Gudrun's photos

Durch die Weinberge des Degerlocher Scharrenberg verläuft der Schimmelhüttenweg, von dem steile Stäffele durch die Weinberge abgehen.

SSC: ein gelbes Motiv

Innenhof im Folkwang-Museum

hFF folks!

Skaftá valley with Fögrufjöll mountains in the background, seen from Lakagígar. During the Laki eruptions (1783/84) Skaftá river dried up completely as the lava shot down the valley into the lowlands. The phreatic explosions as hot lava reacted with water could be heard from far away. en.unesco.org/global-geoparks/katla

Looking out over Breiðafjörður from Styykishólmur harbour, on the left are the basalt columns of Súgandisey. In the note ferry "Baldur" getting ready for her morning crossing to the Westfjords. The current "Baldur" was bult in 1969 and originally sailed under Norwegian flag as Lofoten ferry "Vagan". She's now starting to show her age with repeated machine trouble: www.icelandreview.com/travel/baldur-ferry-breaks-down-again-service-may-be-suspended

Súgandisey is a small basaltic island sheltering Styykishólmur harbour. Situated on the island's highest point, the lighthouse from 1948 is only 3,5m high but that suffices to assist navigation through the many islands of Breiðafjörður and into Stykkishólmur harbour which is the ferry port for the Westfjords. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leuchtturm_S%C3%BAgandisey

MM: Schokolade Dark chocolate 85%, milk chocolate with cardamom

Another one from Laki, looking SW over Lambavatn and Kambavatn. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laki-Krater www.vatnajokulsthjodgardur.is/en/areas/laki-eldgja-langisjor/plan-your-visit/laki

seen from the path to Langihryggur. In the background is an eruption crater in the form of a more or less perfect circle, this type of crater is called eldborg (fire castle, Feuerburg) in Icelandic. The light coloured stuff is sulphur. The site of the 2022 Meradalir eruption www.ipernity.com/doc/523247/51496750 lies in the valley behind that crater.. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fagradalsfjall_(Reykjanesskagi) www.scinexx.de/news/geowissen/island-vulkan-verbluefft-vulkanologen en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fagradalsfjall www.futurity.org/iceland-fagradalsfjall-volcano-2801222

hFF, folks! Schickstaffel is named after classicist painter Gottlieb Schick (1776-1812). In its upper part it's a normal road (Schickstrasse) which turns into several flights of steps as the terrain gets steeper. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttgarter_St%C3%A4ffele

weissenhofmuseum.de int.stuttgart-tourist.de/en/a-weissenhofmuseum whc.unesco.org/en/list/1321 Clickable PiP:

Weißenhofsiedlung was built in record time in 1927 as part of the Werkbund exhibtion about new forms of building. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was responsible for the project for which 16 renowned architects (among them Le Corbusier with Pierre Jeanneret, Mart Stam, Peter Behrens, Walter Gropius, Max and Bruno Taut, J.J.P.Oud, Hans Scharoun and Mies v.d.Rohe himself) designed houses. Of the original 21 houses 11 are left, most of the others were destroyed in WWII bombing raids, among them the ones by Gropius and Taut. But the war thankfully also stopped Nazi plans to demolish all houses of what they called "Araberdorf" (Arab village). In 1958 Weißenhofsiedlung got protected status, in 2016 the Le Corbusier buildings were awarded UNESCO World Heritage status.. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei%C3%9Fenhofsiedlung vielfaltdermoderne.de/en/stuttgart-scharoun-house-weissenhof

Svínafellsjökull is an outlet glacier of Öræfajökull/ Vatnajökull. The mountainside on the right is unstable as can be seen by the landslide that covers part of the glacier. icelandmag.is/article/civil-protection-agency-warns-catastrophic-mountain-collapse-a-threat-svinafellsjokull

MM: optisches Objektiv, Linse

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohrentaucher en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horned_grebe

CMT15: staircase, stairs Flight of steps in Weißenburgpark, site of a former castle and now a popular viewpoint over Stuttgart. There even is a beer garden:-) de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei%C3%9Fenburgpark Due to its topography Stuttgart has hundreds of named and unnamed "Stäffele" (flights of steps) leading up the hills surrounding the city centre. When the terrain gets too steep streets sometimes have dead ends and continue as steps;-) de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttgarter_St%C3%A4ffele

11,5m high Hvalnes Lighthouse was built in 1954 and has been in operation since 1955. It stands on the cape below Eystrahorn, to the west are Lón lagoon and Vestrahorn.