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S. Abbas Raza (Monday Photos)

S. Abbas Raza (Monday Photos)

Originally from Karachi, Pakistan, Abbas has an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering & computer science from Johns Hopkins University, and a graduate degree in philosophy from Columbia University. He lives with his wife, Margit Oberrauch, and their feline friend, Frederica Krueger, in the small, very beautiful city of Brixen in the Italian Alps. Email: s.abbas.raza.1 [at] gmail.com

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Jan 25, 2021 1:15AMMonday, January 25, 2021 by S. Abbas Raza (Monday Photos)

Photo taken from a train window going from Brixen to Franzensfeste in the South Tyrol in January of 2020, back when the prospect of traveling by rail did not make one nervous.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Jan 18, 2021 1:15AMMonday, January 18, 2021 by S. Abbas Raza (Monday Photos)

Doormat on my balcony with a fresh sprinkling of snow a couple of days ago.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Jan 11, 2021 1:15AMMonday, January 11, 2021 by S. Abbas Raza (Monday Photos)

My wife and her sister walking in the Altfasstal region of the South Tyrol over the weekend.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Jan 4, 2021 1:15AMMonday, January 4, 2021 by S. Abbas Raza (Monday Photos)

Photo taken from my window yesterday morning in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Dec 28, 2020 1:15AMMonday, December 28, 2020 by S. Abbas Raza (Monday Photos)

A specimen of the Peruvian grasshopper Lophacris cristata mounted in a vitrine. Photo taken in my living room in December of 2020.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Dec 21, 2020 1:15AMMonday, December 21, 2020 by S. Abbas Raza (Monday Photos)

I visited this old friend who lives in a park in Brixen, South Tyrol, last week.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Dec 14, 2020 1:20AMMonday, December 14, 2020 by S. Abbas Raza (Monday Photos)

Ducks on a pond in Brixen, South Tyrol, in December of 2020.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Dec 7, 2020 1:20AMMonday, December 7, 2020 by S. Abbas Raza (Monday Photos)

The leaves have all fallen off this wild tree but some apples still cling to it for dear life, in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, in December of 2020.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Nov 30, 2020 1:15AMMonday, November 30, 2020 by S. Abbas Raza (Monday Photos)

A lamp lighting a storefront in Vahrn, South Tyrol, in November of 2020. And sky.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Nov 23, 2020 1:20AMWednesday, December 16, 2020 by S. Abbas Raza (Monday Photos)

Reflections of sky and a church tower in the windows of a building at Neustift in the South Tyrol in November of 2020.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Nov 16, 2020 1:15AMMonday, November 16, 2020 by S. Abbas Raza (Monday Photos)

The upper fortress of Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, in November of 2020.

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Posted on Monday, Nov 9, 2020 1:20AMMonday, November 9, 2020 by S. Abbas Raza (Monday Photos)

Walking toward Brixen from Elvas in South Tyrol in November of 2020.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Nov 2, 2020 1:15AMMonday, November 2, 2020 by S. Abbas Raza (Monday Photos)

The river Eisack flowing fast through Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, in October of 2020.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Oct 26, 2020 1:15AMMonday, October 26, 2020 by S. Abbas Raza (Monday Photos)

Just some flowers on our dining table. In memory of Franz Oberrauch (1938 – 2020).

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Oct 19, 2020 1:20AMMonday, October 19, 2020 by S. Abbas Raza (Monday Photos)

This photo reminded me of Georges Seurat’s “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” (see image in first comment) and appropriately, it was taken yesterday (Sunday) afternoon at the Lido in Brixen, South Tyrol.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Oct 12, 2020 1:20AMMonday, October 12, 2020 by S. Abbas Raza (Monday Photos)

Observation deck over the Stausee (the reservoir of a dam on the Eisack river) in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, in September of 2020.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Oct 5, 2020 1:15AMMonday, October 5, 2020 by S. Abbas Raza (Monday Photos)

Somewhere over the South Tyrol near the Swiss border, twelve minutes after taking off from Verona in October of 2017.

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Monday Photos

Posted on Monday, Sep 28, 2020 1:25AMMonday, September 28, 2020 by S. Abbas Raza (Monday Photos)

The two photos show rows of the same apple orchard in the hills above Franzensfeste, South Tyrol. The top photo showing the apple blossoms was taken in late April, 2020, while the bottom one is from late September. The apples will be picked any day now.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Sep 21, 2020 1:10AMMonday, September 21, 2020 by S. Abbas Raza (Monday Photos)

This is a mountain called Gaisjoch seen from Brixen, South Tyrol, through a mild haze of smoke particles in the air which have arrived in Europe from the California wildfires. Photo taken on September 15, 2020.

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Monday Video

Posted on Monday, Sep 14, 2020 1:20AMMonday, September 14, 2020 by S. Abbas Raza (Monday Photos)

Video of unidentified blue spider on the tennis court in Vahrn, South Tyrol, made in September of 2020.

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3QD Design History and Credits

The original site was designed by S. Abbas Raza in 2004 but soon completely redesigned by Mikko Hyppönen and deployed by Henrik Rydberg. It was later upgraded extensively by Dan Balis in 2006. The next major revision was designed by S. Abbas Raza, building upon the earlier look, and coded by Dumky de Wilde in 2013. And this current version 5.0 has been designed and deployed by Dumky de Wilde in collaboration with S. Abbas Raza.

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