Some impressions of previous fieldwork, scientific excursions, or private trips since the beginning of my geography studies and the adoption of a "geographic perspective" on our diverse environments! (Please inquire if you wish to use any of the photos)
Andorra, Canillo (2024): The Pont Tibetà is one of the longest pedestrian suspension bridges in the world (Photo by Izabella Baisheva)
Austria, Upper Austria (2022): Sunrise near the Hallstätter Glacier, Dachstein Mountains
Austria, Vienna (2022): Geoscientists might recognize this place immediately - view from the Austria Center Vienna congress center during EGU2022
Austria, Upper Austria (2025): Fieldwork on snowshoes in the Dachstein Mountains
China, Shanghai (2019): Pudong/Lujiazui skyline at night
China, Zhejiang, Hangzhou (2019): Rainy day on the West Lake
China, Inner Mongolia, Hohhot (2025): Yurt in the Chilechuan Grassland
China, Shaanxi, Xi'an (2025): Walk along the well-preserved 14th century city wall
China, Shaanxi, Xi'an (2025): The Terracotta Army at the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang
China, Shaanxi (2025): View of the Loess Plateau
China, Sichuan, Chengdu (2025): Donghuamen ruins park with Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) canal ruins and a reconstructed Tang Dynasty (618-907) mansion footprint
China, Tianjin (2025): Colonial history with the former Italian concession near the modern CBD
China, Beijing, Changping (2025): View from Yinshan
China, Beijing (2025): Astronomical instruments on the Beijing Ancient Observatory, one of the oldest in the world
Czech Republic, Prague (2024): View across the city from Prague Castle
Denmark, Copenhagen (2022): Colorful facades along the famous Nyhavn canal
Estonia (2015): Bog landscape in the Lahemaa National Park
Estonia, Tallinn (2015): View from Vanalinn
Finland, Turku, Ruissalo (2015): Erratic boulder ("findling"), split by frost weathering
Finland, Svedjehamn (2015): This region in the Gulf of Bothnia experiences record rates of isostatic uplift
France, Paris (2022): View from the Eiffel Tower towards La Défense
France, Paris (2022): View from Centre Pompidou, with Montmatre and La Défense in the background
France, Aude (2024): Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse in the "land of the Cathars"
Germany, Bavaria (2018): Dendrochronology fieldwork in the Allgäu Alps
Germany, Berlin (2018): View from the Global Tower at Potsdamer Platz towards Alexanderplatz
Germany, Bavaria (2020): Approaching the summit of Großer Daumen in the Allgäu Alps
Germany, Bavaria, Munich (2021): View from the church tower of St. Peter - a part of the Alps can be seen along the horizon
Germany, Bavaria (2021): View from the Nebelhorn mountain in the Allgäu Alps
Germany, Brandenburg, Cottbus (2021): Flooding of an end-of-life open pit lignite mine to create an artificial lake, with both a coal power plant and a wind farm in the background
Germany, Brandenburg (2021): View from a levee towards frozen floodplains in the Lower Oder Valley International Park
Germany, Brandenburg (2022): Obtaining short lacustrine sediment cores
Germany, Sachsen-Anhalt (2022): Dead trees at Brocken in the Harz Mountains, as a combined result of spruce monoculture, climate change, and bark beetle infestation. These views sparked heated public debates about forest management.
