Changing shores - Baltic moments

So this year I have the plan to get out to the Baltic Sea every month to document the changes on the shore line. The constant winds, ice, snow, harsh sun, breaking waves all work together to create and take land every minute. It is amazing to see the drift wood coming on shore after a strong storm or the coast line retreating after days with high surfs. At the end of the year I seek to have created a story that details the constant change and the unique moments that come with it.The winter was quite mild this year, but I have some early results showing what a mild and briefly cold winter can look like.here in Rostock. Stay tuned for the end of the year. #StoryTelling

The City Harbour of Rostock on a cold winter evening, when unexpectedly the skies erupted in amazing reds. The frozen river implies some calm that a scene that rarely happens.

In the middle of February the winds started blowing from the north east bringing with it some very cold arctic air masses. This resulted in the water of the Baltic Sea freezing over these line of wooden poles (called Buhnen). The setting sun was creating a warm feel on a very cold night.

Frozen in time. Temperatures dropped below -10C here in Rostock for a week or so, which was the first time since we came back from Canada. This has resulted in the River Warnow freezing in only two days. Pictured here is the night time view from Gehlsdorf over to Rostock on a moonlit night, with one wooden pole fighting off the ice!

Looking Northwest on a grey evening in January. It was a rather mild day, which is nicely illustrated by the almost tropical color of the water below the pier of Kühlungsborn, while the coast protecting poles were not at work this evening.

Change comes quickly and just 15 hrs later the next morning the wind had turned and blew from the north, roughing up the water and the coast protecting poles were at work, like the sea gull fighting the wind.