The climate of Tasmania is dominated by the currents of the Antarctic Ocean. Rough wind blows persistently humid air mass against the coast forming the torn shreds of clouds moving land inwards. These cold currents give the inshore waters of Tasmania its abundance of fish, the benefits of which are bestowed upon the penguins breeding along the coast.

On each day and everywhere all over the world there are magnificent sunsets. However the sunsets in the Australian outback seem to be a bit more red and a bit more fiery than anywhere else on the world. One reason for this are the wide spread bush fires during the burning season in late summer. The smoke and the sooty particles split the beams of the sun and leave the sky burning brilliantly fiery red.

The Himalaya, the highest mountain system on earth. Seen from the distance Mt. Everest with its 8.848m (left background) doesn´t seem to be very spectacular behind the summit of 8.516m high Lhotse. More impressive is the distinctive silhouette of the Ama Dablam (right), even if its altitude of 6.856m is far below the elevation of an eight-thousander peak.

Rain rarely falls on the dunes of the Namib. The sun and cloudless sky push day temperatures up to 50°C.  Even that tiny amount of rain, together with the humidity of the morning fog created by the Benguela current in front of the Namibian coast drifting inland, is sufficient for the survivalists of the desert. Acacia trees and grasses form the nutrition base for insects, birds and mammals like the majestic Oryx antelope.

It is considered as one of the most beautiful roads in the world: The Great Ocean Road. Starting in Torquay and ending in Allansford the road winds for 250km mostly along the southern coast of the state Victoria. One of the most stunning views along the coastline is the rock formation of the Twelve Apostles in the Port Campbell National Park.

Evening setting in El Calafate, lying on the shoreline of Lago Argentino and gateway to the Los Glaciares National Park. A chilly breeze from the east blows the last clouds of the day over the horizon before the sun sets in the west and the stars take over the lordship of the firmament.

Threateningly clouds move above the Kuiseb pass towards the west, bringing the scent of rain. Thunder growls in the distance and a cool breeze heralds the salvation of the land by the approaching precipitation. Even if rainfall is rare in Namibia, more powerful are the short thunder storms which move over the tongues of the Namib.

Approximately 3.500km in length is the Savannah Way, a route mainly consisting of dusty gravel roads, connecting the port of Broome, lying at the Indian Ocean, with Cairns, a major tourist destination on the Pacific Ocean. The steppe landscape is affected by the sheer gapless arrangement of ghost gum trees and termite mounds, only intermingled by the fences of the cattle farms.

Cotopaxi, meaning "Throne of the moon" is the name for the sacred mountain of the Incas. With its altitude of 5.897m it is the second highest mountain in Ecuador and one of the highest active volcanoes of the Andes. Last erupting in 1904, he has since been sleeping again; however, smaller earth quakes and smoke expulsions indicate he is not in a deep sleep.

The sun rises slowly in the east of the Erongo province on the edge of the Namib, tingeing the westerly sky with pastels of the morning. Dew lies on the grasses, dispensing much needed humidity to flora and fauna. Soon the matutinal coolness has to give way the remorseless heat of the day drinking all water of the night.

In the heart of Australia, and far from civilization, lies the "Red Centre". Few places on earth allow witnessing the never ending vastness and solitude like that of the Australian outback. Endless sceneries dominated by the red soil stretch to the horizon, interspersed by eucalyptus trees and spinifex grass.

Ice masses of the Perito Moreno glacier migrate from the slopes of the Andes into the largest lake of Argentina, Lago Argentino. Sediments collected by the glacier on its journey give the water its milky turquoise color. Together with the glacial ice and the Patagonian sky it forms a symphony in blue.

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