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The Lung of Earth
From above it becomes obvious both how beautiful and how fragile the nature of this world is and that we have to do our best to protect it. Especially here at the Amazon rain forest which is under threat from deforestation although it is of uttermost importance for the climate…
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Niki Lauda
At that time the shocking news arrived that Niki Lauda, the three times Formula One world champion, chairman of Mercedes-AMG Petronas, and founder of three airlines, has passed away. I was devastated. Even if I never got to know you personally: I miss you, Niki
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Coincidences Vs Causality
One could say everything in the universe happens due to coincidences. But what is coincidence? It seems like everything is a part of an evolution, so it is a part of the chain of causality, which is normally called a chain although it is rather like a net or a…
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Deep In The Ocean
In case of the crash of Air France Flight 447 in June 2009 the FDR (Flight Data Recorder) and CVR (Cockpit Voice Recorder) could be found and recovered in 2011 after they were lying four kilometres deep in the Atlantic for two years, and they could still be read! Hopefully…
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The Sun Is Not A Lightbulb
If we would always just have trusted our senses we would still think the earth is flat and the planets and sun are moving around us. And that someone put us here on one day and the animals as well. And the sun is a lightbulb. But fortunately we have…
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At the Nazca Lines
Early civilisations were always an interesting part of history for me, and finally I made it to the Nazca Lines. They are geoglyphs in the soil of the Nazca Desert in Peru and were created between 500 BCE and 500 CE by people walking in certain patterns on the desert…
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The Nazca Lines
The Nazca Lines are geoglyphs in the soil of the Nazca Desert in Peru. They were created between 500 BCE and 500 CE by people walking in certain patterns on the desert floor, removing pebbles and leaving differently coloured dirt exposed. Claims about them being of any other origin are…
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Another World
The way from Lima to Nazca shows landscapes which look so special that one would expect them to be on another planet like Mars rather than on Earth
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US Embassy Bombing
This is what was left of the US embassy in Nairobi after a bombing on 7 August 1998 which occurred simultaneously to a similar one in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It was part of the rising terrorism around the world which the United States created by their quest to rule…
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Thoughts About Migration
DNA tests showed that we, all humans on this planet, are all descendants from just one family. But that one not only lived several ten thousand years ago, they were also Africans. But it shows: We are not that different. We all belong to one race, the Homo sapiens. So…
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Tea Plantation
At a tea plantation near Eldoret. In Africa agriculture is often still somewhat in harmony with nature
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Road to Eldoret
On the way from the town of Eldoret to a farm nearby. This part of the road is actually still under construction and would be paved later
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