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Cedar Walton Quartet in Pori Jazz 1976
Last Friday, January 17 was Cedar Walton’s 80th birthday. He did not have the possibility to celebrate that as he passed away August 19 last summer. You can read more about his life here. Cedar Walton...
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Ehrenberg Castle 1290 … 1999 … 2014
The first walls of Ehrenberg Castle were built around 1290 to protect Tyrol against Bavaria. The ruins of the castle are located in today’s Austria, where I was driving and photographing during summer...
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Sun pillar
This week in Finland we had an optimal weather — freezing temperature and lot of small ice crystals in the air — for sun pillars. I missed the brightest moment by some minutes, but this is such a...
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Massive waves in Port Nolloth, SA
During the last weeks the shores of Portugal have been hit by moster waves up to 30 meters. On September 1, 2008 we arrived in Port Nolloth on the north east corner of South Africa. We did not know...
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Not enough water to fill the icy rapids
Finland has been under an arctic high pressure during the last weeks. Temperatures have dropped below -20 celsius in large parts of the country. The freezing started after a rainy and warm autumn and...
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Colors of Kalk Bay, South Africa
Kalk Bay is a small fishing village and a suburb of greater Cape Town. Here are some street shots I took in August 2008.
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But what happened to the driver …?
Somewhere in the southern Namibia … Nobody is telling us what happened … And when …
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Groot Constantia Wine Estate, South Africa
When you visit Groot Constantia Wine Estate, you enter to the history of viticulture in South Africa. The vineyards of this wine estate are the oldest in South Africa, from the late 1600′s. Here is a...
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Broadley’s Flat Lizard
This beautiful small lizard is also called Augrabies Flat Lizard, because it is common in Augrabies Falls National Park in South Africa. The bright colors of the mail lizards make them an easy catch...
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It’s good to have friends, at least during one day a year.
A springbok and a black-backed jackal in Kalahari, South Africa Happy Valentine’s Day to all my readers. (Meme card version here.)
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Gary Burton Quintet in Pori Jazz 1974
Much belated 70th birthday greetings, Gary Burton, with pictures I took about 4o years ago in Pori Jazz Festival on July 12th, 1974 in Riihiketo School. I remember this concert as one of the highlights...
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The Dipper trying to catch the breakfast
A White-throated Dipper is catching aquatic insects, snails, crustaceans, molluscs and small fish. I was photographing this nice bird late January in river Hirvihaaranjoki in Southern Finland. This...
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A drop of blue
Sometimes the popularity of a picture surprises me. I posted this picture in 500px.com, a photo sharing site which I use randomly. The picture shows a garden flower in strongly modified colors. 500px...
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“Mr. Boogie Woogie” Errol Dixon in Pori Jazz 1976
Blues, soul, rock and a hint of jazz mixed into swinging groove, that’s Errol Dixon. On Saturday July 17, 1976 Errol Dixon played solo in Pori Jazz Festival. It was an easy listening afternoon, a happy...
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The form, the colors
All pictures taken on a cruise ship between Helsinki, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden.
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John McLaughlin’s Shakti in Pori Jazz 1976
Do you like Indian music with jazzy spices – or guitar jazz flavored with exotic instruments and micro intervals? That’s how I would describe Shakti, the fusion band established by guitarist John...
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Plaza Fuerza Aérea, Buenos Aires
Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires has many monumental and historical plazas and buildings. The Plaza Fuerza Aérea Argentina (or Plaza Británica) is located in front of the Retiro Railway Station. The...
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Simo Salminen 1956-2014
Suru-uutinen helmikuulta: jazztrumpetisti Simo Salminen (16.12.1956 - 2.2.2014) on poistunut keskuudestamme. (In English below the first picture.) Simo aloitteli uraansa jo teini-ikäisenä 1970-luvun...
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Inya Lake Hotel in Rangoon year 1987
If you visit Inya Lake Hotel in Yangon today, it is something different than it was late 1980′s, in Rangoon – as the capital of Myanmar (Burma) was called then. I stayed in the hotel in September 1987....
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