Rings of Berlin
Explored December 21, 2022
Today is Winter solstice, the shortest day of the year in the Northern hemisphere. Finally, days will get longer again, something I've been looking forward to all the more this autumn/winter because it's the darkest, dullest season we've had for many years. Since there are also only three days left until Christmas, I was searching my photo archive for something festive and sci-fi-looking. I stumbled upon a series of images that I'd taken back in December 2018 at the Christmas market nearby Berlin's TV tower (one of my city's most iconic and well-known landmarks) where you can see the TV tower's spire and its famous "ball" (which houses a rotating – slowly rotating, I should add – restaurant) behind the Christmas market's rotating Ferris wheel.
I've already uploaded one photo from this series – four years ago, so I was also hoping that most of you have forgotten about that first upload by now and this image passes as "new" ;) Well, it kind of is new, because it's not the same shot as the first image. The first image (which you can find in the first comment) has a tighter crop and the colours are different because the Ferris wheel had been illuminated in changing colours. This time, I also thought I'd leave the Ferris wheel's metal brace in the image because I thought the brace adds a "space station" look. The Ferris wheel's colour "rings" also reminded me of Saturn's rings (or of a wormhole), hence the title.
Wishing you a Happy Winter Solstice, and Happy Hump Day, too :)
Rings of Berlin
Explored December 21, 2022
Today is Winter solstice, the shortest day of the year in the Northern hemisphere. Finally, days will get longer again, something I've been looking forward to all the more this autumn/winter because it's the darkest, dullest season we've had for many years. Since there are also only three days left until Christmas, I was searching my photo archive for something festive and sci-fi-looking. I stumbled upon a series of images that I'd taken back in December 2018 at the Christmas market nearby Berlin's TV tower (one of my city's most iconic and well-known landmarks) where you can see the TV tower's spire and its famous "ball" (which houses a rotating – slowly rotating, I should add – restaurant) behind the Christmas market's rotating Ferris wheel.
I've already uploaded one photo from this series – four years ago, so I was also hoping that most of you have forgotten about that first upload by now and this image passes as "new" ;) Well, it kind of is new, because it's not the same shot as the first image. The first image (which you can find in the first comment) has a tighter crop and the colours are different because the Ferris wheel had been illuminated in changing colours. This time, I also thought I'd leave the Ferris wheel's metal brace in the image because I thought the brace adds a "space station" look. The Ferris wheel's colour "rings" also reminded me of Saturn's rings (or of a wormhole), hence the title.
Wishing you a Happy Winter Solstice, and Happy Hump Day, too :)