Picture of the Week 2011
      
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      Week 52: Sunset in the Caribbean sea as seen from CS AIDAaura;
      f=200mm (December 18, 2011)
      
      
      Week 52 "add on 1": Sunset in the Caribbean sea as seen from CS
      AIDAaura; f=44mm (December 18, 2011)
      
      
      Week 52 "add on 2": Just after sunset in the Caribbean sea as seen
      from CS AIDAaura; f=18mm (December 18, 2011)
      
      
      Week 52 "add on 3": Just after sunset in the Caribbean sea as seen
      from CS AIDAaura: "Venus ahead"; f=18mm (December 18, 2011)
      
      
      Week 52 "add on 4": Just after sunset in the Caribbean sea as seen
      from CS AIDAaura: "Escort Service" (December 18, 2011)
      
      
      Week 52 "add on 5": Laser show on pool deck of cruise ship
      AIDAaura (December 17, 2011)
      
      
      Week 51: View from "Empire State Building" to North-North-East,
      Manhattan, New York City (October 5, 2011)
      camera: Nikon D90; optics: Sigma-zoom (f=10-20mm); f=10mm
      
      
      Week 51 "add on 1": View from "Empire State Building" to
      South-South-West, Manhattan, New York City (October 5, 2011)
      
      
      Week 51 "add on 2": View from "Empire State Building" to
      North-East / East river, Manhattan, New York City (October 5,
      2011)
      
      
      Week 51 "add on 3": "The Peninsula" @ night, Manhattan, New York
      City (October 4, 2011)
      
      
      Week 50: Final phase of "Cloudy Lunar Eclipse", Full moon is
      almost 100% back again, f=18mm, Bremen-Überseestadt (December 10,
      2011)
      
      
      Week 50 "add on 1": Final phase of "Cloudy Lunar Eclipse", Full
      moon is almost 100% back again, f=200mm, Bremen-Überseestadt
      (December 10, 2011)
      
      
      Week 50 "add on 2": Service station "Hoyer" as seen from an "out
      of focus" perspective, Bremen-Überseestadt (December 10, 2011)
      
      
      Week 49: "Non-touristy" impression of Bremen (November 29, 2011)
      
      
      Week 49 "add on 1": "Non-touristy" impression of Bremen (November
      29, 2011)
      
      
      Week 49 "add on 2": "Non-touristy" impression of Bremen (November
      29, 2011)
      
      
      Week 49 "add on 3": "Non-touristy" impression of Bremen (November
      29, 2011)
      
      
      
      Week 49 "add on 4": "Non-touristy" impression of Bremen (November
      29, 2011)
      
      
      Week 49 "add on 5": "Non-touristy" impression of Bremen (November
      29, 2011)
      
      
      Week 48: Approaching habour of St. John's with cruise ship
      AIDAluna, Newfoundland, Canada (September 13, 2011)
      
      
      Week 48 "add on 1": Approaching port of St. John's with cruise
      ship AIDAluna, Newfoundland, Canada (September 13, 2011)
      
      
      Week 48 "add on 2": Leaving port of St. John's with cruise ship
      AIDAluna, Newfoundland, Canada (September 13, 2011)
      
      
      Week 48 "add on 3": Leaving port of St. John's with cruise ship
      AIDAluna, Newfoundland, Canada (September 13, 2011)
      
      
      Week 47: "Formation Flying" just before sunset, Bremen-Kohlehafen
      (November 19, 2011)
      
      
      Week 47 "add on 1": "Formation Flying" just before sunset,
      Bremen-Kohlehafen (November 19, 2011)
      
      
      Week 47 "add on 2": "Setting Sun", Bremen-Kohlehafen (November 19,
      2011)
      
      
      Week 47 "add on 3": "Ships", Bremen-Kohlehafen (November 19, 2011)
      
      
      Week 47 "add on 4": Just after sunset... Bremen-Getreidehafen
      (October 16, 2011)
      
      
      Week 47 "add on 5": Just after sunset @ TSR-Recycling, vessel
      "Spar Corvus" (Bergen, IMO 9490791), Bremen-Industriehafen
      (October 23, 2011)
      
