The moon appears behind a statue at Frankfurt’s Paulsplatz square, Sep. 28., during a rare astronomical event in which the moon has appeared to redden in the night’s sky – a so-called blood moon, being the result of a combination of an eclipse with the closest full moon of the year.
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Cloud Offering
A small cloud behind the huge statue of Hautacuperche on the beach of Valle Gran Rey on La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain, March 17. Hautacuperche led the “Rebellion of the Gomeros” by the local population against the Spanish occupation of the island in 1488 that eventuallay failed. The statue was erected in 2007.
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Goethe’s Laurel Wreath
The bronze statue of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe with its laurel wreath at Goethe square in Frankfurt, Jan.28. The German writer, poet, polymath, etc. was born in Frankfurt in 1749. The Goethe House and the Goethe Museum can be visited on the site of his birthplace.
Kermit Style
The old statue of a dock worker at Frankfurt’s Friedensbrücke (peace bridge) sports a freshly knitted outfit including Muppet Show character Kermit the frog ( some may remember…), early in the morning, Jan. 4. The statue is almost regularly clothed by unknown yarn bombers.
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