Germany, Lower Saxony, Cuxhaven (2022): View of the tidal flats at the Wadden Sea
Germany, Brandenburg (2022): Pine forest near Treuenbrietzen, four years after a wildfire
Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Helgoland (2022): Nightfall on the country's most "remote" island
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam (2024): Checking an extinguished small vegetation fire for remaining heat signatures with a thermal camera
Greece, Elis, Archaia Olympia (2018): Site of the ancient Olympics
Greece, Cephalonia, Asos (2018): View from Asos Castle towards the town, built on a narrow isthmus
Italy, Rome (2022): View from the Tiber River towards Vatican City
Italy, Campania (2022): View into the crater of Mt. Vesuvius, an active stratovolcano
Italy, Campania, Ercolano (2022): Remains of the ancient city of Herculaneum, which was destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE
Japan, Hiroshima (2017): Also remains, but not as ancient - view of the A-Bomb Dome or Hiroshima Peace Memorial, destroyed by an atomic bomb in 1945
Japan, Kyoto (2017): Inside Nanzen-ji, a Zen Buddhist temple initially established more than 700 years ago
Japan, Tokyo (2017): Tokyo Rinkai Disaster Prevention Park, a place to learn about preparedness with an earthquake simulator and great science communication - view into the operation room from where relief efforts can be directed across the city
Japan, Kyoto (2019): Kyoto International Conference Center, location where the Kyoto Protocol was signed in 1997
Japan, Aichi Prefecture, Nagoya (2019): View from the CBD
Japan, Fukuoka (2019): This wall at Hakata Bay is a remaining defensive structure used by the Japanese during the attempted Mongol Invasion under Kublai Khan in the 13th century
Japan, Kumamoto (2019): Reconstruction work at Kumamoto Castle after it was damaged during the 2016 earthquakes
Japan, Kagoshima (2019): Protective shelter near the active Sakurajima volcano (background)
Japan, Kagoshima (2019): Debris being removed in a volcanic hazard mitigation canal near the active Sakurajima volcano (background)
Japan, Tokyo, Minato (2019): View from the Mori Tower in Roppongi Hills on what is still the most populous metro area in the world
Japan, Kyoto (2023): Evening at the Kamogawa, with Hieizan in the background
Japan, Tokyo, Shibuya (2023): View towards the famous Shibuya scramble crossing from the Shibuya Hikarie highrise
Japan, Hokkaido, Abashiri (2023): Sea ice on the Sea of Okhotsk, delivering nutrients all the way from the Amur River - an ecological process endangered by climate change
Japan, Hokkaido, Toyako (2023): Remains of a suburb destroyed by the phreatic eruption of Mt. Usu in 2000
Japan, Hokkaido (2023): View towards the crater of Mt. Usu, an active stratovolcano
Japan, Hokkaido (2023): View towards Asahidake, an active stratovolcano and highest mountain of Hokkaido
Japan, Hokkaido (2023): View of the Ohaichidaira caldera in the Daisetsuzan Mountains
Japan, Hokkaido (2023): Hike through alpine vegetation (e.g., Leontopodium discolor) on Rebun Island
Japan, Hokkaido, Biratori (2023): Nibutani is a prime location to learn from the Indigenous Ainu
Japan, Hokkaido, Akkeshi (2023): View towards the entrance to Akkeshi Bay
Japan, Hokkaido, Teshikaga (2024): View of Lake Mashu, a caldera lake with exceptional water transparency
Japan, Hokkaido, Sapporo (2024): High amounts of snow require special logistics to keep the metro area with a population of more than than two million running
Liechtenstein, Vaduz (2022): View across the city towards Switzerland on the other side of the valley
Netherlands, Utrecht, Stichtse Vecht (2025): Sunrise at the polder
Netherlands, South Holland, Rotterdam (2025): Kop van Zuid with the MS Rotterdam of the Holland America Line and the Erasmus Bridge, seen from a Watertaxi on the Nieuwe Maas
Poland, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Szczecin (2021): View towards the National Museum and the Voivodeship Office Building along the Oder River
Poland, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Kołobrzeg (2022): Approaching the Baltic Sea
Russia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Oymyakonsky District (2021): Truck on the Kolyma Highway in the southern Verkhoyansk Mountains
Russia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Oymyakonsky District (2021): Fieldwork at remote lakes in the southern Verkhoyansk Mountains
Russia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Yakutsk (2021): Central district of the largest city built on continuous permafrost
