About Christian

About Christian

As a geoscientist, climate researcher, and landscape photographer, I’ve spent over 30 years exploring the inner workings of our planet. My goal is to communicate how everything is interconnected—and how fragile those connections are—in ways that are both...
Bestseller Book Wunderwerk Erde – How our planet functions

Bestseller Book Wunderwerk Erde – How our planet functions

The SPIEGEL-Bestseller book Wunderwerk Erde is a love poem to our planet What makes Earth so unique? How did our planet come into being, how has it changed over the eons of time—and how does it function, both inside and out? Wunderwerk Erde (Wonderwork Earth),...
Paintings with Light

Paintings with Light

At sunset, the Crater Lake volcano in the Cascade Range in Oregon is shrouded in the smoke of a wild fire ignited by lightning strike.The devastating eruption of the stratovolcano Mount Mazama 6900 years ago emptied the interior of the volcano. Under its own weight,...
Earth Spirit Rising

Earth Spirit Rising

At moonrise, the nighttime Mount Rainier volcano in Washington mirrors with the stars of the Milky Way in the Reflection Lakes. The Reflection Lakes are getting ever shallower and smaller as aquatic vegetation takes root and mud collects on the lake bed. The Puyallup...
Into a Distant Light

Into a Distant Light

The snow-capped stratovolcano Mount Rainier is reflected at sunrise in Tipsoo Lake near Chinook Pass. After a catastrophic eruption about 6000 years ago, the volcano grew to its present dimensions 2500 years ago and has since been intensively reshaped by...