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Besides different kinds of beautiful #fish you fin

Besides different kinds of beautiful #fish you find a lot of other unusual #seainhabitants #offtheshore of #kenya. Have a look at this #starfish, #eels, #giantclams, #seaspider or #seacucumber - none of these I have spotted before or even knew that they would exist 🤷🏼‍♂️

#travelafrica and #exploremore! 🙌🏼😊
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#seestern
#aal
#riesenmuschel
#seegurke
#snorkeling
#underwaterphotography
#olympustoughtg6
#neverstopexploring
#africa
#kenia
#dianibeach

Still doing #safari, but now #exploring #kenya #un

Still doing #safari, but now #exploring #kenya #underwater! Around #dianibeach you find quit some decent spots for #snorkeling. These are the first #saltwaterpics I have taken with my new #olympustoughtg6 😊 Enjoy and wait for the next post that shows what kind of #underwaterlife Kenya has besides #fish! 🙌🏼
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#africa
#travelkenya
#travelafrica
#underwaterphotography
#fishphotography
#naturephotography
#exploremore
#neverstopexploring
#lionfish

In the #documentaries they usually focus on the ni

In the #documentaries they usually focus on the nice sides of #wildlife and #nature. From what I have seen during my last week, I now believe that true and wild nature doesn’t know any mercy. We have witnessed twice how #predators like #hyenas or #cheetahs have #chaseddown and afterwards #eaten their victims alive while screaming, #withoutanymercy. Even if this is not shown in TV, this is also a part of #wildnature and we also need to protect these working #ecosystems. Even if it is #cruel to watch, there is nothing left from any animal dying in such an ecosystem: #vultures and many other participants of this ecosystem are taking care of every part of a body that has lost its life.

However #climatechange seems to be the biggest part of #ourresponsibility in this context: The #wilderbeest we have seen in #amboseli looked many times very #weak and they were an easy target for many predators. They didn’t find anything to eat due to the severe dryness. If we don’t want to disturb our natural ecosystems even further #weneedtostopclimatechange #asap!

The #dryness in #amboseli has obviously reached a

The #dryness in #amboseli has obviously reached a critical level already. Not every #animal has been able to adjust to this situation yet. Whereas #giraffes, #ostriches, #elephants and #hippos didn’t seem to have a very hard time (see these pictures and the series before), we spotted hundreds of #wilderbeest that were stretched down either by heat or by #predators or both at the same time.
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#lifeisgoodbutalsoachallenge
#neverstopexploring
#africa
#kenia
#amboselinationalpark
#travelafrica
#wildlife
#naturephotography
#gnu

Besides #maasaimara, the #amboselinationalpark is

Besides #maasaimara, the #amboselinationalpark is the most visited #gamepark in #kenya. Even though we were already #astonished about the #wildlife that we have experienced in Maasai Mara, Amboseli surprised us with completely #differentviews: due to #climatechange it has been #unusuallydry on the one hand and there were a lot of swamps from the #meltingice of #Kilimanjaro on the other hand. This post shows some impressions views of the #swampyareas.
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#neverstopexploring
#naturephotography
#wildlifephotography
#elephants
#africa
#travelafrica
#magicofafrica

In #maasaimara we were able to watch a #cheetah ea

In #maasaimara we were able to watch a #cheetah eating its freshly hunted #gazelle, #leopards and #lions relaxing in the shades and even some other #predators. #safaritimes are #luckytimes 😊
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#neverstopexploring
#naturephotography
#wildlifephotography
#kenya
#africa
#masaimara
#masaimaranationalpark

Our first days in #kenya are packed with #wildlife

Our first days in #kenya are packed with #wildlife impressions in the #maasaimara. It is great to experience the #endless fields and #views of this #nationalpark. And this huge size allows the herds to grow big, so we were lucky to see thousands of #zebras, #wildbeest and #gazelles! 🙌🏼
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#safaritime
#neverstopexploring
#magicofafrica
#africa
#safari

I visited #Taiwan in #2014. I remember well how #f

I visited #Taiwan in #2014. I remember well how #fascinated I was about this country that - in contrast to #China - felt very much #westernoriented and #technologydriven. We also went into the mountains of Taiwan and enjoyed the #nature, which I also didn’t expect to experience there. It also felt strange to me to see so much tanks and #military facilities and equipment throughout the country. Seeing this today, it would probably not feel strange anymore, it would make sense.
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#flashback
#neverstopexploring
#travelasia