Russia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Tattinsky District (2021): Wildfire smoke plume near Ytyk Kyuyol
Russia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Tattinsky District (2021): Burned larch forest near Ytyk Kyuyol
Russia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Churapchinsky District (2021): Track through degrading permafrost polygons (byllar)
Russia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Megino-Kangalassky District (2021): Expanding thermokarst lake (tyympy) near Maya
Russia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Megino-Kangalassky District (2021): Crossing the Lena River from Nizhny Bestyakh to Yakutsk - easier in winter when one can simply drive across the frozen river
Spain, Catalonia, Girona (2024): View of the well-preserved historical center from the city wall (Photo by Izabella Baisheva)
Switzerland, Geneva (2024): Mural at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
Sweden, Skåne County, Malmö (2022): Colorful back streets
Sweden, Skåne County, Kåseberga (2022): Ale's Stones, one of the country's largest megalithic monuments
USA, California, Daly City (2023): View towards San Francisco after a hike in the San Bruno Mountain State Park
USA, California, San Francisco (2023): Smokey the Bear wildfire prevention poster - a controversial mascot among fire ecologists
USA, California, Marin Headlands (2023): View towards the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco Bay
Vatican City (2022): View from St. Peter's Basilica towards Rome
Andorra, Canillo (2024): The Pont Tibetà is one of the longest pedestrian suspension bridges in the world (Photo by Izabella Baisheva)
Austria, Upper Austria (2022): Sunrise near the Hallstätter Glacier, Dachstein Mountains
Austria, Vienna (2022): Geoscientists might recognize this place immediately - view from the Austria Center Vienna congress center during EGU2022
Austria, Upper Austria (2025): Fieldwork on snowshoes in the Dachstein Mountains
China, Shanghai (2019): Pudong/Lujiazui skyline at night
China, Zhejiang, Hangzhou (2019): Rainy day on the West Lake
China, Inner Mongolia, Hohhot (2025): Yurt in the Chilechuan Grassland
China, Shaanxi, Xi'an (2025): Walk along the well-preserved 14th century city wall
China, Shaanxi, Xi'an (2025): The Terracotta Army at the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang
China, Shaanxi (2025): View of the Loess Plateau
China, Sichuan, Chengdu (2025): Donghuamen ruins park with Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) canal ruins and a reconstructed Tang Dynasty (618-907) mansion footprint
China, Tianjin (2025): Colonial history with the former Italian concession near the modern CBD
China, Beijing, Changping (2025): View from Yinshan
China, Beijing (2025): Astronomical instruments on the Beijing Ancient Observatory, one of the oldest in the world
Czech Republic, Prague (2024): View across the city from Prague Castle
Denmark, Copenhagen (2022): Colorful facades along the famous Nyhavn canal
Estonia (2015): Bog landscape in the Lahemaa National Park
Estonia, Tallinn (2015): View from Vanalinn
Finland, Turku, Ruissalo (2015): Erratic boulder ("findling"), split by frost weathering
Finland, Svedjehamn (2015): This region in the Gulf of Bothnia experiences record rates of isostatic uplift
France, Paris (2022): View from the Eiffel Tower towards La Défense
France, Paris (2022): View from Centre Pompidou, with Montmatre and La Défense in the background
France, Aude (2024): Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse in the "land of the Cathars"
Germany, Bavaria (2018): Dendrochronology fieldwork in the Allgäu Alps
Germany, Berlin (2018): View from the Global Tower at Potsdamer Platz towards Alexanderplatz
Germany, Bavaria (2020): Approaching the summit of Großer Daumen in the Allgäu Alps
Germany, Bavaria, Munich (2021): View from the church tower of St. Peter - a part of the Alps can be seen along the horizon
Germany, Bavaria (2021): View from the Nebelhorn mountain in the Allgäu Alps
Germany, Brandenburg, Cottbus (2021): Flooding of an end-of-life open pit lignite mine to create an artificial lake, with both a coal power plant and a wind farm in the background
Germany, Brandenburg (2021): View from a levee towards frozen floodplains in the Lower Oder Valley International Park
Germany, Brandenburg (2022): Obtaining short lacustrine sediment cores
Germany, Sachsen-Anhalt (2022): Dead trees at Brocken in the Harz Mountains, as a combined result of spruce monoculture, climate change, and bark beetle infestation. These views sparked heated public debates about forest management.
