When I look at the picture above, I see basically three different zones on the surface of the lake. The yellow zone, which is under the direct influence of the wind, where the water is full of small waves, and then two other zones. In the red zone, the water isn’t under direct influence of […]
This might not be the kind of water that people usually like to look at during their lunch break — I admit, it does not look particularly inviting. But look at how much the mud can tell us about what’s going on in the water! I love how the overexposed seagull is stirring up a […]
What I love about my job (in addition to the awesome job itself, obviously)? That my office is located in pretty much the coolest spot in Hamburg when it comes to touristy views of the city. So much great wave watching (and ship watching) to be done here! For example below, see the small ferry on […]
There is a theme these days: one of Hamburg’s most famous sights, the concert hall called Elbphilharmonie. And not only is it a pretty impressive buildings, it’s located right at the port of Hamburg, and, more importantly, right across from my new work place! Yesterday morning there was a lot of ice on the puddle […]
From dawn til dusk (which wasn’t actually as long a time as it sounds ;-)), first day in my new job as programme manager of the citizen science project on biodiversity “GEO-Tag der Natur“. I am looking forward to great views on the way to and from work! And I am suuuper excited to be […]
The morning I went to Heligoland I spent some time in the port of Hamburg, trying to film a phenomenon I had recently chatted about with the author of this inspiring guest post: How waves seem to propagate super slowly into smooth patches of water. It turned out to be really difficult to film (because ships didn’t […]
Not all adventures are oceanographic! Last week I had the chance to join students and alumni of the interdisciplinary bachelor project at Hamburg University of Technology for a flight above the port of Hamburg. The students were flying for the very first time, so it got quite exciting at times, especially during turns. But luckily […]
Just because it’s fascinating. On my recent trips through the Port of Hamburg one thing has fascinated me a lot – the floating dry dock. It’s right there when you get off the tube and walk towards the port: The floating dry dock basically has a u-shaped profile of water tanks that can be flooded […]
But not what you think! I’ve been visiting the Port of Hamburg on all of my weekends recently. First when J&J&T came to visit and Torge described the huge thunderstorm, then more recently when Jenny came to visit. The Port of Hamburg is a tidal port with water levels changing approximately 3 meters between high- and low […]
More bad weather in Hamburg. Today I have the pleasure to announce a guest post by Torge Martin. Torge, together with J&J, came to visit Hamburg recently, and we got stuck in some pretty bad weather. Which, being the oceanographers and meteorologists we are, meant that we got very excited, took about 100 pictures each, […]
I was going to take pictures for a specific blog post I wanted to write… …but then life happened and I had to concentrate on other things. We were sailing with kids and it was quite windy… Luckily they are all pretty skilled sailors already, and were sensible enough to accept the restrictions on sail […]
