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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 (18)
Juliette.Gribnau
awesome !! fav
starship64
Gorgeous shot!
soffy
amazing view and landscape,wonderful capture***
farmerC
Exellent shot.
giulband
Impressive place and atmosphere extraordinary picture !!!!!!!!!
Faemike55
wild and beautiful
durleybeachbum
Stunning, and what a triumph to abandon coal.
blankfrancine
Fine photography with great detail.
bmac62
Even the look of this place reminds me of Yellowstone. Did you read that between the 9th and 14th of June, Yellowstone had over 400 earthquakes?
T.Rex
Wild looking country side! Very volcanic. I concur with bmac62 - Yellowstone had had an unusual amount of seismic activity in 5 days. I wonder how an eruption thee will affect all these sites around the world. Keep up the good work, but be careful! :-)
junge1
@bmac62! No Bill, I hadn't read it. I wouldn't worry about how an eruption at Yellowstone would affect other sites around the world. I would worry about how it would affect the United States. Look what Mt. St. Helen did to the western United States, and on a earthquake scale Mt. St. Helen wasn't very much. But if Yellowstone erupts with the potential it has, or if the area around Rotorua erupts on that scale, I think we would be in serious trouble. The Rotorua area has twelve lakes and the entire area is with a caldera, 22 km across, that was formed after a gigantic eruption about 1.5 million years ago.
Pelican
Excellent image, and thx for the info !
KarmaSong
A gorgeous view of these geysers, in this magnificent photo. Your narrative reminds me of the same use of the geothermic energy tapped in Iceland, from which the word 'geyser' originates !
photosynthesis
Wonderful shot - glad to hear you're using cleaner & safer forms of energy...
Richardphotos
outstanding photo and steamed my glasses up just looking! ps: Northern California
junge1
@Richardphotos! OK!
virginiese
Perfect capture. It looks like a wonderful place to visit ! Thanks for sharing with us !
sossy
stunning, dramatic, outstanding, moody, amazing, fascinating and gorgeous capture! a real breathtaking master find and moment 🤗 fav