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Cloudscapes #199


My Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 did something crazy this morning!

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Planespotting 2022 #5: The Big Bird III


One last look at Emirates Airways’ Airbus A380, this was really a lucky shot.

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Planespotting 2022 #4: The Big Bird II


Emirates Airways’ Airbus A380 only starts very rarely in a Northeast direction above our heads from Düsseldorf and I’ve been never able to take a closeup photo of it – until this April!

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Planespotting 2022 #3: The Big Bird


The big Airbus A380 from Emirates Airways is still flying from Düsseldorf
and sometimes you can see it flying overhead.

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Planespotting 2022 #2: The Antonov 2


This Antonov AN-2 is stationed at our local airport Essen-Mülheim and is probably the only Biplane in this region!

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Planespotting 2022 #1: The Antonov


Our local Blimp isn’t flying this year, but today I saw the Antonov AN-2 flying and it sounds very different than the small Cessnas and Pipers that are zipping around here.

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Cloudscapes #198


Sunset, Summer Solstice Edition!

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Cloudscapes #197


The Sahara sand made a strange sunset today.

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Return of the Blimp – Spring Flights 1


An evening flight of our local blimp Luftschiff Theo!

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Return of the Blimp – Spring ’21 Debut


Our local blimp Luftschiff Theo made his first spring flight today!

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