Some impressions from my latest road trip to Italy and Switzerland, late February 2019. Lots of snow around, but uncommonly warm at this time of the year…Enjoy!
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Setting Moon over the Lechtaler Alpen, Tyrol, Austria…
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Anti-tank obstacles, covered in 1.5 m of snow, Plamort, South Tyrol, Italy…
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Eerie looking halo covering the half Moon, early morning @ Ofen Pass, Switzerland…
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Lenticular clouds at sunset over Bernina Pass, Switzerland…
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Pre-dawn with the rising crescent Moon, Venus and Jupiter, Bernina Pass, Switzerland…
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Magical light @ Bernina Pass, Switzerland…
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Not an everyday sight…railroad through the city of Tirano, Italy…
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Paintings around a public well, Tirano, Italy…
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Somewhere around Lago di Como, Italy…
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Simplon Adler (Monument), Simplon Pass, Switzerland…
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Stargazing @ Simplon Pass, Switzerland…notice the bright light to the right…
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…the so-called Zodiac Light, pointing towards the Pleiades and engulfing Mars and Uranus…
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Lots of high-alpine roads are closed in Switzerland during winter times…
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Along the Simplon Pass route…
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Ganter bridge and Bortelhorn (center), 3193 m, Switzerland…
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Second night @ Simplon Pass, with Orion up high…
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Pre-dawn @ Simplon Pass, Switzerland…
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Winter´s magic @ Simplon Pass, Switzerland
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Verbania @ Lago Maggiore, Italy, with the snow-capped suisse Alps in the distance, where I just got down from…
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Lago Maggiore, seen from Villa Giulia, Verbania, Italy…
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