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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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This Week’s Photograph

Posted on Thursday, Oct 3, 2024 4:00AMTuesday, October 1, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Road near Meransen, 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, Sep 26, 2024 4:00AMMonday, September 23, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Rain on the Autobahn from Innsbruck to Munich. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

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This Week’s Photograph

Posted on Thursday, Sep 19, 2024 4:00AMMonday, September 16, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Clothespins in Spiluck, South Tyrol, with the Dolomites and Brixen in the background. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

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This Week’s Photograph

Posted on Thursday, Aug 29, 2024 4:00AMMonday, August 26, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Interior wall in the very high-ceilinged lobby of the Munich airport Hilton, showing some of the rooms. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

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This Week’s Photograph

Posted on Thursday, Aug 22, 2024 4:00AMSunday, September 22, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Ripening elderberries outside my house. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

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This Week’s Photograph

Posted on Thursday, Aug 15, 2024 4:00AMThursday, August 15, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Wall with trees painted on it with a window showing real trees in Klausen, 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, Aug 8, 2024 4:00AMMonday, August 5, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Some friends gave me a “sauce dispenser gun” and I am dispensing sauce. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

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This Week’s Photograph

Posted on Thursday, Aug 1, 2024 4:00AMMonday, July 29, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Paraglider over the center of 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, Jul 25, 2024 4:00AMMonday, July 22, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Vineyard in Neustift, South Tyrol. Apparently they put these rose bushes at the ends of the rows of grape vines because they are more susceptible to certain diseases and insects and act a bit like canaries in coal mines.

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This Week’s Photograph

Posted on Thursday, Jul 18, 2024 4:00AMWednesday, July 17, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Looking pretty sitting on my office wall: Distoleon tetragrammicus Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Jul 8, 2024 3:05AMMonday, July 8, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Saw this creature outside my house. I am told it is called Podarcis muralis, or the European wall lizard.

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Monday Video: Lightning Every second for 15 Minutes

Posted on Monday, Jul 1, 2024 2:05AMMonday, July 1, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)



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Monday Video

Posted on Monday, Jun 24, 2024 2:05AMMonday, June 24, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

 Voices Choir concert in Bozen, South Tyrol.

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Monday Photos: Roadside Roses in Vahrn, South Tyrol

Posted on Monday, Jun 17, 2024 3:05AMMonday, June 17, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)
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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Jun 10, 2024 2:05AMMonday, June 10, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Somewhere over southern Germany. When one can see the Austrian alps, I know I am close to home.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Jun 3, 2024 3:05AMMonday, June 3, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

New growth, even on the evergreen trees, in the woods near Franzensfeste, South Tyrol.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, May 27, 2024 2:05AMMonday, May 27, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

At the airport in Berlin.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, May 13, 2024 1:15AMMonday, May 13, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Pigeon sitting on a skylight at the Berlin airport. And its shadow.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, May 6, 2024 1:20AMMonday, May 6, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Winter on the mountains, spring in the Mittewald valley of the South Tyrol, on this crisp day in late April, 2024.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Apr 29, 2024 1:10AMMonday, April 29, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Clouds above Berlin this past Thursday.

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