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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 (34)
Faemike55
Sweet shot! Great photo of the beautiful sky
rachris480907
Beautiful!
Jay-el-Jay
A glorious photo.
abreojos
Beautiful sunset Sig!
UVDan
That's a beauty all right! It looks like somebody launched a rocket.
tigertim
Cool colour graduation down to the horizon.. the contrail makes for another point of interest.
junge1
@UVDan. Those are condensation trails (contrails), produced by a high-flying jet!
auntietk
Beautiful!! We almost had a sunset here last night, but you know how it is. There's nothing in the air here, and when the sun goes down it just gets dark. you make me jealous, with your dust-laden air!
starship64
What a gorgeous shot!
bmac62
Love the composition and golden glow Sig...excellent coming from film via scan.
renecyberdoc
Flaming Horizon.spectacular.
photosynthesis
Spectacular sunset image. The only thing I would recommend is to fill the ground & trees with pure black to create a silhouette effect to replace the pixellation that I assume is an artifact from the scan...
jayfar
A really lovely sunset Sig.
Juliette.Gribnau
wonderful
sharky_
An unforgettable day..... Beautiful! Aloha
farmerC
Fantastic.
dakotabluemoon
A beautiful image with the sun always.
UteBigSmile
Fantastic capture!
Cyve
Fabulous capture and very very great work!!!
ontar1
Beautiful sky, outstanding capture!!!!!!!!!!!
crunch01
wow great shot!
Valeriya
beautiful view of the sky!
nefertiabet
Wonderful sunset capture my friend!!!
whaleman
Nice one!
sandra46
WONDERFUL WORK
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
miwi
Klasse shot,super capture!!!!!!!!!!!!
flavia49
marvellous sky
ia-du-lin
beautiful photo, great atmo, sky and colors.
bebert
splendid capture !!