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Burg Eltz: The Courtyard
Taken on: May 16, 2013
Eltz Castle has over 80 rooms that rise in eight towers up to ten stories high. The well-fortified structure was only attacked once—and never taken. While many west German castles were destroyed in the late seventeenth century, Burg Eltz survived thanks to a Eltz family member in the invading army
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2013-05-07 11-17-45 G3 135mm f2_8 P1060779 SQ Crop
Taken on: May 8, 2013
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Last waves of the day
Taken on: Apr 16, 2013
Sunset between Punta del Hidalgo and Bajamar, Tenerife, Canary Islands
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Windows to the Sun
Taken on: Apr 16, 2013
Sunset in Punta del Hidalgo, Tenerife, Canary Islands
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2013-03-25 09-51-54 GF3 PZ14-42mm P1020292 +
Taken on: Apr 9, 2013
Inside the HSBC Main Office building in Central, Hongkong.
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2013-03-25 09-51-36 GF3 PZ14-42mm P1020287 +288
Taken on: Apr 9, 2013
Inside the HSBC (Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation) Main Office Building in Central, Hongkong. The bank's HQ (domicile) was transferred to London shortly before Hongkong was returned to China.
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Seaweed farming
Taken on: Mar 3, 2013
One of Zanzibar's biggest foreign-exchange earners is seaweed (mwani), of which over ten thousand tons are exported annually to East Asia. The seaweed cultivation was introduced two decades ago as an income-generating project for local women. The seaweed is "planted" by tying it to ropes in the shallow intertidal zone of the lagoons. It is not an easy job, as the sacks of wet seaweed weight tens of kilos which have to be moved a few hundred meters before the seaweed is laid out on the sand to dry.
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On the streets of Stone Town
Taken on: Mar 2, 2013
Known locally as Mji Mkongwe ("Old Town"), Stone Town is the old part of Zanzibar City, the main city of Zanzibar. The first stone houses in Stone Town were probably built in the 1830s, gradually replacing an earlier fishing village and trading post established by the Portuguese in 1503. At the time, the Zanzibar Archipelago was controlled by the Sultanate of Oman, that in 1841 moved the Omani capital from Muscat to Zanzibar.
With its labyrinth of narrow twisting streets, bustling bazaars and grand Arab and Indian mansions, the center in many ways resembles the medinas of North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula -- a place where the time seems to go on its own slow pace.
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Snowing in Amsterdam
Taken on: Mar 2, 2013
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Smoke
Taken on: Mar 2, 2013
It was a cold and sunny day.
Torino / Turin, Piemonte /Piedmont, Italia / Italy
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Last Rays of the Sun
Taken on: Dec 30, 2012
Seen from the harbor of Stone Town (Mji Mkongwe), Zanzibar
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A Dash Of Splash
Taken on: Dec 19, 2012
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On their way to work
Taken on: Dec 17, 2012
near Zanzibar. One of those crazy-weather days at the beginning of the monsoon season.
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Trap Fishing near Changuu island
Taken on: Dec 14, 2012
BTW, between 1893-1894 the British built a prison on this island --thus the other name The Prison island-- that fortunately never was used for this purpose.
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Blaze Of Glory
Taken on: Nov 21, 2012
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Amber And Gold
Taken on: Nov 17, 2012
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FZ200 First Light - Rosie
Taken on: Nov 13, 2012
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Amanita Muscaria
Taken on: Nov 10, 2012
The most colorful mushroom.
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A Creepin' Up On You
Taken on: Nov 10, 2012
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Hangin' On
Taken on: Nov 9, 2012
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