Germany, Lower Saxony, Cuxhaven (2022): View of the tidal flats at the Wadden Sea
Germany, Brandenburg (2022): Pine forest near Treuenbrietzen, four years after a wildfire
Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Helgoland (2022): Nightfall on the country's most "remote" island
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam (2024): Checking an extinguished small vegetation fire for remaining heat signatures with a thermal camera
Greece, Elis, Archaia Olympia (2018): Site of the ancient Olympics
Greece, Cephalonia, Asos (2018): View from Asos Castle towards the town, built on a narrow isthmus
Italy, Rome (2022): View from the Tiber River towards Vatican City
Italy, Campania (2022): View into the crater of Mt. Vesuvius, an active stratovolcano
Italy, Campania, Ercolano (2022): Remains of the ancient city of Herculaneum, which was destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE
Japan, Hiroshima (2017): Also remains, but not as ancient - view of the A-Bomb Dome or Hiroshima Peace Memorial, destroyed by an atomic bomb in 1945
Japan, Kyoto (2017): Inside Nanzen-ji, a Zen Buddhist temple initially established more than 700 years ago
Japan, Tokyo (2017): Tokyo Rinkai Disaster Prevention Park, a place to learn about preparedness with an earthquake simulator and great science communication - view into the operation room from where relief efforts can be directed across the city
Japan, Kyoto (2019): Kyoto International Conference Center, location where the Kyoto Protocol was signed in 1997
Japan, Aichi Prefecture, Nagoya (2019): View from the CBD
Japan, Fukuoka (2019): This wall at Hakata Bay is a remaining defensive structure used by the Japanese during the attempted Mongol Invasion under Kublai Khan in the 13th century
Japan, Kumamoto (2019): Reconstruction work at Kumamoto Castle after it was damaged during the 2016 earthquakes
Japan, Kagoshima (2019): Protective shelter near the active Sakurajima volcano (background)
Japan, Kagoshima (2019): Debris being removed in a volcanic hazard mitigation canal near the active Sakurajima volcano (background)
Japan, Tokyo, Minato (2019): View from the Mori Tower in Roppongi Hills on what is still the most populous metro area in the world
Japan, Kyoto (2023): Evening at the Kamogawa, with Hieizan in the background
Japan, Tokyo, Shibuya (2023): View towards the famous Shibuya scramble crossing from the Shibuya Hikarie highrise
Japan, Hokkaido, Abashiri (2023): Sea ice on the Sea of Okhotsk, delivering nutrients all the way from the Amur River - an ecological process endangered by climate change
Japan, Hokkaido, Toyako (2023): Remains of a suburb destroyed by the phreatic eruption of Mt. Usu in 2000
Japan, Hokkaido (2023): View towards the crater of Mt. Usu, an active stratovolcano
Japan, Hokkaido (2023): View towards Asahidake, an active stratovolcano and highest mountain of Hokkaido
Japan, Hokkaido (2023): View of the Ohaichidaira caldera in the Daisetsuzan Mountains
Japan, Hokkaido (2023): Hike through alpine vegetation (e.g., Leontopodium discolor) on Rebun Island
Japan, Hokkaido, Biratori (2023): Nibutani is a prime location to learn from the Indigenous Ainu
Japan, Hokkaido, Akkeshi (2023): View towards the entrance to Akkeshi Bay
Japan, Hokkaido, Teshikaga (2024): View of Lake Mashu, a caldera lake with exceptional water transparency
Japan, Hokkaido, Sapporo (2024): High amounts of snow require special logistics to keep the metro area with a population of more than than two million running
Liechtenstein, Vaduz (2022): View across the city towards Switzerland on the other side of the valley
Netherlands, Utrecht, Stichtse Vecht (2025): Sunrise at the polder
Netherlands, South Holland, Rotterdam (2025): Kop van Zuid with the MS Rotterdam of the Holland America Line and the Erasmus Bridge, seen from a Watertaxi on the Nieuwe Maas
Poland, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Szczecin (2021): View towards the National Museum and the Voivodeship Office Building along the Oder River
Poland, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Kołobrzeg (2022): Approaching the Baltic Sea
Russia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Oymyakonsky District (2021): Truck on the Kolyma Highway in the southern Verkhoyansk Mountains
Russia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Oymyakonsky District (2021): Fieldwork at remote lakes in the southern Verkhoyansk Mountains
Russia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Yakutsk (2021): Central district of the largest city built on continuous permafrost
Russia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Tattinsky District (2021): Wildfire smoke plume near Ytyk Kyuyol
Russia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Tattinsky District (2021): Burned larch forest near Ytyk Kyuyol
Russia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Churapchinsky District (2021): Track through degrading permafrost polygons (byllar)
Russia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Megino-Kangalassky District (2021): Expanding thermokarst lake (tyympy) near Maya
Russia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Megino-Kangalassky District (2021): Crossing the Lena River from Nizhny Bestyakh to Yakutsk - easier in winter when one can simply drive across the frozen river
Spain, Catalonia, Girona (2024): View of the well-preserved historical center from the city wall (Photo by Izabella Baisheva)
Switzerland, Geneva (2024): Mural at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
Sweden, Skåne County, Malmö (2022): Colorful back streets
Sweden, Skåne County, Kåseberga (2022): Ale's Stones, one of the country's largest megalithic monuments
USA, California, Daly City (2023): View towards San Francisco after a hike in the San Bruno Mountain State Park
USA, California, San Francisco (2023): Smokey the Bear wildfire prevention poster - a controversial mascot among fire ecologists
USA, California, Marin Headlands (2023): View towards the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco Bay
Vatican City (2022): View from St. Peter's Basilica towards Rome