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Misty Sunset in the Rheingau.

A somewhat foggy sunset in Kiedrich, Rheingau, Germany.

San Andrés

Originally uploaded by laurenz.

more pictures from Central America in general and San Andres in particular at my other website Travel Photo Net, however most of the photos there are not published under a Creative Commons licence (all rights reserved).

Ayers Rock (Uluru) at sunrise.
If you get the chance, visit the rock at this time as then, you’ll be able to see the saturated red/orange tones you have come to expect from it. Later in the day, the colours change completely.

The sun has not yet risen, and there are hardly any tourists on the compound.
A good time to feel the atmosphere.

Summer Palace, Beijing, China. This is the summer retreat of the emperor.
The sheer size of the area is amazing. Here you find a lake, pagodas, temples, many bridges, traditional Chinese garde architecture, and even an old wooden market street.
The summer palace was initially called “garden of clear ripples”, but renamed after the Chinese revolution.
This is one of the main tourist attractions of Beijing. Fortunately, the buses usually stop here for little more than an hour - so there are still many quiet spots.