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Hi, I am Sig (junge1),
I was born in Dominikus- Krankenhaus in Berlin-Hermsdorf, Bezirk Reinickendorf in December 1939. Bezirk Reinickendorf was one of 20 Bezirke that made up Gross-Berlin before World War II and one of 12 Bezirke that made up former West-Berlin, the other 8 Bezirke were Russian occupied and became East-Berlin after the war. Moved from Berlin to Neurohlau (Nova Role) Sudetenland (now Czech Republic), in August 1943 (our entire block of apartment buildings was bombed out in November 1943) and returned back to Berlin in November 1945. Saw my dad the first time in my life in August/September 1946 after he returned from POW camp. Attended elementary school in Berlin-Waidmannslust, high school in Berlin-Hermsdorf, and trade school in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Was an apprentice for the trade of Klischeeaetzer (photo engraver) at Burrath & Schmidt on Friedrichstrasse between U-Bahnhof Kochstrasse (near to what later became Checkpoint Charlie) and Hallisches Tor.
While watching Allied planes supplying West-Berlin by air during the Berliner Luftbruecke in 1948-49 I developed my love for aircraft. I guess I could be considered a 'Berliner Grosschnauze", or at least I used to be.
'Wanderlust' led me to leave Berlin in summer 1960 to emigrate to Toronto, Canada and in February 1962 to move from Canada to New York City, NY, USA. In January 1963 I joined the United States Air Force, one step ahead of Uncle Sam drafting me. Became a United States citizen within 7 weeks after it became a security issue because of my military career. One day after I was sworn in as a citizen in Seattle, my entire unit left for Southeast Asia in June 1966. After nearly 5 years of active duty (extended 11 months to make it an 18 months overseas deployment) I got discharged and moved to New York City. In 1973 I moved to Phoenix, Arizona and two years later joined the Arizona Air National Guard.
Received my higher education at Arizona State University and the University of Georgia and worked for 22 years for the Arizona Department of Water Resources in various capacities. Upon military retirement in 1999 and State retirement in 2005 I looked at a number of things to keep me occupied. Traveling and joining 'renderosity' in September 2007 were a couple of them,
Sig..
Comments (50)
carlx
Wonderful waterfall and presentation!!!
Faemike55
WOW! How tall is this fall? Wonderful shot!
Alz2008
Wonderful capture, "excellent" well done..
flora-crassella
ein sehr schönes Foto!
psyoshida
Excellent capture! Beautiful, what a great waterfall.
duncanoooo
Incredible!
delaorden_ojeda
looks fantastic , Sig , incredible view , excelent !
durleybeachbum
Magical!!
jeroni
Excellent work and perfect realisation
shadownet
Great looking waterfall but not a place, I think, to go high diving. Not with all those big rocks.
NoobasaurUS
Fantastic job of framing the entire waterfall!!!!! A beautiful view of nature at it's best!!!! I have a special love for waterfalls...this one is very lovely!!!!! Fabulous work!!!!
emmecielle
Fantastic capture, Sig! :)
Rainastorm
OH WOW I love this!!!
danapommet
It may have been the dry season but still an impressive capture. Also looks like a high one. Dana
auntietk
What a beautiful place! It's easy to see how much water goes over that cliff in the rainy season. Nice capture!
timtripp
WOW~!
Digitaleagle
Beautiful capture, stunning falls very nice work!!!
jocko500
wow this is super looking
myrrhluz
Wonderful shot of this very tall waterfall. It must make quite a noise in the rainy season. Lovely capture!
orig_buggy
simply beautiful!!
npauling
A very beautiful waterfall.
annie5
Superb waterfall here/impressive capture! :)
MirageBay
Absolutely incredible falls! I can imagine the noise it makes in the summer:)
tizjezzme
Beautiful shot Sig !!! :)
StandsInAwe
Thanks for sharing these stunning falls
Osper
Cool picture!
frankie96
So tropical...
dbrv6
Beautiful - looks to be worth the walk.
bazza
Wonderful capture, Thats some waterfall even if it is running in the dry season, one can see where the water would be in the wet season, Lovely shot, well done!!
bimm3d
gorgeous POV and photo!!!!!!!!!