Barometer

Horlogerie – Barometer

The barometer needs a check-up. At the moment I just openend it and will observe the pressure variations over the few next days. Today the QNH is 1017hPa.

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From right to left:  Team 60, Patrouille Suisse, Patrulla Aguila, Frecce Tricolori.

Photography – Airshow

The imaginative finale to the show Air04 involved 5 of Europe’s premier display teams performing a series of joint fly-bys, described in the programme as the ‘Patrouille des patrouilles’.
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Vallée and Lac de Joux, The east side with the village Le Pont.

Photographie – Vallée de Joux

A lovely Sunday afternoon, hiking on the ice of the frozen Lac de Joux.

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The Vallée de Joux is a valley of the Jura Mountains mainly in the Swiss Canton of Vaud. The valley also continues into France at its higher, south-western, end. Located 30 miles (50 km) north of Geneva and north-west of Lausanne, its mean elevation is over 3300 feet (1000 metres). Lire la suite

Lavey-les-Bains

Photographie – Spa

A special day off at the near-by spa. Steaming hot water releasing clouds of vapour in the ice cold air, in front of a pale sun, rising behind the trees.

A perfect morning to relax and enjoy the place.

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Snowtime!

Photography – Snowtime!

Snow falls and traffic gets jammed!

The short hop from home to work lasted three times as much as usual on this particular snow day in February. Cars everywhere, a couple of them no longer where they should be, huge lines of jammed traffic. This is when I LOVE my 4WD car with four winter tires!

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