#mushrooms are indeed #magical. And looking at the

#mushrooms are indeed #magical. And looking at them from a different perspective they are #mystical as well. However it feels like charging my battery if I spend time in #thewoods and watch out for pictures like this 🙌🏼
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#olympustoughtg6
#olympusphotography
#naturephotography
#neverstopexploring
#macrophotography
#microphotography

My first #underwaterpics taken right in front of m

My first #underwaterpics taken right in front of my #home! 😍 Since we experience a really long and #hotsummer, the #illerriver is running quite low on #water. Due to the #slowflow of the water, it feels comfortable to the #fry and the water is full of it! Those #youngfishes are #morecuriousthanafraid and wanted to know more about my new #olympustoughtg6 🤩
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#iller
#senden
#ay
#sendenay
#sendenanderiller
#fischbrut
#jungefische
#döbel
#fische

You might wonder how #life is like on #mars. #visi

You might wonder how #life is like on #mars. #visitwadirum and you can find out! 😎 This place is really #unique in terms of #landscape and #climate. The #redsand and the surrounding #rocks make you feel #likeinamovie. And this is why many movies like #StarWars, #laurenceofarabia or #dermarsianer have been produced here.
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#visitjordan
#jordanien
#welcometojordan
#neverstopexploring
#desert
#beduins
#dune
#derwüstenplanet

#welcometojordan is a sentence I heard so often du

#welcometojordan is a sentence I heard so often during the last days that I cannot count it. #jordan is such a #beautiful, #welcoming and #open country that wants to be travelled!

The first pictures I want to share with you are the ones I have taken in #amman today. The city seems unbelievably wide with all it’s #perfectlyarranged houses in #typical #arabstyle along the hills. The first tall buildings are about to emerge in one part of the city, but the rest of the city is adorned in classic #Arab #architecture. Also, there are #cabseverywhere and it’s a nice #shoppingstop on a trip through Jordan.
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#neverstopexploring
#middleeast

#nature #nofilterneeded #stilleben #flowers #nat

#nature
#nofilterneeded
#stilleben
#flowers
#natur
#inlovewithnature
#hintergrundbilder
#backgrounds

#ulm is #beautiful. Ulm #atnight is #magical. Ulm

#ulm is #beautiful. Ulm #atnight is #magical. Ulm is #home.

I have taken these pictures on July 14, #2008, at around half past 10pm. And I still love to have a look at them 🙂
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#flashback
#ulmsummer
#neuulm
#dasbesteanneuulmistderblickaufulm

Born and grown up in the #Ulm area, I know the #da

Born and grown up in the #Ulm area, I know the #danube river as a nice and charming midsize river since I was a little child. When I visited places like #budapest or #belgrade I firstly recognised how meaningful and big this river is for Europe and many of its countries. After visiting the #irongates in #romania and #serbia, I have once again extended my knowledge of the #beauty and #realdimension of this #stunning and #majestic #flowofwater.
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#donau
#rumänien
#eisernestor
#fromabove
#ilovemydrone
#containerships
#neverstopexploring
#romaniaflashback

#thinkingback to our trip through #Romania, the to

#thinkingback to our trip through #Romania, the town of #Viscri I will surely #neverforget! ❤️🙌🏼 This #stunninglybeautiful village seems to have fallen asleep for a long time and gives a feeling about how the #romanian #countryside could have looked like in #oldertimes. While #wanderingaround, the whole #atmosphere is so #cozy and #peaceful that you instantly start to #relaxyourmind. Also, Viscri has the most beautiful #fortifiedchurch that I have seen in #transylvania so far - and it has really a lot of them over there!

If you don’t know where to go next: #traveltransylvania! 😊
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#fortifiedchurchesoftransylvania
#unescoworldheritage
#neverstopexploring
#ilovemydrone
#fromabove
#romaniaflashback
#flashback

#Exploring the #Carpathians during #April doesn‘

#Exploring the #Carpathians during #April doesn‘t really feel like #spring, it is still deep #winter over here. The #Moldoveanu - the #highestmountain of #Romania (pic no. 4) - is covered in #snow. That also means that due to avalanche danger, we experienced the #Transfăgărășan pass road closed down (pic no. 5), so we had to turn around and drive all the way back to #brasov.

