In Genoa, Ventimiglia and Rome.
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Sunset, Northwest France
From 11,000 meters.
Continue readingIn Transit: Nice to Zurich
Snow cover in the Southern French Alps on 6 February 2026.
Continue readingSmiles du Jour – Edo, Nigeria
The infectiousness of laughter.
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Ember Report: Wind and solar overtook fossil fuels for EU power generation in 2025, for the first time
We’re winning.
A study by the energy think tank Ember found that the EU’s electricity transition reached a new milestone in 2025 with wind and solar generating more power than fossil fuels for the first time. From the Guardian report:
Turbines spinning in the wind and photovoltaic panels lit up by the sun generated 30% of the EU’s electricity in 2025, according to an annual review. Power plants burning coal, oil and gas generated 29%.
EU solar generation reached a record 369 TWh in 2025, 20% higher than in 2025 and wind and solar generated more electricity than fossil fuels in 14 of the 27 EU countries.
The report, Ember’s 10th annual, is here.
Sunrise, western Slovakia
I search for images of transit in periods when I’m stationary. This was near the border with Austria just after sunrise, looking north from the EC 106. ~~ Today’s Pic du Jour, the site’s 5th (!) straight, was snapped on 5 September 2020.
In Transit: Zurich to Ljubljana
The Julian Alps in western Slovenia on approach to Ljubljana, 06 December 2018.
Continue readingThree Photos and a Video from the Vila Franca de Xira Train Station
A train station as destination.
Continue readingValdilecha, Spain
Just after sunrise above Valdilecha, Spain, on approach to Madrid.
08-Sep-2025.
In Transit: Gare de Lyon
Some images from the Gare de Lyon, the second busiest railway station in France.
Continue readingLoano Station
Loano, Italy, 05-Feb-2024.
Mailboxes, Ventimiglia
Ventimiglia train station, 4 February 2024.
Monaco, from Above
The Principality in its entirety.
Continue readingIn Transit: Stockholm to Frankfurt
24 August 2020. Mid-afternoon. Lufthansa. Full flight, Masks mandatory. All images were taken within 15 minutes of take-off.
In Transit: Szekesfehervar to Ljubljana
On the IC 246, which originated in Budapest and traveled onward to the Slovenian port city of Koper. Masks were mandatory, but passengers on the Hungarian side were fairly complacent on that count. Nor did they honor first class reservations. 21 more images, with several more additions to the train station portrait collection.
A 72-Hour Bout With Cholera
I’ve read Love in the Time of Cholera twice. It’s among my favorite books. The first time was in the early winter of 1992, when I lived in a small one-room cabin in the woods near Athens, Ohio. At the time I was preparing for a road trip three friends and I were about to… Continue reading
In Transit: Lagos to Asaba
A 45-minute flyover between the Lagos, Africa’s largest city, to Asaba, capital of Nigeria’s Delta State.
Continue readingIn Transit: Istanbul to Lagos
Istanbul Ataturk Airport is starting to show its age. It’s getting dirtier. The restrooms dank. Maybe it’s just the summer heat accentuating the less desirable things. Or, less attention is being paid here and more to the Istanbul New Airport, which when it opens in late October will be the largest airport in the world…. Continue reading
Putin/Trump-spotting in Helsinki
I passed through Helsinki Airport this afternoon. I didn’t spot Pussy Grabber One but did pass Putin’s Summit Squadron.
Turkey’s Hakkari Province, From the Air
Here are a few shots for the In Transit series of what I believe are the still snow-covered peaks of the Cilo-Sat Mountains in the eastern part of Turkey’s Hakkari Province, near the country’s borders with Iraq and Iran.