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Merry Christmas

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Abandoned Christmas Tree

Unbelievable: white Christmas in Cologne! Even if the photo above was taken almost 3 weeks ago, it is still white and snowing again. A Merry Christmas at that to all of you!

Unglaublich: weiße Weihnachten in Köln! Auch wenn das Foto oben vor ca. 3 Wochen aufgenommen wurde, ist es doch immer noch weiß  und schneit wieder. Frohe Weihnachten an Euch alle!

The FIFA Total Solar Eclipse ;-)

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Total Solar Eclipse – Diamond Ring #3

Just in time for the world cup 2010 final, the moon’s shadow moved across the southern hemisphere on 11 Jul 2010. But not for the soccer fans in South Africa, only for those eclipse chasers willing to travel to Easter Island, Cook Islands or Patagonia.

Good weather conditions for the observation sites, some images can found e.g. here on spaceweather.com.

Some comfort for me staying at home: at least the great shot from 2008’s eclipse in China now has a whopping 32.000+ views on flickr! ;-)

Lightroom 3-0, Deutschland 4-0

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Valve Town

Lightroom 3 was released this week and I started using it today. In particular I’m very fond of the new lens and perspective corrections. No more round trips to PTLens necessary.

The image is from a recent excursion to Michael Kramer’s large sculpture “Das Werk II”, a miniature industrial plant created from scrap pieces, installed in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany.