Tag / hangar
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Refurbished landscape
Krausnick, Germany – 2017, May 25 (Pentax 67, Super Takumar 55mm F3.5, Kodak Portra 160)
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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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A quiet afternoon when the war was over
(ISO 100, f8 @ 28mm, 1/4sec., 16:18) This is a military jet hangar of the former GDR with roots back to the 1930’s of Nazi Germany. Today the remaining hangars are used as garages and private storage rooms. The entrance still look impressive with some massive steel doors.