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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, in the small, very beautiful city of Brixen in the Italian Alps. Email: s.abbas.raza.1 [at] gmail.com

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This Week’s Photograph

Posted on Thursday, Jul 3, 2025 4:00AMMonday, June 30, 2025 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

A windy day in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

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This Week’s Photograph: Summer Solstice

Posted on Thursday, Jun 26, 2025 4:00AMMonday, June 23, 2025 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Shadow of the A22 Autobahn (a four lane highway) as it passes over the Stausee (a lake formed by a dam on the river Eisack) in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, on the longest day of the year. I was taking a short pre-lunch walk and shot this photo at noon. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help…

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This Week’s Photograph

Posted on Thursday, Jun 19, 2025 4:00AMMonday, June 16, 2025 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

On a sunny and cloudless day last week, the smoke from Canadian wildfires arrived in the South Tyrolean Alps in the form of this unusual haze. Photo taken from my balcony. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

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This Week’s Photograph

Posted on Thursday, Jun 12, 2025 4:00AMMonday, June 9, 2025 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

A plastic ring about 4 inches in diameter that I saw on the ground in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol. No idea what it is. I just report these important facts. Make of them what you will. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

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This Week’s Photograph

Posted on Thursday, Jun 5, 2025 4:00AMMonday, June 2, 2025 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Airplane shoots out from behind a mountain in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

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This Week’s Photograph

Posted on Thursday, May 29, 2025 4:00AMMonday, May 26, 2025 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Center of a peony in Vahrn, South Tyrol. Happy Spring! Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

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This Week’s Photo & Short Video

Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2025 4:00AMMonday, May 19, 2025 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

 This, in the video above, is the river Eisack’s heavy flow through Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, last week as the snows on the surrounding mountains start to melt. And below is a photo of the river just before it empties into the Stausee, just around the corner from the last part shown in the video,…

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This Week’s Photo

Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2025 4:00AMMonday, May 12, 2025 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Ambulance speeds by the much slower boat I was in, at quite an unbelievable speed, in Venice. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

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This Week’s Photograph

Posted on Thursday, May 8, 2025 4:00AMMonday, May 5, 2025 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

A kind of cherry tree, I believe, abloom last month in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

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This Week’s Photograph

Posted on Thursday, May 1, 2025 4:00AMMonday, April 28, 2025 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

In the past year or so, I have started taking a lot of photos of the ground as I take my usual walk along the same route every day. This recent photo of the cobblestones of Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, showered with flower petals from nearby trees, is one of them. Enjoying the content on 3QD?…

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This Week’s Photo

Posted on Thursday, Apr 24, 2025 4:00AMTuesday, April 22, 2025 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

A stained-glass window in a wall on the other side of this chapel in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, seen through a stained-glass window on this side. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

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This Week’s Photo

Posted on Thursday, Apr 17, 2025 4:00AMMonday, April 14, 2025 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

I was startled for a moment before realizing that our neighbors had taken their child out of this suit before hanging it out to dry. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

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This Week’s Photograph

Posted on Thursday, Apr 10, 2025 4:00AMMonday, April 7, 2025 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

A macchiato I had in Brixen, South Tyrol. Just thought I’d post a somewhat soothing photo. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

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This Week’s Photographs

Posted on Thursday, Apr 3, 2025 4:00AMMonday, March 31, 2025 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

A pedestrian bridge hangs over the river Eisack in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, suspended from two of these cables which are anchored to these concrete abutments on the two sides of the river. It is a somewhat odd bridge in that the cables from which it hangs are mostly lower than the top parts of the…

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This Week’s Photograph

Posted on Thursday, Mar 27, 2025 4:00AMMonday, March 24, 2025 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Plastic rose among a pile of assorted trash at the side of a road in Brixen, South Tyrol. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

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This Week’s Photograph

Posted on Thursday, Mar 20, 2025 4:00AMTuesday, March 18, 2025 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Once there was a way, to get back homeward… Photo taken in Bruneck, South Tyrol. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

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This Week’s Photograph

Posted on Thursday, Mar 13, 2025 4:00AMMonday, March 10, 2025 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Reflections in panes of glass (or maybe plastic?) in a garage door in Brixen, South Tyrol. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

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This Week’s Photograph

Posted on Thursday, Mar 6, 2025 4:00AMMonday, March 3, 2025 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Time to put my winter boots away. They have served me well. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

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This Week’s Photographs

Posted on Thursday, Feb 27, 2025 4:00AMMonday, February 24, 2025 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Reflection selfie in a road mirror of me and my wife, Margit, who is also taking a reflection selfie of herself and me in another road mirror. In Neustift, South Tyrol. The photo she took is below. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

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This Week’s Photograph

Posted on Thursday, Feb 20, 2025 4:00AMTuesday, February 18, 2025 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

View from my kitchen window last week on a foggy morning. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

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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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