      
      Week 46: "Quarters only": View from "Top of the Rock" to "Empire
      State Building", Manhattan, New York City (September 19, 2011)
      
      
      Week 46 "add on 1": View from "Top of the Rock" to
      North-North-East, Manhattan, New York City (September 19, 2011)
      
      
      Week 46 "add on 2": View from "Top of the Rock" to
      North-North-East, Manhattan, New York City (September 19, 2011)
      
      
      Week 46 "add on 3": View from "Top of the Rock" to
      South-South-West, Manhattan, New York City (September 19, 2011)
      
      
      Week 46 "add on 4": View from "Top of the Rock" to
      South-South-West, Manhattan, New York City (September 19, 2011)
      
      
      Week 46 "add on 5": "Senior Expert Talking" on "Top of the Rock",
      New York City (September 19, 2011)
      
      
      Week 46 "add on 6": Impression from Charleston, South Carolina
      (September 23, 2011)
      
      
      Week 46 "add on 7": Setting Sun as seen from cruise ship AIDAluna
      after leaving Charleston, South Carolina (September 23, 2011)
      
      
      Week 46 "add on 8": Setting Sun as seen from cruise ship AIDAluna
      after leaving Charleston, South Carolina (September 23, 2011)
      
      
      Week 46 "add on 9": Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening
        the World)... as seen from cruise ship AIDAluna (October
      1, 2011)
      
      
      Week 45: View from Brooklyn to Midtown Manhattan, New York City
      (September 18, 2011)
      
      
      Week 45 "add on 1": Brooklyn, New York City (September 18, 2011)
      
      
      Week 45 "add on 2": View from Brooklyn to Midtown Manhattan, New
      York City (September 18, 2011)
      
      
      Week 45 "add on 3": View from Brooklyn to East River, New York
      City (September 18, 2011)
      
      
      Week 44: View from "Brooklyn Bridge" to Downtown Manhattan, New
      York City (September 18, 2011)
      
      
      Week 44 "add on 1": View from "Brooklyn Bridge" to "Manhattan
      Bridge" and Midtown Manhattan, New York City (September 18, 2011)
      
      
      Week 44 "add on 2": View from Brooklyn to "Freedom Tower", New
      York City (September 18, 2011)
      
      
      Week 44 "add on 3": Brooklyn Bridge is very popular, New York City
      (September 18, 2011)
      
      
      Week 43: Construction at "Ground Zero", New York City (September
      18, 2011)
      
      
      Week 43 "add on 1": Construction at "Ground Zero", New York City
      (September 18, 2011)
      
      
      Week 43 "add on 2": Construction at "Ground Zero", "Freedom
      Tower", New York City (September 18, 2011)
      
      
      Week 43 "add on 3": Construction at "Ground Zero", "Freedom
      Tower", New York City (September 18, 2011)
      
      
      Week 42: Approaching New York City by the sea before sunrise
      (September 17, 2011); 2000x1300
      
      
      Week 42 "add on 1": Approaching New York City by the sea
      (September 17, 2011); 2000x1300
      
      
      Week 42 "add on 2": Approaching south Manhattan, New York City by
      the sea (September 17, 2011)
      
      
      Week 42 "add on 3": Financial District, south Manhattan, New York
      City (September 17, 2011)
      
      
      Week 42 "add on 4": Financial District with "Freedom tower", south
      Manhattan, New York City (September 17, 2011)
      
      
      Week 41: "Strange Iceberg", Greenland (September 11, 2011)
      
      
      Week 41 "add on 1": Another Iceberg with companions, Greenland
      (September 11, 2011)
      
      
      Week 41 "add on 2": The "add on 1" Iceberg from another
      perspective (September 11, 2011)
      
      
      Week 40: Eruption of "Strokkur" Geyser, Iceland (September 8,
      2011)
      
      
      Week 40 "add on 1": Continental split: Europe (left) and North
      America (right), Thingvellir National Park, Iceland (September 8,
      2011)
      
      
      Week 40 "add on 2": "Reykjavik", Iceland (September 8, 2011)
      
