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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..
Comments (30)
renecyberdoc
very nice capture.
bazza
Cool capture!!
bmac62
What a spectacular place...did you get swallowed by the clouds next? ;-)
SSoffia
Splendid capture & composition !!!!!!
danob
Amazing scene! Can get rather dangerous up mountains when not prepared!
lior
excellent capture!
kgb224
Wonderful capture my friend.
dragonmuse
A shame that all that motion doesn't translate well to still photos.. this is lovely nonetheless :)
casmindo
Wow what a great shot! Kind of eerie.
flaviok
Fascinante, excelente captura meu amigo, aplausos (5)
nefertiabet
Fantastic shot!!!
SIGMAWORLD
Excellent capture!
oliver_mora_a
Thanks for visiting Costa Rica, Irazu vulcan is one of our volcanoes, for example we have the volcano with the world's largest crater, which is the Poas ... very good picture.
Faemike55
Cool shot
flavia49
wondrous capture!
farmerC
Shining shot.
flora-crassella
FANTASTIC image!!!!!!!!!!!
drifterlee
The clouds are so cool!!
sandra46
TERRIFIC PLACE
Minda
wow! this is amazing capture sig..,,loveeeeee it..
npauling
A great capture and those rocks certainly make a great block for this approaching cloud.
jocko500
this is super wonderful
bimm3d
fantastic place!!
bebert
stunning image
qrud
Pure clean nature.
busi2ness
Amazing capture, and I can feel the clouds covering the mountain in a few minutes.
Cosme..D..Churruca
impressive!
Dreamingbee
how amazing !
carlx
Fantastic place and photography, Sig!!!
amanda_a42
Most impressive, excellent shot!