However #brownbears are already around in the lower mountain areas of the #faragasmountains. We have encountered two #motherbears with their two juveniles close to the road during our #mountainsafari! 🐻
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#neverstopexploring
#wildnature
#fromabove
#ilovemydrone
#romania
#carpathianmountains
#karpaten
#rumänien
#braunbären
#bär
#braunbär

I just stumbled across these #dronepictures from #

I just stumbled across these #dronepictures from #2019, when we were visiting the Russian part of the #coronianspit near #Kaliningrad. Hard to believe what happened since that time and hard to imagine when will be the next time to travel #Russia.
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#2019flashback
#ilovemydrone
#fromabove
#neverstopexploring
#stopwar

My first #impressions of #Romania included some #m

My first #impressions of #Romania included some #magicalatmosphere, #naturallandscapes, #richculture and #welcomingpeople. We explored the rather remote region of #maramures, which is famous for its #woodart, #woodenchurches and #monasteries.

The first colourful picture shows the #cheerfulcemetery - a place that somewhat reminded me of the #hillofcrosses in #Lithuania.

When we travelled to #syria in the year of #2011 w

When we travelled to #syria in the year of #2011 we surely knew that this journey would become a very #unique one for us. In the end, we turned out to be among the #lasttourists visiting the country before it completely fell apart due to the #civilwar. However I didn’t expect a #pandemictime like we experience it today to happen. Today, it all travel memories appear even more precious than before, because #travelling was a different thing before the #Covid pandemic. This is why I digged into the #pictures of this very special trip more than #tenyearsago. And so I would like to share these #memories of places like #Damascus, #Aleppo, #Palmyra and even #Duraeuropos with the beautiful view upon the #euphratesriver with you. Some of the buildings and ancient sights on the pictures don’t even exist anymore today. Have a look at my website www.grathi.de if you’re interested in details.
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#neverstopexploring
#travellove
#2011flashback
#beforecovid19

#goodbye from #curacao with a #portrait of one of

#goodbye from #curacao with a #portrait of one of the most common #raptors on the #island: the #warawara which is hunting for reptiles and smaller animals, preferably on the ground. You meet this bird almost everywhere on the island, quite some times even on the road where it is about to „clean up“ the #roadkills.
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#birding
#birdwatching
#schopfkarakara
#exploremore
#telephotography

Alright, now it’s getting really #colorful! #wil

Alright, now it’s getting really #colorful! #willemstad not only is one of the most colourful #capitalcities I have seen so far. It is also very open minded in terms of different #cultures and even sexual orientations. All houses are painted in different #colors since 150 years already which makes the city almost as colourful as the #coralreefs of #curacao. Together with the #dutch #colonialarchitecture it makes it so unique that the #historic #citycentre is nowadays part of the #unescoworldheritage.
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#neverstopexploring
#caribbean
#fromabove
#ilovemydrone
#dutchcaribbean
#lifeisfullofcolors
#🌈

Some #historylesson today! #curacao has quite a da

Some #historylesson today! #curacao has quite a dark #past referring to its #colonialtimes. What nowadays looks like a #ghosthouse and enthrones over the sea was once a very sad place (picture no. 1): the #quarantainehouse of Curaçao where all African slaves that arrived here after 10 weeks of travelling on the sea had to stay for a certain time. 300 years ago #slavetrade was the main business on Curaçao.