      
      Week 39: "Little Orion above Manhattan", New York City, USA,
      f=10mm (September 19, 2011); with lines
      
      
      Week 39 "add on": View from CS AIDAluna, Pier 88, Manhattan, New
      York City, USA, f=10mm (September 19, 2011)
      
      
      Week 38: "Drilling platform", Invergordon, Scotland, UK (September
      5, 2011)
      
      
      Week 38 "add on 1": View to the port of Invergordon with CS "Queen
      Elizabeth", Scotland, UK (September 5, 2011)
      
      
      Week 38 "add on 2": Loch Ness and ruins of Urquhart Castle,
      Scotland, UK (September 5, 2011)
      
      
      Week 37: "Looking for icebergs" from CS AIDAluna close to Prince
      Christian Sund, Greenland (September 10, 2011)
      
      
      Week 37 "add on": "Prince Christian Sund passage" with CS
      AIDAluna, Greenland (September 10, 2011)
      
      
      Week 36: "Another sunset", Bremen-Gröpelingen, Germany (September
      2, 2011)
      
      
      Week 36 "add on": "Another sunset", Bremen-Gröpelingen, Germany
      (September 2, 2011)
      
      
      Week 35: "Little caterpillar", Bremen-Oslebshausen, Germany
      (August 21, 2011)
      
      
      Week 35 "add on": "Little caterpillar", Bremen-Oslebshausen,
      Germany (August 21, 2011)
      
      
      Week 34: "False color coded" sunset, Ilheus, Brazil (February 18,
      2011)
      
      
      Week 34 "add on": "Original color" sunset, Ilheus, Brazil
      (February 18, 2011)
      
      
      Week 33: "Moon and clouds", Bremen-Holzhafen, f=18mm (August 12,
      2011)
      
      
      Week 33 "add on": Restaurant "Feuerwache", Bremen-Holzhafen,
      f=18mm (August 12, 2011)
      
      
      Week 32: "Setting Sun", f=18mm, Bremen-Gröpelingen, Use Akschen
      (August 1, 2011)
      
      
      Week 32 "add on 1": "Setting Sun with sunspots", f=200mm,
      Bremen-Gröpelingen, Use Akschen (August 1, 2011)
      
      
      Week 32 "add on 2": "Setting Sun with sunspots, enlarged",
      f=200mm, Bremen-Gröpelingen, Use Akschen (August 1, 2011)
      
      
      Week 31: "Museu de Arte Contemporânea" (by Ocsar Niemeyer),
      Niterói (close to Rio de Janeiro), Brazil (February 1, 2011)
      
      
      Week 31 "add on": View to "Pão de Açúcar" from "Museu de Arte
      Contemporânea", Niterói (close to Rio de Janeiro), Brazil
      (February 1, 2011)
      
      
      Week 30: "Monumento a los caídos en Malvinas", Buenos Aires,
      Argentina (February 7, 2011)
      
      
      Week 30 "add on": The Presidential Palace (la Casa Rosada) at the
      end of "Plaza de Mayo", Buenos Aires, Argentina (February 7, 2011)
      
      
      Week 29: Island of "Iwo Jima" (24° 47' 01" N; 141° 19' 00" E) in
      the Western Pacific region as seen from cruise ship Costa Classica
      (July 22, 2009)
      
      
      Week 29 "add on 1": Me respectively a Red Lobster in front of Iwo
      Jima (July 22, 2009)
      
      
      Week 29 "add on 2": "Greatest Total Solar Eclipse of this
      Century"; duration: 6min 40s of totality; location: 25° 20’ 06” N;
      142° 04’ 14” E (July 22, 2009)
      
      
      Week 29 "add on 3": Path of Totality of the "Greatest Total Solar
      Eclipse of this Century"; duration: 6min 40s of totality (July 22,
      2009)
      
      
      Week 29 "add on 4": Path of Totality (close-up) of the "Greatest
      Total Solar Eclipse of this Century"; duration: 6min 40s of
      totality (July 22, 2009)
      
      
      Week 29 "add on 5": A Total Solar Eclipse is always a very
      emotional matter (July 22, 2009)
      
