miercuri, 22 februarie 2012

weekend in Staufen im Breisgau


The castle ruin seen from our hotel room.

The view from the castle ruin where we made a picknick. The mountains in the background are the Vosges.

Crack in a wall in the historical center. Staufen has major problems because it is rising every day - until now it has risen 30 cms. The rising happens because of a drilling operation that was conducted to provide geothermal energy; the drilling brought water to an anhydrite layer that is expanding because of the contact with the water.

10 comentarii:

Leovi spunea...

Very beautiful photos, amazing lights, I love those views, unbonito place. Greetings.

TALON spunea...

You always take the most beautiful photos, Frieda. Imagine the city rising that much! I had no idea that type of drilling had those type of after effects. I guess there is no way to get any type of energy without some type of trade-off.

Krunal spunea...

wonderful images...it's a very beautiful place

Sharodindu spunea...

nice place and very nicely captured via lense.... thanks for sharing.

DIGITAL WORLD PAGES ARCHIVE spunea...

Hello! What a very interesting place! Beautiful photos!

rainfield61 spunea...

It is rare for you to have so many pictures in one post.

This place must be very interesting.

Gillena Cox spunea...

Wow Frieda i feel like i'm flipping through the pages of a fairy tale; thanks for sharing these beautiful photos


much love

Ramakrishnan spunea...

These are some terrific weekend shots of Staufen

Doug Hickok spunea...

These are such fantastic images... I love your style of presentation! Glad you had an interesting and pleasurable visit :^)

Frieda spunea...

Thank you for your lovely comments, everybody :)