Max Angelsburger
Unexpected Horizons
When I went to this sunset shoot in Wurmberg I did not expect to see any mountainous silhouette on the horizon. The reason is, there are simply no such mountains around there. So, naturally I was really amazed. From my spot next to Wurmberg I was looking almost perfectly in north-eastern direction. The direct line of sight to the antenna tower and the delivery center of the German Post in Pforzheim in the foreground (note the yellow sign of the Deutsche Post) allowed a pretty accurate determination of my field of view. On the map I reconstructed the line of sight and matched the mountainous silhouette on my picture to a topographical 3D-image in Google Earth. The result was pretty amazing: The mountains are part of the Palatinate Forest (Pfälzerwald) - almost 70 kilometers away! Physically possible - but only on extremely clear seeing conditions. To clearifing that: The picture shows the line of sight, looking from the south-western Enzkreis, over the city of Pforzheim, over the city of Karlsruhe and over the complete Rhine Valley (!) right to the border of the Palatine Forest Forest (Pfälzerwald) - the mountainous silhouette on the background. The four bigger summits from left to right: Treutelsberg (503,7 m), Rehberg (576,8 m), Föhrlenberg (530 m), Hohenberg (552 m)
Unexpected Horizons
When I went to this sunset shoot in Wurmberg I did not expect to see any mountainous silhouette on the horizon. The reason is, there are simply no such mountains around there. So, naturally I was really amazed. From my spot next to Wurmberg I was looking almost perfectly in north-eastern direction. The direct line of sight to the antenna tower and the delivery center of the German Post in Pforzheim in the foreground (note the yellow sign of the Deutsche Post) allowed a pretty accurate determination of my field of view. On the map I reconstructed the line of sight and matched the mountainous silhouette on my picture to a topographical 3D-image in Google Earth. The result was pretty amazing: The mountains are part of the Palatinate Forest (Pfälzerwald) - almost 70 kilometers away! Physically possible - but only on extremely clear seeing conditions. To clearifing that: The picture shows the line of sight, looking from the south-western Enzkreis, over the city of Pforzheim, over the city of Karlsruhe and over the complete Rhine Valley (!) right to the border of the Palatine Forest Forest (Pfälzerwald) - the mountainous silhouette on the background. The four bigger summits from left to right: Treutelsberg (503,7 m), Rehberg (576,8 m), Föhrlenberg (530 m), Hohenberg (552 m)