Desert Plant


White Sands, New Mexico

These plants are interesting. As the dune moves and the surface gets higher, the plants grow quickly in order to stay on the surface and survive. However, as the dune moves on and the sand gets lower the plant gets too tall and unstable. It eventually collapses and dies. How sad is that?

Morning Landscape


I stopped the car on the side of the road and once reaching the spot in the grass from where I wanted to take the picture, I started a struggle with strong winds and light rain. While the winds kept shaking the tripod, the rain kept reaching the glass of the lens. The whole thing took quite a while and was pretty annoying. When I saw a police car approaching, I got even more annoyed. From my experience with police and security guards in the US I got ready to explain myself and the things I am doing, stop photographing, move my car, or whatever. To my surprise, the officers just drove by slowly and waved friendly. A little remainder that I wasn't in the US, but in a place where crime, terrorism and the resulting paranoia does not exist.

Another Waterfall

I needed a whole week for a new post. This has to do with the double life I'm leading. In my other life I just defended my PhD thesis and that needed some preparation. Now it´s time for another waterfall :-)


While driving through the country I had the impression that the number of waterfalls I came across is about even with the number of cars that passed by, and I´m not even joking saying that. This one here was close enough to the road to be discovered by eye, but I needed some hiking to actually get there. Also getting down to the water was a little adventure by itself. I like those hikes where you get rewarded when you reach the goal, and hanging out there was definitely a reward - if it only would be warmer in Iceland.