Nr. 33 - N10°1’50”, W95°44’20” | Blue ZoneNr. 33 - N10°1’50”, W95°44’20” | Research shows that you can increase your life by 10-12 years by adopting a Blue Zone lifestyle. A “Blue Zone” is a region of the world where people commonly live past the age of 100 years. The Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica has been named one of the five classified blue zones of the world. The 9 common denominators of a Blue Zone are: 1. Move naturally - Blue Zoners don’t pump iron, run marathons or join gyms but instead, their environments constantly nudge them into moving without thinking about it. They grow gardens and do not have mechanical conveniences for house and yard work. 2. Having a purpose - “knowing why you wake up in the morning” is worth up to seven years of extra life expectancy. 3. Down Shift routine- People in blue zones experience stress but have routines to shed that stress like happy hour, taking a nap, praying or remembering ancestors. 4. 80% Rule - People in Blue Zones stop eating when their stomachs are 80 percent full. They eat their smallest meal in the late afternoon and then they don’t eat any more the rest of the day. 5. Plant Slant - Beans, including fava, black, soy and lentils, are the cornerstone of most centenarian diets. 6. Wine @ 5 - People in all Blue Zones (except in California) drink alcohol moderately and regularly. Moderate drinkers outlive non-drinkers. The trick is to drink 1-2 glasses per day with friends and with food. 7. Belong - Blue Zoners usually belong to some faith-based community. Research shows that attending faith-based services four times per month will add 4-14 years of life expectancy. 8. Loved Ones First - Successful centenarians in the Blue Zones put their families first. This means keeping aging parents and grandparents nearby or in the home, commiting to a life partner and investing in their children with time and love. 9. Being part of the Right Tribe - The world’s longest lived people chose or were born into social circles that supported their healthy behaviors, Studies show that smoking, obesity, happiness, and even loneliness are contagious. The other 4 blue zones are located in the Barbagia region of Sardinia- Italy, Ikaria - Greece, Loma Linda - California and Okinawa - Japan | Playa San Juanillo, Nicoya Peninsula | Costa Rica | South America

Nr. 34 - N9°37’54”, W85°9’29” | SunsetNr. 34 - N9°37’54”, W85°9’29” | “Ik heb de zon zien zakken in de zee…” Ever wondered why the sunset is red? Light may look white, but it is actually a combination of many colours. The colours have different wavelengths, frequencies, and energies. Violet has the shortest wavelength meaning that it has the highest frequency and energy. Red has the longest wavelength and lowest frequency and energy. Light moves in a straight line until it is interfered with (for example gasses in the atmosphere). After light hits a gas molecule some of it may get absorbed. The different colours of light are affected differently. All of the colours can be absorbed, but the higher frequencies (blues) are absorbed more often than the lower frequencies (reds). This process is called Rayleigh scattering. At sunset, light must travel farther through the atmosphere before it gets to you, so more of it absorbed. The color of the sun itself appears to change, first to orange and then to red because the short wavelength blues and greens are now absorbed and only the longer wavelengths (reds, oranges) are left to be seen. | Santa Teresa - Costa Rica - Central America.

Time ProjectNr. 30 – N9°54’15”, W85°39’53” | Through my (ongoing) project “Time”, I would like to share my fascination for time. Change over time…how some things change so fast or even disappear and how other things stay the same for ages. Perception of time…why ‘is’ one minute of snoozing so different from one minute of holding a plank. Time difference that allows you to travel back in time or fast forward…the relativity of time…I want to capture time! | Nicoya Peninsula – Costa Rica – Central America

