One of the most interesting things I have ever seen - wind-shaped ice on railings.
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Decorated windows
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Windows
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More windows
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Smashed windowpanes.
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Despite the wind it was warm and most people stayed on the deck.
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One windsurfer took to the sea but there was hardly any wind.
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A windsurf in the sea.
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Our beach was pebbly and occupied mostly by windsurfers and kitesurfers.
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When there was no wind, kites and surfs were spread on the beach.
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Kites on the beach and kitesurfers wandering around and praying for wind.
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Measuring the strength of the wind.
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The water is not very warm and the wind blows all the time, so we opted to just sit on the beach for a while and leave swimming for some other time.
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Fuerteventura is a very windy island so people have made use of the wind power since ancient times. And yes, that's me. :)
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Just before returning home we drove to the village of El Cottilo to admire the cliffs and long, wind-swept beaches.
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The wind never stops blowing.
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All the time the wind kept sweeping the sand over the dunes (and into us!).
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Windswept sandy beaches strewn with rocks.
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Windows, a lamp and a door
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.
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Many people come here to windsurf.
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.
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There is so much space the beach is never crowded. Well, maybe only when the World Windsurfing Championship is held here. ;)
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Enjoying the wind.
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.
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There's another lighthouse at a second tip of the peninsula, an even more desolate and windy one with views of the Cofete beach in the distance.
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.
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A windmill.
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After breakfast in merciless wind we began the ascent.
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The walk along the trail is pleasant, but it was hot and humid and windless that day.
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Green window.
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A windsurfer.
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The clouds obscured the sun, which is not a good thing when it's windy and you're wet. ;)
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The coast through the dirty window. :(
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Patterns the wind makes in the snow.
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Wind.
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Windows.
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The road winds its way high onto the slope of the mountain from where the views of the Alps are magnificent.
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The view from my window yesterday was quite white, but nothing compared to today.
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After a few minutes of merciless wind at the top we ran back for cover. And we weren't the only ones. ;)
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The road that leads to the village of Stara Baška winds its way high above the sea.
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I was sitting on the left-hand side in the back, so in order to take photos from the right-hand side window I had to simply point the camera blindly and press the shutter. I managed to catch Lake Bled. :)
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The wind blew the snow all over the place.
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Yes, the wind was fierce!
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Fighting with the wind.
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More wind-blown snow.
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One of the trees that fell during last summer's terrible windstorm.
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A photo taken through the bus window of the fog in the valley.
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In the mid morning, my boyfriend and I drove to a nearby windsurfers' beach. On the way we went past this bay.
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The windsurfers' beach
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Enjoying the wind
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Enjoying the wind
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Beach and windsurfers
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Enjoying the wind!
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Starting early from the Kamniška Bistrica valley meant we had to use our headlamps before it dawned above Velika planina.
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As we were making our way up to the Kokra Saddle, the sunrise colored the looming walls above us orange.
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Coming out of the woods.
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An interesting shop window in Nuremberg.
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In the last stretch below the saddle there were a few snowy patches.
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Yellow mist in the valley.
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It had been relatively warm until we reached the saddle, but there the howling wind almost blew us over.
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After putting our jackets, caps and gloves on we continued towards Grintovec.
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Some people were already returning from the peak!
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There was little snow on the sunny, grassy slope.
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The views to the southwest revealed fog in the valley.
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Somebody was bored. :)
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Slowly we made our way up the mountain.
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The last slope is deceptive: slanting at an steady angle it makes the peak look closer than it really is.
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Kalški greben in the background.
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Finally we reached the top!
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And we had to brace ourselves as the wind was so strong it almost knocked us over.
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Looking south: Mokrica, Košutna, Kalški greben, Krvavec.
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Looking east.
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Fog in the valley.
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Peter and I at the top.
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Yay! :)
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Soon more people reached the summit, braving the wind. Can you see snow particles in the air?
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In 15 minutes my fingers froze while taking photos, so we soon headed back down.
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Descening was much faster than climbing.
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There wasn't just one trail, there were hundreds.
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My estimate is that about 50 people climbed Grintovec that Sunday.
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A bit further down the slope the wind abated a bit and I was able to change lenses again. Velika planina in the distance.
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Velika planina and fog rolling in in the background.
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Triglav.
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Štruca and Skuta.
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Ojstrica, Planjava and Brana.
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A blaze on a rock.
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A scree slope.
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The same creation of the bored climber(s). :)
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Kalška gora and Kalški greben.
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By then the snow got heavier and wetter.
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Grintovec in all its glory.
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The Cojz hut at the Kokra Saddle is in constant shade during the winter.
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Cojz hut.
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Layer of smog/fog in the valley.
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U.
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We saw a girl in only a T-shirt. Brrrrrr!
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Sliding down the scree from the Kokra Saddle was the most tiresome part of the whole climb.
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When we were almost back in the valley, we could see that we were actually in a layer of fog. Brana above us.
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Looking back to where we just descended from.
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The path is winding and steep.
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Looking through the window at the Prisank mountain.
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The view from another window to the south, towards the Trenta valley.
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But it wasn't so idyllic as it seems - the wind was ferocious.
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The reflections in the windows made it look as if the lights in the hut were turned on.
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Battling the wind and snow.
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Wind blasts.
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The sun reflecting off the wind-blasted plain.
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Creations of the wind.
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They carefully set up their paraglides and waited for the right wind.
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The wind took them to the south...
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Leaves in the wind.
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