The second cooling tower of the nuclear power plant in Biblis, some 70 kms (43 mls) south of Frankfurt, collapses during its controlled demolition. The power plant was shut down in 2011 following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in a political decision to phase-out nuclear power in Germany.
A woman with angel wings in Ukrainian colors stands in front of the Old Opera House in Frankfurt during a demonstration on Feb. 24, marking the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – a war that killed thousands and forced eight million Ukrainians to leave their homes and flee abroad.
Last December I had the opportunity of spending an afternoon in Jerusalem.
The floats for this year’s rose monday carnival parade were presented at a press preview in Mainz, some 50 kms (30mls) west of Frankfurt. Satirical portrayals of politicians and current affairs are an integral part of Carnival celebrations in Germany.
After finding my old handheld document scanner I did a scan of an old man.
At St. Peter-Ording on the North Sea coast in Germany, just south of Denmark, Oct.2022.
(Reproductions of Fuji Instax images, shot with a Lomo Instant Square camera)
Last week while being in Berlin I had an hour or so to kill before my train went back to Frankfurt and so I took a walk around the railway station and the nearby parliament building.
(Fuji X100F)
Being in Berlin on a job left me just a little time to walk around with my Fuji X100F at Alexanderplatz square in the city’s central Mitte district.
A trip to Munich and Bavarian towns in August 2022.
All photo taken with Sony A7rIV and 50mm/1.2 GM.
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser of the ruling Social Democratic Party speaks at a local party gathering at a country inn in the Taunus range near Frankfurt. (Seen from outside, the windows reflecting the pine trees)
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