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Greenest Aare

The green waters of the Aare flowing out of the Aareschlucht near Meiringen, Canton of Bern.

Delineated peaks

Afternoon sunlight glints off the surface of the water at the font at Helvetiaplatz, Bern.

Medieval Comics

A Lenten cloth on exhibit at the Liechtensteinisches Landesmuseum, Vaduz, LS

Most people who lived in the Middle Ages could not read, so they used pictures like we use books.
The Lenten cloth from Bendern tells two stories: The top row contains tales from the Old Testament. From the second to the fourth row you can read the story of Jesus.

Panorama put together with Hugin.

Dusty Swirls of the Channel

Detritus from past floods swept out through the Thames estuary into the Channel.

Breather hole

An airplane window has 3 panes. The inner and outer ones are basically protective slabs. The middle one has a thin hole in it so that cabin pressure is equalized all through. Depending on how cold it gets outside and how humid the circulated air is inside, little droplets can freeze on the inside of the outer pane. That’s what you are seeing here, lit by the rising Sun somewhere over Wales.

Guard house under bridge

Looking down at the Aare from the Lorrainebrücke, Bern, CH.

Silhouette over the Aare

A freshly blooming tree sticks its branches over the Aare, flowing under the Lorrainebrücke, Bern, CH.

ZRH Approach .. [2 / 2]

Neatly maintained farms on approach to Zurich, on the outskirts of the village of Windlach, CH.

ZRH Approach .. [1 / 2]

Neatly maintained farms on approach to Zurich, on the outskirts of the village of Windlach, CH.

Kaiser’s Crown

A flower bed on the shore of Lake Zurich, with a Fritillaria imperialis plant holding court. Zurich, CH

Hans Waldmann

Statue of Burgermeister Hans Waldmann, Swiss General and Statesman. A crucial figure in the fall of the the Duchy of Burgundy and the rise of the Swiss Confederacy that irrevocably altered the face and fate of Europe. One does wonder whether it was inevitable that the Swiss and the Burgundians should have clashed so existentially, whether Europe wasn’t big enough to hold both of them, could they have co-existed.

An early 20th-century construction, placed on a huge pedestal in the Münsterhof plaza outside the Fraumünster, Zurich.

Eyeing the Oculus

The oculus at the top of the Pantheon, seen through a grill at the top of the door leading in from the portico. Rome, LZ.

Kirchenfeldbrücke Too

Something went wrong with previous post of this photo of the Kirchenfeld bridge over the Aare, Bern, CB. Repost in full size and with crop.