Optical Mirages
The Atacama Desert, where I worked on technical problems in the Chuquicamata copper mine in 1972, sharpened my view of nature – of the inconspicuously hidden and the view to the distant horizon.
Mirages: Inspiration for religion and mythology
Before real water arrived via the rivers from the Andes, mirage lakes appeared in the [...]
South African Rock Art
The rock art of the San people of the Brandberg in Namibia can be interpreted [...]
Atlantis, remembrance of Megalith Europe
The “floating islands of demigods and heroes”, and the phenomenon of the “Atlas” rising from [...]
The Inca walls as a study object
Machu Picchu, the jewel of Inca architecture, which with its walls, terraces and water channels [...]