Archive 19. May 2013

Flying Machine I

19.5.2013 von Guido · Category: Blog, Bugspotting


I had a bit of luck with this flesh fly today sitting on the strawberry leaves – I was able to get quite close without scaring it off. Must have been the warm sun, it seemed surprisingly docile!

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Blimp II

19.5.2013 von Guido · Category: Mülheim


Just to give everyone not familiar with the WDL Blimp a size of proportion: that’s the cabin underneath, which seats one pilot and seven passengers. The blimp itself is 60 meters / 200 feet long and quite an impressive sight when it flies right over you – which it frequently does around here :-).

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New Tennants

19.5.2013 von Guido · Category: Birdspotting, Blog


I’ve seen the nest the week before, but I thought it was an old one from last year… but now it turns out it’s occupied! It’s in a somewhat dangerous place in the ivy opposite our balconies, only about 1.5 meters up. We’ve got a somewhat near line of sight, but I didn’t dare to get any closer from the ground for this photo. Let’s hope that the nest isn’t going to be destroyed by the gardeners… I’ll keep reporting if I can :-).

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Springflowers XLIII

19.5.2013 von Guido · Category: Blog, Flowers, Greenery, Spring


Some more cherry blossoms.

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The Blimp is back in Town

19.5.2013 von Guido · Category: Blog, Planespotting, Skywatching


The unmistakable buzz of the blimp engines is one indicator of really good spring weather :-).

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Moonstack XXIX

19.5.2013 von Guido · Category: Astronomy, Blog, Moon


A double moon just to celebrate that we can actually see it! Not perfect photos by any means, but as usual this is astrophotography on a budget with an old bridge camera.

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