Hilo is a little coastal town on the Big Island, Hawaii. Last year in February not far from our hotel we stumbled on some magnificent trees in the Liliʻuokalani Park and Gardens.
Photo: Ulrich Jobs
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Just a few minutes north of St. George in Utah we found Snow Canyon State Park. Close to  famous National Parks like Zion and Bryce Canyon it is often overlooked but nevertheless very beautiful and easy to get to. No crowds made our hike on May 10, 2018 really enjoyable. Great memory.
Photo: Ulrich Jobs
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The famous Mitten Butte and Merrick Butte Panorama is said to be the most photographed place in the United States. This picture was taken May 2018 on our tour from Texas to Washington National Park. In hindsight a great place for self isolation and social or better physical distancing. At that point in time we were not thinking about those but just enjoying this magnificent landscape.
Photo: Ulrich Jobs
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Wonder what these two juvenile eagles we spotted exactly two years ago at Hughes Landing at Woodlands near Houston, Texas are up to by now. Hopefully they are enjoying more freedom than we do having been in lock down for a while.
Photo: Ulrich Jobs
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2017 we visited Mountain Gorilla Families in the Buhuma area of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Picture shows Silverback communicating  who is in charge.

The chinstrap penguin is a species of penguin that inhabits a variety of islands and shores in the Southern Pacific and the Antarctic Oceans. Guess where it name comes from. Here a proud mother (or father) as the parents alternate getting food for the young ones.
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Photo: Ulrich Jobs

The king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) is the second largest species of penguin.
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Photo: Ulrich Jobs

Saint Andrews Bay is a bight 2 miles wide, indenting the north coast of South Georgia immediately south of Mount Skittle. King penguins form huge breeding colonies – and the one at St Andrews Bay has 150,000 birds. Because of the long breeding cycle, colonies are continuously occupied.
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Photo: Ulrich Jobs

Another macaroni penguin too cute not to be published.
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Photo: Yvonne Woodfield iPhone photo

The macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) is a species of penguin found from the Subantarctic to the Antarctic Peninsula.
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Photo: Ulrich Jobs