absam forest fire: three weeks later [photos]
in mid-march, the hochmahdkopf forest fire claimed a total of 120 hectares of protective forest and turned into the biggest forest fire in tyrol’s history. restauration measures are expected to […]
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photo: spider wasp in action – when the hunter becomes the prey
spider wasps (pompilidae) are – in a nutshell – really badass insects. to provide food for their larvae, these wasps go hunting for spiders that are usually bigger than themselves. […]
australia flashback: short-beaked echidna
this short-beaked echidna (tachyglossus aculeatus) crossed our way near 90-mile beach. it kept going back and forth across the road at the blindest bend in kilometres. while generally afraid of […]
australia, weeks 3 and 4
wow, the past two weeks just flew by… here’s a selection of (mostly off-time) impressions, reaching from the local scenery to science stuff, and on to culinary delights. also included: […]
photokina 2012 – cameras, cameras, and then some more
photokina 2012, the world’s largest imaging fair, took place last week in cologne, germany. there was a lot to see and test on the huge fairground that is koelnmesse, not […]
paragliding in tirol – short review and photos of a tandem flight in stubai valley, austria
here are some pictures of our recent paragliding trip in neustift, austria – more precisely, from mount elfer in beautiful stubai valley. we had booked a trip two weeks in […]