A tiny caterpillar (top right) beside the huge heap of debris, Feb.3, after Frankfurt’s university tower was demolished in a big blast the day before.
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Building___________________________Dust
A five-picture combo shows Frankfurt’s university tower coming down in a blast, Feb.2.. 950 kilograms of explosives were needed to reduce the building to dust.
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Big Blast
Frankfurt’s 116-meter university tower comes down in a blast, Feb.2. The tower was built in 1972 and demolished 42 years later using some 950 kilograms of explosives. It was one of the biggest such operations in Europe.
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Hazy Day
An almost black&white view westward from one of Frankfurt’s highrise buildings over the tracks leading to the main train station on a hazy day, Jan.31.
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Main Station
Tracks, trains and wiring outside Frankfurt’s main railway station, seen through a 300mm lens (plus some cropping), Jan.30. May appear a bit chaotic, but traffic runs very smoothly, usually.
(Canon EOS 5d MkIII, 2.8 300mm, f 7.1,1/13 sec. – and a tripod, of course)
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