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Hi, I am Sig (junge1),
I was born in Dominikus- Krankenhaus in Berlin-Hermsdorf, Bezirk Reinickendorf in December 1939. Bezirk Reinickendorf was one of 20 Bezirke that made up Gross-Berlin before World War II and one of 12 Bezirke that made up former West-Berlin, the other 8 Bezirke were Russian occupied and became East-Berlin after the war. Moved from Berlin to Neurohlau (Nova Role) Sudetenland (now Czech Republic), in August 1943 (our entire block of apartment buildings was bombed out in November 1943) and returned back to Berlin in November 1945. Saw my dad the first time in my life in August/September 1946 after he returned from POW camp. Attended elementary school in Berlin-Waidmannslust, high school in Berlin-Hermsdorf, and trade school in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Was an apprentice for the trade of Klischeeaetzer (photo engraver) at Burrath & Schmidt on Friedrichstrasse between U-Bahnhof Kochstrasse (near to what later became Checkpoint Charlie) and Hallisches Tor.
While watching Allied planes supplying West-Berlin by air during the Berliner Luftbruecke in 1948-49 I developed my love for aircraft. I guess I could be considered a 'Berliner Grosschnauze", or at least I used to be.
'Wanderlust' led me to leave Berlin in summer 1960 to emigrate to Toronto, Canada and in February 1962 to move from Canada to New York City, NY, USA. In January 1963 I joined the United States Air Force, one step ahead of Uncle Sam drafting me. Became a United States citizen within 7 weeks after it became a security issue because of my military career. One day after I was sworn in as a citizen in Seattle, my entire unit left for Southeast Asia in June 1966. After nearly 5 years of active duty (extended 11 months to make it an 18 months overseas deployment) I got discharged and moved to New York City. In 1973 I moved to Phoenix, Arizona and two years later joined the Arizona Air National Guard.
Received my higher education at Arizona State University and the University of Georgia and worked for 22 years for the Arizona Department of Water Resources in various capacities. Upon military retirement in 1999 and State retirement in 2005 I looked at a number of things to keep me occupied. Traveling and joining 'renderosity' in September 2007 were a couple of them,
Sig..
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Comments (43)
AndreiR
magnificent view!
Coppens
Pretty desolate place, well captured!
artaddict2
You could not imagine such temperatures! Thanks for sharing this shot! Excellent.
tallpindo
One gets no sense of being compressed here or at Salton Sea. The heat, the mornings, the evenings, even the organ at Scotty's castle are worth the trip.
kasalin
Beautiful land.... love your shot
kenwas
Beautiful shot and tallpindo said it well!
mila_s
Nice!
nikolais
wonder how it was before the name came. lovve the expanse
tetsu-pino
Splendid capture!! Magnificent view!!
Ionel
Superb view, Sig!
fredster66
An excellent view! Great photo!
lizzibell
Beautiful capture....
MagikUnicorn
Yes yhats very hot in there all year long ;-) Superb capture :)
Chrissyspics
Beautiful work i love it!^_____^
jocko500
wow that hot. was there globle warming then too? lol just kidding. wonderful shot of Death Vallery; never been there
ElizaB
amazing landscape...great photo
MrsRatbag
Great capture!
flora-crassella
ein sehr schönes Foto von dieser "weiten" Landschaft !
JeffG7BRJ
Not the most hospitable place on the planet Sig, I remember seeing a person training for a marathon here one time. It's quite a few years back, and there was a documentery on it at the time. I remember thinking then it was a harsh place to be training. Excellent capture. Bravo!!!!!
dragonmuse
I hope it wasn't anywhere near that hot for you. Very nice shot.
dbrv6
Great Capture and thats a tad on the warm side.
junge1
@dragonmuse. This picture was taken just before noon and the temperature was 94F.
kgb224
I am sweating already my friend.We are in the mid 30 degrees here in Pretoria. Excellent capture my friend.
emmecielle
Splendid view! :)
jeroni
Excellent capture
blankfrancine
Stunning nature photography!
bluedarkmoon
Absolutely gorgeous and stunning... 5+++
SSoffia
AMAZING VIEW & EXCELLENT CAPTURE :)
UteBigSmile
Awesome view! Hello, thank's for your lovely visit - I just made mine through your beautiful gallery - very very nice Shots in there. Have a nice Sunday, Hug's Ute
ledwolorz
Beautiful landscape and wonderful photo.