Tag / man-made landscape
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The oil shale slag heap next to the Messel Pit fossil site
(ISO 100, f8 @ 27mm, 1/400sec., 10:41) I went there to take images from the Messel pit, a disused quarry which was the first German natural monument declared a UNESCO world heritage site in 1995 (one of the few sites that have ever been placed on the list exclusively due to fossils). Books have been written about this site and it almost ended as a waste disposal landfill a few…
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A tale of two birds
(ISO 100, f8 @ 15mm, 1/80sec., 16:36) This is a military hangar in the distance. Wernher von Braun did some of his first rocket testings here. During the times of the cold war it was a Russian MIG 21 base and after the German reunification this was one of the places to be if you were into illegal techno parties. When I was there, it was a very hot and…
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Don’t drink and fly
(ISO 100, f16 @ 24mm, 1/80sec., 14:54) This is the same airport as in my previous upload: Neuhardenberg, formerly known as Marxwalde during GDR days. Today – and after various failed business investment attempts – it has an uncertain future as an airport. Other opportunities seem to work out better: In 2012 a 2 million squaremeter solar power station was build there which is now one of the biggest in…
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Construction site for a wholesale market
(ISO 100, f8 @ 35mm, 4sec., 19:45) This is a glimpse through the fence. I almost missed the place because out on the street everything was so unremarkable.
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Heating plant, Karviná
(ISO 100, f8 @ 25mm, 25sec., 18:56) This place is close to Ostrava, a city with a rich industrial past in the north-east of the Czech Republic. Fellow photographer Vratislav Indra invited me to join him on a tour there. Thanks again mate.
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Gravel depot, conveyor belts and warehouse
(ISO 100, f8 @ 25mm, 30sec., 23:51) I remember that I almost passed by this place but an endless row of railway cars attracted me to take a closer look. The ground around it was one huge puddle from the recent rain and despite it was almost midnight there were still some trucks queuing for their turn to get in. The closest one had his radio on and believe it…