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17-year periodical Cicada

(Genus Magicicada) Indiana, USA – May/June 2021 After growing underground for 17 years, the larvae climb into daylight, shed their skin one last time, and go in search…

Red-winged Blackbird

(Agelaius phoeniceus) Indiana, USA – April 2021 The male presents himself trilling loudly, while the brown-colored female watches the performance with interest. The preferred habitat of these birds…

Landscapes

New Mexico, USA – March 2019 The steppe landscape of the prairie offers a wide view of distant mountain panoramas. The stormy weather drives the clouds over the…

Very Large Array

New Mexico, USA – March 2019 The “Very Large Array” (VLA) is an observatory consisting of 27 radio telescopes with a diameter of 25 meters each. The system…

White Sands

New Mexico, USA – March 2019 The Chihuahua Desert is the largest of the North American deserts and is located in the border area between the USA and…

Saguaro

(Carnegia gigantea) Arizona, USA – July 2017 In the Sonora Desert, the characteristic column cacti determine the landscape. These cacti, also known as Saguaro, grow very slowly and…

Meteor Crater

Arizona, USA – July 2017 The impact of a meteorite about 50,000 years ago caused this crater. It has a diameter of about 1,200 m and a depth…

Ship Rock

New Mexico, USA – July 2017 The name couldn’t be more fitting. Like a ship on the horizon, this rock formation sails over the waving steppe landscape of…

Painted Desert

Arizona, USA – July 2017 The “Painted Desert” lies at about 1,800 meters above sea level on the Colorado Plateau and stretches in an arc over about 250…

Mesa Verde

Colorado, USA – July 2017 Mesa Verde is a national park located on a densely forested and rugged table mountain in Colorado. The mountain rises to more than…

Valley of the Gods

Utah, USA – July 2017 About 40 km northeast of Monument Valley lies the Valley of the Gods. In contrast to the Monument Valley, it is hardly touristically…

Monument Valley

Arizona & Utah, USA – July 2017 On our one-week tour across the Four-Corners region, in which the four states Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico border each…