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| View from Oppeid (Vetten) |
The Lofoten mountains in the distance |
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| One of the locals ... |
Tranøy Lighthouse |
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| Tranøy in the middle of the night |
Me, Sverre Ivar, Tore and Jørn |
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| Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife |
The Teide vulcano (3717 MSL) |
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Gran Telescopio Canarias (10 m mirror)
on La Palma, 2350 MSL |
Nordic Optical Telescope, NOT (2.5 m mirror) |
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| View of the caldera on La Palma |
Me in front of the NOT |
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| Arriving Venice by boat (of course) |
St Mark's Square with the Doge's Palace (right), the Basilica and the bell tower |
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| San Servolo, a small island in the Venetian lagoon |
Burano, another picturesque island |
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| Jan Teuber (left) – Sean Connery look- alike and professional conference crasher |
Cosy canals |
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| The Rialto Bridge |
The Grand Canal |
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| Telescopes atop La Silla |
The control room of the Danish 1.5m |
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| Just before sunrise |
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| Just before sunset |
"La Princesa" poses with a sea of clouds in the background |
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| On the plane from La Serena to Santiago |
Santiago from Cerro San Cristóbal |
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| Virgin Mary atop Cerro San Cristóbal |
Chaplin impersonator and Cecilia |
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| Cusco (3300 MSL) |
Cusco by night |
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| The Sacret Valley (Valle Sagrado) |
On the way to Chinchero |
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| Chinchero |
Sacsayhuaman, Cusco |
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| Aguas Calientes, at the base of Machu Picchu |
Agricultural terraces on Machu Picchu, "The lost city of the Inkas" (2400 MSL) |
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| A classic view of Machu Picchu |
The trapezoidal shape is key in Inka architecture |
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Cusco, Peru (original: 11,537 x 1,911 pixels)
Santiago, Chile, as seen from the top of Cerro San Cristóbal (original: 8,100 x 1,957 pixels)
Machu Picchu, Peru (original: 7,675 x 1,882 pixels)
Observatory at La Silla in the chilean Atacama desert (original: 9,918 x 1,900 pixels)
The Hamsun and Lofoten mountains in Hamarøy, Northern Norway (original: 8,786 x 1,652 pixels)
The Doge's Palace in St Mark's Square, Venice, Italy (original: 5,893 x 2,003 pixels)
View from "Kolsåstoppen" near Oslo, Norway (original: 7,482 x 1,468 pixels – mobile phone)
 Sognsvann, Oslo
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 Sognsvann, Oslo
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The Sombrero Galaxy (M104) observed from La Silla. See also Robert Gendler
© Jan-Erik Ovaldsen |
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