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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Sochi (really!)
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 17:06:52 +1030
References: <52FDB5E4.5020106@threshinc.com>

Rosa Khutor, 50 km from Sochi, and ~1400m higher, has a completely
different climate to Sochi.  The Black Sea is incredible at moderating the
local climate at sea level.

Marty


On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 4:51 PM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote:

> Here's a topical Throwback Thursday.  The site of the current winter
> Olympics is actually a sub-tropical resort.  Katya visited there with her
> father when she was about 15.  These pictures were taken with a screw-mount
> Leica.  Katya's father acquired one during his Russian army service during
> WWII.
>
> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/12514623085/>
> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/12514738343/>
>
> Katya did not see any pictures of Brezhnev bare-chested, riding bareback,
> or on the back of a bear.
>
> --Peter
>
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