On picture no. 2 you can see #fortbeekenburg which is still one of the biggest and best preserved forts in the #caribbean. To protect Curaçao as an important location for trading slaves but even more important to hide and repair fleets of war ships, this fort was built 1703 overlooking the entrance to the #spaansewater. On the same picture you can see how Spaansewater is used today: it is an extremely luxury neighbourhood where celebrities own their beach houses including their private yacht berth.
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#exploremore
#ilovemydrone
#fromabove
#afrocuraçaoan
#history
#dutchcaribbean

#rainyseason in the #dutchcaribbean can mean one d

#rainyseason in the #dutchcaribbean can mean one day with a lot of rain which then doesn’t seep into the ground that is to dry to take up the water. We experienced this during our #outback trip on #curacao - #stuckinthemiddleofnowhere 🤷🏼‍♂️

It’s amazing how many #differentfaces this #island has! 🙂
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#neverstopexploring
#ilovemydrone
#djispark

Today I #spotted many animals the first time in #w

Today I #spotted many animals the first time in #wildlife on #curacao. One of them were #flamingos - what an amazing feeling to watch these very special birds in their #natural habitat! Hopefully I can share more impressions with you during the next days. It feels so nice to get into travelling again after all these Covid months.

#travellingislife #lifeisajourney #neverstopexploring #telephotography

Greetings from #beautiful #Amalfi in #Italy. This

Greetings from #beautiful #Amalfi in #Italy. This #coast is a real #diamond #nature and #culture. And during #covidtimes it is just calm and relaxed - what a #dream! 🙂
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#endlichwiederraus
#covidfeelslikejail
#pizzapastacozze

Our #moon. It just looks #magic when he rises and

Our #moon. It just looks #magic when he rises and appears close to the #horizon. Staring at him and taking pictures of him is just a fantastic way of spending time. I have taken the first pictures of the moon with my #telelens almost 15 years ago. This one I took a week ago when the moon was just about to rise and it looked gigantic! :-)

#wonderful #sunrise #abovetheroofs in #illertown #

#wonderful #sunrise #abovetheroofs in #illertown #senden #ay
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#lifeisgreat
#homesweethome
#coronatime
#homeofficelife

#Believeitornot: I recently #spotted this #elve in

#Believeitornot: I recently #spotted this #elve in a #forest close by. Never before I have #witnessed an elve living in a forest. After all the #fairytales one tells about them it was however not too hard to recognise this #tinybeauty.

I wish that all of you may be so lucky to find your own elves in forests that you #lovetoexplore! Sometimes you just need to #getcloser! 🔎 👀 🍀 Have a wonderful 2021 everyone! 🤗

Yesterday I watched the #afghanistan #documentary

Yesterday I watched the #afghanistan #documentary of @samuel.haede which was really impressing, showing this country from a very different perspective. The pictures he shows from the Afghan #highlands in #centralasia made me think of my trip to #xinjiang again and I just digged out a couple of pictures for you. I begin to really #misstraveling these days. #china is such a #blast to travel! This trip was maybe the best in my life and all experiences we made were so unique that even today it feels like a different world when I remember back this trip in #2013.
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#flashback
#coronatime
#neverstopexploring
#uiguren
#westchina
#endoftheworld
#roofofchina

This place is really #magic! 😍 When I explored

This place is really #magic! 😍 When I explored #silesia this #summer, I passed by this gigantic #monestary of #lubiąż close to #wroclaw in #poland. It is the second biggest monestary in whole #europe after #escorial in #Spain.

Since 1810 all monks have finally left this site but it has a dynamic and #tragic history ever since. This place has touched my soul more than most other touristic places I have seen in Poland and it is my personal #numberone #recommendation if you want to explore a #lostplace with lots of #history in Poland.
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#exploremore
#fromabove
#ilovemydrone
#neverstopexploring
#klosterleubus
#leubus
#schlesien
#polen
#travelpoland

Impressions of beautiful #wroclaw in #silesia, #po

Impressions of beautiful #wroclaw in #silesia, #poland. This city #flourishes! 💐 😊 When I came here last time almost 9 years ago the #city didn’t feel as wealthy and relaxed as it does today. The whole #waterfront is renewed and one can enjoy the views on the #riveroder in one of the many beach bars. Also #fromabove this development is noticeable (see the first picture of the #wroclawcathedral and the nicely renovated #buildings all around). In the second picture you can see the #unescoworldheritage #centennialhall which is integrated in a nice park with #fountains and #nature all around.
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#visitpoland
#exploremore
#neverstopexploring
#breslau
#wroclau
#breslaw
#schlesien
#familyroots
#cityfullofhistory
#ilovemydrone
#jahrhunderthalle
#breslauerdom
#dominsel
#breslauerdominsel

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