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<H2><b>Container ship crossing</b></H2> <P ALIGN=LEFT>Only in Panama will you have to stop on a road to let giant container ships cross!</P>
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Container ship crossing

Only in Panama will you have to stop on a road to let giant container ships cross!

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  • <H2><b>Bryce Canyon</b></H2> <P ALIGN=LEFT>Landscape view on Bryce Canyon, a marvel of Nature.</P> <H5>(Click on picture to enlarge)</H5>
  • <H2><b>Grand Staircase National Park, Utha</b></H2> <P ALIGN=LEFT>The way red, blue and green mixes in the landscapes of Utha is a feast to the eye, such as here when looking in the direction of the Grand Staircase National Park.</P> <H5>(Click on picture to enlarge)</H5>
  • <H2><b>Rock Pillars</b></H2> <P ALIGN=LEFT>The rock pillars of Monument Valley in the distance contrast with the greens of the vegetation in the foreground.</P> <H5>(Click on picture to enlarge)</H5>
  • <H2><b>Native American Village</b></H2> <P ALIGN=LEFT>Ruins of an ancient Native American village opening in the cliff of an Arizona Canyon. It is believed that the village was occupied sometime in the 1300's, and was abandoned before European settlement of the region.</P> <H5>(Click on picture to enlarge)</H5>
  • <H2><b>Grand Canyon, Arizona</b></H2> <P ALIGN=LEFT>The Grand Canyon was carved by the Colorado River in the course of Geologic times, and the colorful sediments revealed in the process are like a book opened to many chapters of Eath's past history. Truely a place like no other!</P> <H5>(Click on picture to enlarge)</H5>
  • <H2><b>Wild Flower</b></H2> <P ALIGN=LEFT>A colourful wildflower in Point Lobos Natural Preserve, California.</P> <H5>(Click on picture to enlarge)</H5>
  • <H2><b>Container ship crossing</b></H2> <P ALIGN=LEFT>Only in Panama will you have to stop on a road to let giant container ships cross!</P>
  • <H2><b>Lake Gatun</b></H2> <P ALIGN=LEFT>Lake Gatun, the artificial fresh water body linking through locks the Pacific with the Atlantic Oceans, offers a sureal view of large sea vessels crossing in a tropical central american landscape.</P>
  • <H2><b>Canons</b></H2> <P ALIGN=LEFT>These rusted canon once protected the spanish fort of San Lorenzo from any invasion from land or sea. They are now a reminder of a Panama that no longer exist, the Panama of the Spaniards and of the greater Columbia.</P>
  • <H2><b>Fort San Lorenzo</b></H2> <P ALIGN=LEFT>The Spaniards realized the strategic importance of Panama early in the 16th century, and they established military outpost to allow for the transfer of gold and precious cargo from their Pacific fleet to their Atlantic fleet. The ruins of Fort San Lorenzo shown on this picture date back to the 16th century and were declared a world heritage by the UNESCO in 1983.</P>
  • <H2><b>Tropical Flower</b></H2> <P ALIGN=LEFT>Like neighboring Costa Rica, Panama has a rich and interesting tropical rainforest yielding beautiful tropical plants.</P>
  • <H2><b>Gatun Locks</b></H2> <P ALIGN=LEFT>When arriving in Panama from the Atlantic side, ships that want to cross the Panama Canal have to go through the Gatun's Lock as shown in this picture.</P>
  • <H2><b>Starboard side</b></H2> <P ALIGN=LEFT>View of the starboard side onboard the <i>JOIDES Resolution</i>.</P>
  • <H2><b>Old clock tower</b></H2> <P ALIGN=LEFT>An old clock tower in the heart of the modern city. The orange bus of the Geneva pubic transport system adds a tad of color to the scene.</P>
  • <H2><b>Geneva</b></H2> <P ALIGN=LEFT>The "Rade" in Geneva, and its most characteristic features: the "jet d'eau", and the banks in the background! The red and gold boat is a Geneva "Mouette" (mew), part of the (touristic) public transportation system.</P>
  • <H2><b>Two horses</b></H2> <P ALIGN=LEFT>It become increasingly more common to find horses in the Jura mountain. People rent them to toursits, and for a reasonable price you can take a ride through the gentle landscape of this region.</P>
  • <H2><b>Dandelion field</b></H2> <P ALIGN=LEFT>The "Dandelion" is the most characteristic flower of spring days in the meadows of the Jura mountains. It's golden color contrasts well with the green of the grass.</P>
  • <H2><b>Two farms</b></H2> <P ALIGN=LEFT>These two farms are located in Les Bayards, a very small village in the Neuchatel canton. All of my brothers were borned in this village, and we still own a farm there. Another place close to my heart.</P>
  • <H2><b>Happy Cow</b></H2> <P ALIGN=LEFT>Here is a typical view of Switzerland: a cow, happy, in a green field. This one, photographed in Les Bayards, was particularily nonchalent.</P>
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