Masai kids at school, Tanzania
These little kids live in a small village close to the famous NgoroNgoro crater in Tanzania, the largest caldera in the world and home of countless wild animals. Their village is just a collection of...
View ArticleSunset over Cho Oyu from Everest
I finally have some time to edit some older images that never saw the light in public, but I think are worth sharing as they show the beauty of our planet and I realize not everybody gets the chance to...
View ArticleShopkeeper behind bars in Guatemala
Statistically speaking being in Guatemala is almost as dangerous as being in Chicago or Detroit (or any other of the big cities in the USA) if you look at homicide figures. Still many people live...
View ArticleInside a Masai house, Tanzania. About kerosene lamps and solar-powered LED...
A young Masai explains about his living situation and his house, which consists of a mud-covered sticks with nearly no light coming in. His boma (town or settlement) is situated near the NgoroNgoro...
View ArticleMakalu from Mount Everest after sunrise
One of my most popular images on ExposedPlanet is the image of Makalu at sunrise, taken from the 3rd step of Everest. Makalu is the 5th highest mountain on earth, so there are not too many places from...
View ArticleSunrise from Chimborazo, Ecuador
This image was shot in the early morning at the point farthest away from the center of the earth -> Mt Chimborazo in Ecuador, just before sunrise. The mighty glacier-covered volcanoes Cotopaxi,...
View ArticleIceberg near Grey Glacier, Patagonia
It’s #sciencesunday ! Glaciar Grey is a huge glacier in the Torres del Paine National Park. As the glacier is moving and ends in a body of water, parts break off and form icebergs like the one above....
View ArticleMount Fitzroy from Laguna de Los Tres, Patagonia
I am slowly going through my many shots from a recent Patagonia trip. Here is a iconic shot from El Chalten, better known as Mount Fitzroy (El Chalten is still the name of the nearby town). I hiked up...
View ArticleMount Fitzroy from Laguna de Los Tres, Argentina, Patagonia
I am slowly going through my many shots from a recent Patagonia trip. Here is a iconic shot from El Chalten, better known as Mount Fitzroy (El Chalten is still the name of the nearby town). I hiked up...
View ArticleOjos de Caburga, Chile, Patagonia
This was shot in a wonderful place in Chilean Northern Patagonia, and is called the Ojos de Caburga (Ojos=Eyes in Spanish, Caburga is the name of the nearby town.) I don’t do much HDR normally, but I...
View ArticleSunrise from Vallenaraju, Peru
Cordillera Blanca, Peru, at dawn. Related photos: Twin summits of Huascaran from the east at dawn, Peru Young woman cleaning fish, Rio Napo, Peru Sunrise from Chimborazo, Ecuador
View ArticlePorters on Baltoro Glacier with K2 in back
Taken at the Baltoro glacier crossroads, a group of porters are taking a break while K2 is standing proud at the horizon… ————- I am using my photography to promote our Solar light project, replacing...
View ArticleSurinam family in French Guyana
During the civil/jungle war in Surinam in the 1980′s many people fled to neighbouring French Giuana. Only the mother of this family still speaks a bit of Dutch, the kids never learnt it. This friendly...
View ArticleStartrails over Cerro Tronador, Patagonia
Here is a shot that took about one hour to prepare (not including the 6 hr drive and 5 hr hike/ski :) and 16 minutes to take. This is Cerro Tronador, an extinct volcano (though the area is still quite...
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