Tidal Basin Rummelloch
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Flying over the Süderoogsand the view opened to the east over the tidal basin of the Rummelloch. The Rummelloch is the tideway that separates the Süderoogsand from the Norderoogsand and runs along between Pellworm and Hallig Hooge. The tidal basin … read more or write a comment …

Süderoogsand
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Southwest of the island of Pellworm lies the largest of the 3 so-called outer sands of the North Frisian Wadden Sea, the Süderoogsand. Between Pellworm and the sand is Hallig Süderoog, which is inhabited by a small family of 4 … read more or write a comment …

Backside (of Süderoogsand)
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At the transition of the large outer sands to the tidal flats. The sun illuminates the sandy bottom, while the clouds are reflected on the still slightly overwashed mudflats. The two main colors in this motif alone impress me — … read more or write a comment …

Tideway at the back of Süderoogsand
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On the back side of the Süderoog sand, tideways run along, draining the mudflats between the sand and the Halligen and islands. The tideway directly on the east side of the sand is particularly noticeable. Shortly before it flows out … read more or write a comment …

Wrecks on Süderoogsand
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For a long time I knew about the wreck of the Spanish barque Ulpiano, which was beached on Süderoogsand in 1870. But since the beginning of 2022 another — still unknown — wreck has been washed free from the sand … read more or write a comment …

Rain!
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This is how it can be if you have admired great cloud moods over the marsh landscape before. I was on my way to the station in Friedrichstadt, where my car was parked, when I was surprised by this cloudburst. … read more or write a comment …

Eider bridge near Friedrichstadt
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Since 03 September 1916, the Eider Bridge near Friedrichstadt has been in service after only two years of construction. With a length of 245 meters, it spans the largest river in Schleswig-Holstein at this point, connecting Friedrichstadt in North Friesland … read more or write a comment …

Who’s looking? (seal safari 2019)
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This year it was my third seal safari with Helga and Wilfried Dunkel and once again completely different. The seals had looked for other places on the sands off Pellworm and our little boat of the brothers Hellmann couldn’t land … read more or write a comment …

Frisian houses in Keitum
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It is too beautiful to simply walk through this old Frisian village with a camera and one lens. Until the 18th century many whaling captains lived in Keitum and built beautiful houses. They stand today still quite closely together, because … read more or write a comment …

2 Biike Fire on the Island of Sylt
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At last the weather was good! After we were completely lost in the rain two years ago during the Biike Fire on Sylt and I brought only one picture home (because my front lens was full of water drops!), we … read more or write a comment …

HaGü — Lighthouse Caretaker
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HaGü, with name Hans Günter Callsen, is unsalaried caretaker at the lighthouse Westerhever Sand. He is better known for his literary walks into the wadden sea.

Lighthouse Westerhever Sand at night
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Lighthouse Westerhever Sand at night. In the background you can see clouds illuminated by the lighthouse and by St. Peter-Ording, the town south of Westerhever.

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