Last days in New Zealand

Last weeks in New Zealand were very busy with wrapping everything up. I'm grateful that I could work with such great people and learn a lot. Thank you all! I'll continue working on research started there and implementing the knowledge aquired at NIWA.


With my two favourite Chrises from NIWA :)

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