Taj Mahal
is a magnificent, beautiful building, but it is not a palce, it is a mausoleum.
The Emperor Shah Jahan had it built in memory of his second wife, Mumtaz Mahal,
who died while giving birth to her child.
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July 2001 |
The Picture of the Month for July was taken a few years ago in
New Hampshire, USA.
It shows a small stream at the Falling Waters Trail in the White Mountains running
through a forest. The Falling Waters Trail leads to the top of the Little Haystack
mountain.
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