A visitor is reflected in the glass that protects the fossil of a turtle, roughly 45 million years old, on display at the Messel Pit (German: ‘Grube Messel’) exhibition hall, just southeast of Frankfurt, Sep.2. The disused quarry with its abundance of fossils was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site almost 20 years ago.
A photo blog by Frank Rumpenhorst
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Ancient Turtle
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Pyrotechnics
Onlookers stand on the Holbeinsteg, a pedestrian bridge over river Main to watch the fireworks that concluded the three-day ‘Museumsuferfest’ (Museum Embankment Festival) in Frankfurt, Aug.31. Some 2.6 million visitors flocked to the river banks for one of Germany’s most colorful open-air festivals. -
Two-Dimensional Dog
A dog rests on the lawn on grayhound racing day in Bad Homburg, just northeast of Frankfurt, Aug.31. -
The Price of Gasoline
A gas station at Biblis, some 70 kms (42 mls) southwest of Frankfurt, Aug. 28.
(Photo taken with deliberate movement of camera. Multiple gas price figures are the result of LEDs flickering according to mains frequency during the exposure.) -
Little Flower and the Goose
A little flower and a goose on the roof of the Chinese Garden in Frankfurt, Aug. 26.
(Sony Alpha 6000, SEL-50F18, 1/1000 sec, f 2.8, ISO160 – no color added or removed. It really was a very dull and gray day)
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