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S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

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, near 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, Apr 6, 2020 1:15AMMonday, April 6, 2020 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Self-portrait with my wife in a reflection from a car window during a brief walk in the sun just outside our house three days ago.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Mar 30, 2020 1:15AMMonday, March 30, 2020 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

I thought people will not believe me when I tell them that this tree is actually just a reflection of a tree on the very still surface of a lake, so I had my wife throw a small stone into the water as I took this photo on the last day before the countrywide lockdown…

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Mar 23, 2020 1:15AMMonday, March 23, 2020 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Empty main street of Brixen, South Tyrol, at midday in mid-March, 2020, because of the lockdown.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Mar 16, 2020 1:10AMMonday, March 16, 2020 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Self-portrait in lockdown in northern Italy in early March, 2020.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Mar 9, 2020 1:10AMMonday, March 9, 2020 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Fruit, wires, mountain, rain in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, in March of 2020.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Mar 2, 2020 1:10AMMonday, March 2, 2020 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Driving to Innsbruck on the A22 Autobahn in fog in November of 2013.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Feb 24, 2020 1:15AMMonday, February 24, 2020 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Old warehouse in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, where customs duties were assessed for train cargo in the days when the border between Italy and Austria meant something. Photo taken in February, 2020.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Feb 17, 2020 1:10AMMonday, February 17, 2020 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Photo taken from the window (with partial internal reflections) of a train speeding from Bruneck to Franzensfeste last week.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Feb 10, 2020 1:10AMMonday, February 10, 2020 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Surprisingly, one of my wife’s rose bushes outside our house started to bloom in January.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Feb 3, 2020 1:12AMMonday, February 3, 2020 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Man working on a project to lay fast optical-fibre internet cable in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, in November, 2019.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Jan 27, 2020 1:10AMMonday, January 27, 2020 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, at twilight a couple of days ago.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Jan 20, 2020 1:10AMMonday, January 20, 2020 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Part of the housing in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, for workers of the Brenner Base Tunnel project. Photo taken while on my evening walk in November of 2019.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Jan 13, 2020 1:10AMMonday, January 13, 2020 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

A slow exposure photo from a bus window between Bruneck and Franzensfeste, taken in December of 2019.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Jan 6, 2020 1:15AMMonday, January 6, 2020 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

View from my window of the mountain called Riol in early winter of 2019.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Dec 30, 2019 1:15AMMonday, December 30, 2019 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

A couple of years ago I accompanied my friend (and 3QD colleague) Morgan Meis to Basel, Switzerland, so he could look at this painting called The Fate of the Animals by Franz Marc as part of some research he was doing for a book. I took this photo of him and thought it made a…

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Monday Video: Happy Holidays!

Posted on Monday, Dec 23, 2019 1:15AMMonday, December 23, 2019 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)



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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Dec 16, 2019 1:15AMMonday, December 16, 2019 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Vapor trail left by some people flying by behind the mountains to the west of Franzensfeste at sunset in December of 2019.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Dec 9, 2019 1:15AMMonday, December 9, 2019 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

  Fane Alm, South Tyrol, in October of 2013.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Dec 2, 2019 1:15AMMonday, December 2, 2019 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Pedestrian underpass for crossing the main road through the town of Freienfeld in the South Tyrol. Photo taken in November, 2019.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Nov 25, 2019 1:10AMMonday, November 25, 2019 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Offices of the Brenner Base Tunnel project in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol. When completed, this will be the longest train tunnel in the world, stretching 64 kilometers (40 miles) between Innsbruck and Franzensfeste. It is more than 580 meters (1900 feet) below the surface as it passes underneath the border of Austria and Italy at the…

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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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