| | Coffee-table book about the Harz nationalpark | | The new coffee-table book Natürlich Harz! (Natural Harz) by Ralf Steinberg covers the natural history and rich biodiversity of the Harz Mountain nationalpark. This is a mountainous region in northern Germany with old-growth fir and spruce forests where lynx and wildcats still roam. I contributed six of my images to this book (of the Eurasian hobby and the Northern goshawk).
Natürlich Harz! by Ralf Steinberg. Juhr Verlag, 2011. 176 pp. German with english summaries and figure captions ISBN-10: 3942625040 Price: 24.90 | | November 29th, 2011 |
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| | New monograph on the Eurasian hobby | | A new monograph (in german) on the Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo) written by K.-D. Fiuczynski & P. Sömmer has been published this week by Westarp Wissenschaften. Eight of the phototgraphs in this book are mine, including the cover picture.
Der Baumfalke
Die Neue Brehm-Bücherei Bd. 575 372 S. 72 SW-Abb., 83 Farb-Abb., ISBN-10:3-89432-229-2 ISBN-13:978-3-89432-229-8
44,95 / sFr 78,00 | | March 11th, 2011 |
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| | Chasing storms on Tornado Alley, June 19th - 28th, 2010 | | In June 2010, I spent one week chasing storms on the High and Northern Plains of the U.S. Within seven days, We drove 5500 Kilometers, touching eight states (Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas, Minnesota and Iowa) and encountered fantastic supercells, lightning, tornadoes and huge hail. Chase accounts are on the STORMS & SEVERE WEATHER section | | July 5th, 2010 |
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| | Red Sea / Egypt Winter 2010 | | During February 2010, I spent one week in Egypt doing research on Recent tropical echinoids. SCUBA diving in the beautiful coral reefs was most enjoyable! | | March 12th, 2010 |
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| | Sphaeraster, the starfish that wanted to be a sea urchin | | Today, I added a thread on the weird Jurassic starfish Sphaeraster in the ECHINOIDS/FOSSIL ECHINOIDS section. and I added some new pictures in the NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY/BIRDS and LANDSCAPES sections.
To much to do during the last months (I moved to another place) - next updates will follow at the end of October.
| | September 23rd, 2009 |
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| | In praise of chalk | | There is nothing like echinoids from the chalk! This new account celebrates their beauty and delicacy. Go to the ECHINOIDS/FOSSIL ECHINOIDS section. | | May 11th, 2009 |
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| | Mediterranean winter thunderstorm, January 09, 2009 | | Added a thread (17 pictures) about a stunning winter thunderstorm over the Mediterranean in the STORMS AND SEVERE WEATHER section, as seen from my favourite spot on the Mallorca mainland (Balearic Islands) | | January 23rd, 2009 |
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| | Winter thunderstorm over the Jordan desert | | Added a thread on a winter thunderstorm in the desert of Jordan in the STORMS AND SEVERE WEATHER section | | December 30th, 2008 |
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| | The weird crinoid Cyathidium: A true living fossil | | Pictures of fossil and Recent members of the bizarre crinoid Cyathidium added in the ECHINOIDS/FOSSIL ECHINOIDS section | | November 28th, 2008 |
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| | Beauty in flint: Cidaris rosenkrantzi from Denmark | | Added three new images from Cidaris rosenkrantzi in the ECHINOIDS/FOSSIL ECHINOIDS section | | October 29th, 2008 |
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| | New images added in the Echinoid Symbiosis section | | Added some nice starfish micro X-ray CT images in the ECHINOIDS/ ECOLOGY/SYMBIOSIS section. | | October 16th, 2008 |
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| | Photographic trip to Austria and Croatia | | September 21 to October 12, 2008: Photographic trip to the Hohen Tauern Nationalpark (Eastern Alps, Austria) and Cres Island (Adriatic Sea, Croatia). | | October 14th, 2008 |
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| | www.tornadoropa.eu is now online! | | Here you will find information about echinoids, severe weather/stormchasing and galleries of my wildlife and landscape photography. Please visit this site regularly, since many parts are still under construction and will be updated soon. | | June 19th, 2008 |
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