2010-09-30

woods,

Glaring lights in the woods

Either a UFO is about to land or they are working round the clock to build an extension to the sports school.

2010-09-28

autumn, biergarten

Biergarten in Autumn

Not so many people, but still hard to get a seat.

2010-09-26

leaf, puddles,

Leaf in a puddle

2010-09-25

peacock

Breakout

Sometimes the inhabitants of the zoo get bored of their surroundings and decide to go for a stroll.

2010-09-24

rain

Log truck in the rain

2010-09-22

sculpture,

Torque revisted

Since the owl landed (2010-04-03), there is a new perspective on Richard Serra's sculpture.

2010-09-21

tunnel

Green at the end of the tunnel,

2010-09-20


Völklingen in steel

More roundabout art.

2010-09-19

football


Floodlight in the sun

2010-09-18

tortoise

Plodding

The spots on Mr Tortoise's back where the first drops in a torrential downpour that cleared the zoo of human visitors in the space of a minute.

2010-09-17

fish

Piranhas

Looking unperturbed by the hordes of visitors on the zoo's annual open day.

2010-09-16

tower

Tower ruins

The remains of Bucherbach castle, built in the 14th century and, like much else, totally devastated in the Thirty Years War.

2010-09-12

red brick,

Red bricks

In Saarland, one rarely sees bare red brick façades, but in the pretty old mining town of Von der Heydt one sees nothing else.

2010-09-11

coal mine,

Abandoned coal works

2010-09-10

pitheap

Summit

The top of a pit heap.

2010-09-09

railway track,

Rails

Tracks leading into 2010-09-07.

2010-09-08

pithead

Weiße Riese - White Giant

2010-09-07 from a closer perspective.

2010-09-07

pithead,

White pithead

In 1994 at a cost of ca 200 mllion euros, the tallest pithead in the world went into operation in Göttelborn. So much money and hi-tech would surely save the coal-industry in Saarland. But it was not to be. Six years later all coal-mining in Göttelborn ceased. By the end of 2011 not a single chunk of coal will be produced in Saarland.

2010-09-05

lake,  pump

Turret in the lake

Housing pumping machinery, I think.

2010-09-04

rain

Rain on a train carriage window

Unfortunately, a rather typical shot for August 2010 in Saarland.

2010-09-03

kulturmeilenfest, sculpture, metal tentacles,

Big Gaia close up

Another shot of 2009-07-08 during this year's Culture Mile Festival.

2010-09-02

balloons

Komm zur Kunst - Come to art

2010-09-01


Evening in Saarland