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,
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Comments (36)
thevolunteer
This almost looks like parts of the Big Island, Hawaii. Beautiful panorama. As for us, we had our share of rain this year already. Aloha
Kaartijer
Awesome panorama, excellent shot!
renecyberdoc
Outstanding panorama indeed,well done.
M2A
Impressive view and panorama. Cars on the road look minuscule ! Thanks for the travel :D
timtripp
fantabulous!!!
THROBBE
Beautiful view and pano!!!
MrsRatbag
Wow, now that's a BIG view! Great work!
bmac62
To coin an old English phrase, this is smashing!!! I love the size of this pano. The detail is great. How many pics did you stitch together for this huge result? Reminds me of my two years at Fort Irwin, CA in the Mojave Desert. Bill
duane1947
Nice Photo...been down that grade many a time, I live about the same distance east of Prescott as that is west. Thanks for sharing.
junge1
@bmac62. I used 4 pictures Bill.
MrsLubner
Ys just got to love those mountain roads. Well, I know I do but then, I am seldom the one driving. :-) Stunning vista view!
PD154
Excellent Pano Sig, the details are fantastic.
jeroni
I love the color and light on this... Great shot
PIERRE25
Merveilleux paysage, belle photo, fav!
pixelmeister
Awesome panorama!
lyron
Good shot!!
durleybeachbum
Excellent!
fredster66
Great view. Very nice.
JeffG7BRJ
Fantastic pano Sig, I wonder if you have noticed the animal? bottom left. Not a real one but it does look somewhat like a cougar/mountain lion. Just to the right of the two large rocks there is what looks like a circle with the head of the lion in that circle. A very interesting image, is there actually two raods here one above the other? It sure looks that way to me. Not been around much for the last couple of months but I am around now for a short while at least. Excellent work, has to be a favourite for me. Bravo!!!!!
flora-crassella
eine wunderbar Landschaft! Ein großartiges Panorama Foto!!!!
casmindo
Nice Sig I will upload fresh snow shots later today. It is white out here in Springerville this morning. Prescott is always nice snow or not.
kgb224
Excellent capture my friend.
dragonmuse
Gorgeous view.. very well done pano.
CavalierLady
Wonderful panorama, Sig! Great scale shown with the mountain highway!
gypsyflame
Beautiful scenery...I love the road that winds around the mountain!
Richardphotos
I love scenes like this where one can look down on the highway below.outstanding capture Sig
hipps13
awesome view
flaviok
Captura magnifica, maravilhosa cena, aplausos (5)
SSoffia
AMAZING PANORAMA & BEAUTIFUL VIEW :)
emmecielle
Wonderful panorama! :)