Category / architecture / industrial / man-made landscape / night / urban space
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Building a new railway track, Berlin Moabit
(ISO 100, f7.1 @ 26mm, 30sec., 00:38) In the distance you see the lights of the Berlin central train station. The new track nr. 21 of the city railway will connect the central train station with the northern parts of the city.
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Zoofenster, Berlin Charlottenburg
(ISO 100, f8 @ 22mm, 6sec., 01:31) The structure in the center is called Zoofenster and at just under 119 m, it is one of Berlin’s tallest buildings. It was designed by Christoph Mäckler and opened in January 2013. This is the view from the train station Zoologischer Garten. That building dates back to 1882. Following the Second World War it became the only major station on the Stadtbahn to…
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Dorotheenstrasse 1, Berlin Mitte
(ISO 100, f8 @ 30mm, 25sec., 22:49) Information about the restoration of this building here and here (sorry, only in German language). Main point is, the building in this image had been damaged heavily in the war and what you see here is the restored facade. The Berlin office for preservation made it a must to keep the scars of the war. The first link above (with lots of images…
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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…
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Box No. 1
(ISO 100, f8 @ 25mm, 15sec., 23:10) This is the entrance area of the limestone mine of my previous upload. I never experienced a place which was so immersed in dust. The dust was everywhere. A fine dust which literally got inside of me. I wonder what it must be like in the day time when people are working in this place.