      
      Week 28: "Nice island, nice water, nice ships", Bonaire as seen
      from cruise ship AIDAvita (December 20, 2010)
      
      
      Week 28 "add on": "Blue Planet" (December 20, 2010)
      
      
      Week 27: "Leaving Buenos Aires" (Argentina) by the sea with cruise
      ship AIDAcara (February 8, 2011)
      
      
      Week 27 "add on": Constellation "Crux" ("Southern Cross") and
      "Alpha & Beta Centauri" above cruise ship AIDAcara (February
      8, 2011)
      
      
      Week 26: "Setting Sun", Holzhafen, Bremen (May 25, 2011)
      
      
      Week 26 "add on 1": "Setting Sun", Europahafen, Bremen (May 25,
      2011)
      
      
      Week 26 "add on 2": "Awaiting Sunset", Europahafen, Bremen (June
      26, 2011)
      
      
      Week 26 "add on 3": "Sunset", Europahafen, Bremen (June 26, 2011)
      
      
      Week 25: "Sirenas", Punta del Este, Uruguay (February 6, 2011)
      
      
      Week 25 "add on": "Angler", Punta del Este, Uruguay (February 6,
      2011)
      
      
      Week 24: "Go East" - Biking in the evening hours, Bremen-Blockland
      (June 4, 2011)
      
      
      Week 24 "add on": "Still going East" - Biking in the evening
      hours, Bremen-Blockland (June 4, 2011)
      
      
      Week 23: "Solar energy empowers love and romance",
      Bremen-Europahafen (June 3, 2011)
      
      
      Week 23 "add on": Setting Sun", Bremen-Europahafen (June 3, 2011)
      
      
      Week 22: "Setting Sun", El Guamache, Isla de Margarita, Venezuela
      (March 23, 2010)
      
      
      Week 21: "Moon attached to a crane", Spica and Saturn (top right)
      are watching the scene, f=18mm; Bremen-Holzhafen (April 18, 2011)
      
      
      Week 21 "add on": "Moon attached to a crane", zoom in, f=200mm,
      Bremen-Holzhafen (April 18, 2011)
      
      
      Week 20: Approaching Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by the sea with cruise
      ship AIDAcara (February 15, 2011)
      
      
      Week 19: "Solar Power", Bremen-Blockland (April 19, 2011)
      
      
      Week 18: "You are not alone" on top of Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro,
      Brazil (January 31, 2011)
      
      
      Week 18 "add on": A view from top of Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro,
      Brazil (January 31, 2011)
      
      
      Week 17: Sunset over Weser river, Bremen-Gröpelingen (April 20,
      2011)
      
      
      Week 16: "Edificio Ciudadela" building at "Plaza Independencia",
      Montevideo, Uruguay (Februay 9, 2011)
      
      
      Week 15: A "dusty" view from "Pão de Açúcar" down to Rio de
      Janeiro, Brazil (Februay 1, 2011)
      
      
      Week 14: "Past meets present" - "Perón meets Kirchner", Avenida de
      Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Februay 7, 2011)
      
      
      Week 13: Shortly after sunset on the Yellow Sea close to Qingdao,
      China (July 27, 2009)
      
      
      Week 12: Touch the Universe - Pointing the "green laser sword" to
      "Alpha Centauri" from cruise ship AIDAcara (February 17, 2011)
      
      
      Week 11: Sunrise over the South Atlantic ocean close to Rio de
      Janeiro (February 14, 2011); f=200mm
      
      
      Week 10: Jupiter and Moon above the "Weser" river in Bremen (March
      6, 2011); f=18mm
      
      
      Week 4: "Surprised Cat" - Red Flashed Eyes, Blockland, Bremen
      (September 22, 2010)
      
      
      Week 3: "Paradise Island" and "Hotel Atlantis", Nassau, Bahamas
      (October 30, 2009)
      
      
      Week 2: Gannet in the Caribbean air - The hunter of the flying
      fish (December 20, 2010)
      
      
      Week 1: Flying fish as seen from cruise ship AIDAvita on its way
      from Bonaire to Isla Margarita (December 20, 2010)
      
Last updated: February 8,
      2022