Yosemity Falls, CA, USA. Daniel Ahlberg. June 22, 2013
From their Californian Road Trip, Daniel Ahlberg and family sends us this beautiful picture from Yosemite Falls(earlier reports here, here and here). Yosemite Falls apprears to be one of the worlds more impressive natural fenomena as it is the sixth (or seventh) highest water fall in the world and the highest in North America.
This road trip is turning out to an expedition of records featuring the hottest place on Earth, the tree with the largest volume on Earth and the highest water fall in North America.
Thank you for the beautiful image. We wish you fair winds on your ongoing expedition Daniel and family and look forward to your next report, record or not. 🙂
Death Valley, CA. USA. Daniel Ahlberg, June 24, 2013
Bad Water, Death Valley admittedly doesn’t seem like the best place to spend a lot of time. But seeing it once makes a lot of sense. You could argue that this is as bad as it gets. As Daniel Ahlberg and family ventures to this hot pot on their road trip through California USA (earlier reports here and here) he reports of temperatures above 40 degress Celcius when the expedition ventured through the place that has the record for the highest air temperature on Earth. (The record could be broken within just a few days as the current heat wave progresses).
Thank you for the beautiful pictures Daniel. They really convey an arid and uninviting feeling about the place. In fact, is much as one could imagine what it will be like for the house when on the moon. Hot and colourless. The main difference on the moon will be the lack of visitors, at least to begin with and the absence of air and, hence of a blue sky.
We wish you fair winds and look forward to more reports from your road trip.
Death Valley, CA. USA. Daniel Ahlberg, June 24, 2013
Death Valley, CA. USA. Daniel Ahlberg, June 24, 2013
Death Valley, CA. USA. Daniel Ahlberg, June 24, 2013
Sequoia National Park, CA. USA. Daniel Ahlberg, June 22, 2013
An update from the Alberg family road trip (earlier report here) through California brings us this report from Sequoia National Park. Jees, aren’t those sequoia trees big! Imagine the size of the red house one could build with logs from those trees. But who’s this general? The sequoia ranger? At HQ we always believed the Sherman was a tank but it turns out that in this instance he is a tree and the tree with the worlds largest volume. The trunk alone is estimated to have a volume of 1500 cubic meters (wikipedia) .
Thank you Daniel for the beautiful pictures of the impressive trees. We wish you fair winds for your ongoing adventure and look forward to more reports from your road trip.
Sequoia National Park, CA. USA. Daniel Ahlberg, June 22, 2013
Daniel Ahlberg with family brings Moonhouse #2.23 along for a road trip adventure through California, USA. One of the first stops is Universial Studios in Hollywood. Any yes, we would like Universial to reboot Space 1999 as Space 2019 featuring the Moonhouse on location in a major part.
Congratulations to some to the excellent onset on of a very promising expedition Daniel. We look forward to more reports. Fair winds!
John-Olof Vinterhav brought Moonhouse #2.23 to the Church of nativity in Bethlehem in June 2013
The MoonHouse in the Middle East June 2013.
What could be a better stopover for the Moon House than the House of Stars, the Nativity Church in Bethlehem. There it could indulge in the light of fire as well as enjoy the company of stars. On its visit to Jerusalem it touched base with Al Aqsa which lent some golden glory and spiritual power for the onward journey.
This report from Jerusalem and Bethlehem reached the Moonhouse Expedition HQ a few days ago. John-Olof Vinterhav brought the house to so many places at once when he brought it to the Holy Land; Into history, religion, politics and more.
The Church of nativity and the Dome of rock are two of the places on Earth that are considered closest to heaven, if in a metaphysical sense. The Church of Nativity stands on the very place where Christians believe that Jesus Christ was born and the Dome of the Rock enshrines the place where Jews believe that God tested Abraham and Muslims believe that the Profet Muhammed ascended into heaven. (Correct me if I am wrong here.)
In this sense it is even more symbolic that the house only sees the Dome of the Rock in a distance as we have yet to reach the Moon.
We congratulate John-Olof Vinterhav on his successful expedition and wish him fair winds on his coming adventures.
John Olof has now passed Moonhouse #2.23 to Daniel Ahlberg for a road trip expedition to California and we take the opportunity to wish fair winds to Daniel on his expedition.
John Olof Vinterhav brought Moonhouse #2.23 to the Nativity Church in Bethlehem in June of 2013. The entrance to the church is the modest rectangular opening in the wall to the left of the house.
John-Olof Vinterhav brought Moonhouse #2.23 to the Church of nativity in Bethlehem in June 2013
John-Olof Vinterhav brought Moonhouse #2.23 to Jerusalem in June 2013
House #2.23 on the Grand Canal in Venice. Brought there by John-Olof Vinterhav on April 24, 2013
Houses #2.22 and #2.23 has completed a successful expedition to Venice, Italy. The above picture is taken at the west bridgehead of Ponte dell’Accademia looking south over the Canal Grande. Note how well the Moonhouse (#2.23) blends in with the medieval surroundings; the stern of a Venice Gondola protruding from the greenery in the foreground and Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute dominating the skyline.
House #2.22 at the Peggy Guggenheim collection on April 24, 2013 with Ulla Vinterhav. Picassos ”the Studio” in the background.
Great works of art are inclusive and enhance each other mutually. The above image features house #2.22 in front of Picassos ”The Studio” displayed at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice. Focus is naturally on the Moonhouse but one can sense how Picassos painting and the Moonhouse complement each other. Painting and sculpture. Architecture and portrait.
Congratulations on the successful completion of your first expeditions John-Olof Vinterhav and Ulla Vinterhav. Fair winds on your future adventures. Houses #2.22 and #2.23 will hence forth be named The Picasso and The Canal Grande.