Nr. 33 - N10°1’50”, W95°44’20” | Blue ZoneNr. 33 - N10°1’50”, W95°44’20” | Research shows that you can increase your life by 10-12 years by adopting a Blue Zone lifestyle. A “Blue Zone” is a region of the world where people commonly live past the age of 100 years. The Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica has been named one of the five classified blue zones of the world. The 9 common denominators of a Blue Zone are: 1. Move naturally - Blue Zoners don’t pump iron, run marathons or join gyms but instead, their environments constantly nudge them into moving without thinking about it. They grow gardens and do not have mechanical conveniences for house and yard work. 2. Having a purpose - “knowing why you wake up in the morning” is worth up to seven years of extra life expectancy. 3. Down Shift routine- People in blue zones experience stress but have routines to shed that stress like happy hour, taking a nap, praying or remembering ancestors. 4. 80% Rule - People in Blue Zones stop eating when their stomachs are 80 percent full. They eat their smallest meal in the late afternoon and then they don’t eat any more the rest of the day. 5. Plant Slant - Beans, including fava, black, soy and lentils, are the cornerstone of most centenarian diets. 6. Wine @ 5 - People in all Blue Zones (except in California) drink alcohol moderately and regularly. Moderate drinkers outlive non-drinkers. The trick is to drink 1-2 glasses per day with friends and with food. 7. Belong - Blue Zoners usually belong to some faith-based community. Research shows that attending faith-based services four times per month will add 4-14 years of life expectancy. 8. Loved Ones First - Successful centenarians in the Blue Zones put their families first. This means keeping aging parents and grandparents nearby or in the home, commiting to a life partner and investing in their children with time and love. 9. Being part of the Right Tribe - The world’s longest lived people chose or were born into social circles that supported their healthy behaviors, Studies show that smoking, obesity, happiness, and even loneliness are contagious. The other 4 blue zones are located in the Barbagia region of Sardinia- Italy, Ikaria - Greece, Loma Linda - California and Okinawa - Japan | Playa San Juanillo, Nicoya Peninsula | Costa Rica | South America

Nr. 70 - S17°36’9”, W149°36’53” | Rays of lightNr. 70 - S17°36’9”, W149°36’53” | A spectacular farewell by French Polynesia - “Faster than the speeding light she's flying - Trying to remember where it all began - She's got herself a little piece of heaven - Waiting for the time when Earth shall be as one - And I feel like I just got home - And I feel - Quicker than a ray of light she's flying - Quicker than a ray of light I'm flying” - Madonna, Ray of Light | Sun setting over Moorea observed from Tahiti - French Polynesia - Oceania

Nr. 63 - S16°33’30”, -151°32’27” | Tango of the palmtreesNr. 63 - S16°33’30”, -151°32’27” | Tango of the palmtrees. I saw these palmtrees when I was exploring a tiny inhabited island off the coast of Taha’a, slender and tall, bent by the wind. I immediately thought of palmtrees dancing the tango and I had to take a picture. A few weeks before, I was strolling the streets of San Telmo in Buenos Aires desperately looking for couples dancing the tango in the streets during golden hour. I found none. Now it’s palmtrees dancing on the other side of the world - pictures always turn out differently than planned… | Tiny Motu off the coast of Taha’a - French Polynesia - Oceania

Nr. 18 - S64°49’12”, W62°49‘3’ | IcebergNr. 18 - S64°49’12”, W62°49‘3’ | Icebergs are large pieces of freshwater ice that have broken off a glacier or an ice shelf and are floating freely in open salt water. Small bits of disintegrating icebergs are called called "growlers" or "bergy bits". Around 90 percent of an iceberg is below the surface and not visible. Hence the phrase ‘tip of the iceberg’. | Near Stoney Point – Antarctica

Nr. 23 - S65°38’28”, W57°53’52” | Full moonNr. 23 - S65°38’28”, W57°53’52” | “It is in our nature to explore, to reach out into the unknown. The only true failure would be not to explore at all.” | Weddell Sea – Antarctica

Nr. 19 – S63°32’00”, W56°55’00” | Brown BluffNr. 19 – S63°32’00”, W56°55’00” | Brown Bluff is a basalt volcano located on the Tabarin Peninsula of Northern Antarctica. It formed in the past 1 million years, which erupted sub-glacially within an englacial lake. The volcano's original diameter is thought to have been about 12-15 kilometers, and probably formed by a single vent. The volcano is named "Brown Bluff" because of its steep slopes and its brown-to-black hyaloclastite, a volcaniclastic accumulation of glass.

Nr. 18 - S64°49’12”, W62°49‘3’ | Tip of the icebergNr. 18 - S64°49’12”, W62°49‘3’ | Icebergs are large pieces of freshwater ice that have broken off a glacier or an ice shelf and are floating freely in open salt water. Small bits of disintegrating icebergs are called called "growlers" or "bergy bits". Around 90 percent of an iceberg is below the surface and not visible. Hence the phrase ‘tip of the iceberg’. | Near Stoney Point – Antarctica

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