Cool Picture

I've thought, it's time to modify the header design of this humble corner of the WWW. The spanking new header picture has been taken by acclaimed photographer Louis Brem on February 23rd, 2003 at N 63° 12´21.7" O 142° 36´33.1". This location is in Siberia, close to Oymyakon.

Oymyakon is known as the Northern Pole of Cold, because on January 26, 1926, a temperature of -71.2°C (-96 °F) was recorded there. This is the lowest temperature ever recorded in any locality on Earth that has permanent, year-round human habitation. It is also the lowest temperature recorded for the Northern hemisphere.

Here are some more pictures, we had taken on this trip: