Lake Lugano / Luganer See

It's not the Titanic...

The Lake Lugano has a certain aura: The surrounding mountains are mostly coated with a mixture of rain forest and mediterrean dense forest straight down to the waterline. Due to the steep shore, not much traffic is there and tranquility rules.

Unless you are a mountain goat, mobility is limited. Unless of course you take to the Lake itself, a boat ride opens up exploration.
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Der Luganer See hat eine bestimmte Aura: Die umgebenden berge sind zumeist dicht bewachsen mit einer Mischung aus Regenwald und dem dichten Buschwald des Mittelmeers bis hinunter zum Wasser. Wegen des steilen Ufers ist nicht allzu viel Verkehr und es herrscht eine Ruhe vor.

Solange man keine Bergziege ist, ist die Beweglichkeit eingeschränkt.  Es sei denn man bewegt  sich auf dem See selbst, eine Bootsfahrt lässt das Entdeckerherz höher schlagen.

Moonlight Serenade

Enjoying the Lake, a boat is a must.

Swiss encapsulated

Mountain ranges in the morning light

Protect from pestilence ... and bike thieves. On the Italian side.

Whenever you wonder where the water IN the Lake comes from, ....

The moon - revisited

So near, and yet so far.

This long extended period of two digit minus degrees weather just HAS to be good for something.
The first thing is that it kills moskito eggs so the next summer should be relaxed in that regard - assuming that there is such a thing as summer, which I find a little hard to believe lately :-)

The next thing is the clear night sky. In the seconds before you freeze to death, you might be able to take a picture of stars or the moon. I had another go at the moon, this time using tripod and 2 second shutter delay.

The resulting picture, taken with Minolta Af 70-210 @210, about 8, was enlarged by 200%.