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Silent Witness

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Sternly visible against a rising sun, the headgear above the Paul-Reusch shaft of the former Colliery Osterfeld reminds everyone about our past, about what made us big, about what made the Ruhr basin one of the busiest places in Germany for a very long time:

Coal.

A mixed blessing, allowing for economic growth, large scale industrialisation and prosperity, while also leading to a great deal of pollution, destroyed landscapes and often death for those who mined it. Today, it's almost all gone, just a few silent witnesses reveal that this park was once in fact a very large industrial complex, complete with collieries and coking plants.


Interestingly enough, this was also the topic of the very first deviation that I ever submitted.






Just in case you're wondering what on earth I'm doing in Oberhausen at 7am: I was driving home from the all-night long LAN party that started at 6pm on Saturday, and lasted till about 6am this Sunday. Yeah, we're that crazy. While driving along a road that has a 30kph speed limit, I just couldn't take my eyes off this magnificient sight. After fighting with myself for a bit, I checked my mirrors, turned the car around, parked, grabbed my camera, and fired off a couple of shots in the bitter cold. We even had some snow yesterday...
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Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 1000D
Shutter Speed
1/125 second
Aperture
F/8.0
Focal Length
24 mm
ISO Speed
100
Date Taken
Mar 7, 2010, 7:00:16 AM
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