Sunset over the Vosges hills
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2009-09-22
Optical telegraph in the setting sun
Between 1793 and 1854, a number of telegraph lines were established, radiating from Paris and passing signals via optical means. The stations were 9 to 12 km apart. The one in the photo is a reconstruction. The original on the same spot was intended to form part of the line from Paris to the fortress in Landau via Metz. Construction of the line began in 1793 but was never completed.
2009-08-13
Blazing sunset
The gap in the trees for the power lines is the only place, apart from the tower, where you can look out from the big, woody Schwarzenberg hill onto the town below. Sometimes the sunsets are spectacular.
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