Hallig Gröde - Clouds above the Kirchwarft (new)

Now this is a canonical picture of Hallig Gröde. ;-)

This day, with its marvelous, quickly changing cloud formations, sun and rain delivered just the right setting. [Update] As some people in the discussion at fotocommunity.de suggested, this is a new image of the same scene, more closely cropped. Also on fotocommunity.de you can find a alternate crop of this image with a 16:9 aspect ratio.

Hallig Gröde - Rain is Coming

The downside of the fine stormy weather, from time to time clouds with heavy spells of rain come in from the sea.

As an umbrella would be most unfitting und inconvenient ;-), the best thing is to do like the sheep, turn your butt … eh back … into the wind and rain, and sit it out.

Hallig Gröde - Clouds above the Kirchwarft

Now this is a canonical picture of Hallig Gröde. ;-)

This day, with its marvelous, quickly changing cloud formations, sun and rain delivered just the right setting

Hallig Gröde - High Tide at the Stone Edge

Some time later, high tide is coming in and spilling over the stone edge.

Far from “Landunter” (not very far, though ;-), but the road along the stone edge to the west jetty is already flooded.

Hallig Gröde - Stone Curve

Near the bath place south of the Knudtswarft, the stone edge is smoothly curving to the east.

This location already has been portraited here in the PhotoLog.

Hallig Gröde - At the Stone Edge

The next day with wonderful stormy weather, very typical for the North Sea.

Changing winds, sun, clouds, and rain in rapid succession. Here at the stone edge on the western side near the jetty is an ideal location to enjoy this (and get wet at some point ;-).

Hallig Gröde - First Evening

The mood of the first evening on Gröde was a bit gray and gloomy, but that’s also typical for the North Sea.

Anyway, it was great to be here again, to enjoy the sea, the smell of salt, the wide view, the wind and the evening light.

Hallig Gröde - Crossing

On board the MS Rungholt during the crossing from Schlüttsiel to Gröde, Hallig Habel comes into sight.

Habel is the smallest of the holms and only inhabited during spring and summer. It wasn’t part of the original coastal protection programme and thus took heavy land losses til finally some fixation measures were taken.

Hallig Gröde - Here We Go

On the first trip that morning, the MS Rungholt is carrying a bunch of day tourists to Hallig Gröde.

With the next trip, we and our luggage made it across to Gröde. In the background Hallig Oland can be seen. The is first image of a new series here about Hallig Gröde from this year’s vacation. More will come during the next weeks. Enjoy!

Zoo Cologe - Elephant House

The new elephant house, as seen from the open-air part of the enclosure.

This image concludes the new elephant park mini series in the photo log.