Blinded by the Light

I went up to the Pit Lamp in Moers again. There is a story to my first time, I visited the place almost four weeks ago. The first time I went there was shortly after I went sledging with my friends and my wife. The snow melted shortly after and the ground up the hill where the Pit Lamp is at was wet and slippery. There is a long way around the hill to get up there. But I was lazy and wanted to cut off. So I went up the hill directly but slipped and slided down the hill a few meters. I almost could not stop. Afterwards I was very dirty with the mud as well as my tripod. After cleaning myself and my tripod, I made it almost to the top. I took a picture or two and then suddenly the lights went off. I was kind of pissed by that fact. So thats why I went up there again last week.

The weather was cold but good. Just a few clouds and some stars and a bright moon in the sky. The outview from up there is really stunning. You can see all those steel industry plants all over the place in Duisburg.

I liked this shot very much because of the light star. I first was not satisfied with the flares caused by that strong light, but after a while I actually like them a lot.

 

Have a great start into the week everyone!

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