
Sun comes up beside the El Teide mountain (center) on Tenerife, Canary Islands, seen from the town of Agulo ( in the foreground) on La Gomera island, March 20. At 3,718 meters (12,198 ft) it is the highest mountain in Spain.

Sun comes up beside the El Teide mountain (center) on Tenerife, Canary Islands, seen from the town of Agulo ( in the foreground) on La Gomera island, March 20. At 3,718 meters (12,198 ft) it is the highest mountain in Spain.

The fallen inflorescence of an agave above the mountain village of El Cercado on La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain, March 17.
(Taken with a Nokia 1200 phone)

Gray clouds over a tree at the Wasserkuppe mountain, at 950 m (3,120 ft) the highest elevation in the federal state of Hessen. At this time of the year, there usually is a lot of snow – but not now.
(F 2.8, 1/320 sec., 100 asa, Canon 5d MkIII, EF 70-200mm f/2.8l usm)

Frost-covered rosehips after winter set in on the Feldberg mountain, some 30 kms (18 mls) north of Frankfurt, Nov. 21.

Hiking the Wutachschlucht canyon in the southern part of the Black Forest near the border between Germany and Switzerland on a rainy day, Oct.20.