
People on the beach with its black volcanic sand at Puerto de la Cruz on Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Dec.12.
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Hiking on Tenerife

Hiking along a barranco (ravine) in the north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Dec. 12.
Two Pigeons

Two pigeons fly along Fraankfurt’s skyline, Nov.2.
(Canon 5d Mk4, EF 100-400 4.5-5.6 L Is II, f10, 1/1250 sec, ISO 800, cenverted to b-w in Adobe Camera Raw)
The Hiker

A hiker takes a selfie after reaching the summit of the Kalmit, at 672 meters (2204 ft) the highest peak in the Pfälzerwald (Palatinate Forest) in southwestern Germany, Oct. 26.
A Morning at the Power Plant

A coal train arrives at the Westhafen power plant before daybreak in Frankfurt, Feb. 17. The combined heat and power plant (CHP) is fired with coal imported from the U.S and from Russia. Germany’s shift to renewable power sources has brought the share of green electricity up to about 25% – but the rest of the energy mix has become even more heavily concentrated on coal, which now accounts for some 45% of power generation.
Moonlit Stork

Lit by the full moon, a stork stands in its nest in front of wind turbines near Schoeneck, just north of Frankfurt, shortly after midnight April 16.
Competition of the Day IV

Find out what’s missing here.
(A discarded chair near a sidewalk in Frankfurt, April 8)
Timeout

A broken clock, carelessly discarded on the edge of a field in Frankfurt, Feb.24.
Working Late

Lights are still on in many offices at Frankfurt’s financial district, Jan.29. I have no idea if people are still working this late, pretend to be working or if they just forgot to switch off the lights.
Contrails

A plane leaves its contrails in the sky over Frankfurt, Dec.3.