
Two hands take a photo of the huge heap of debris, Feb.3, after Frankfurt’s university tower was demolished the day before.

Two hands take a photo of the huge heap of debris, Feb.3, after Frankfurt’s university tower was demolished the day before.

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.

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.

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.