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ENG: A Wednesday morning in the capital. Shortly after seven and Berlin wakes up. Everything is still so empty and quiet. Just unusual. Photographed with the iPhone and edited on the iPad.
GER: Ein Mittwoch morgen in der Hauptstadt. Kurz nach sieben und Berlin erwacht. Alles ist noch so leer und ruhig. Einfach ungewöhnlich. Fotografiert mit dem iPhone und bearbeitet am iPad.
ENG: Good morning Berlin! When the city awakens and the eyes finally discover snow, winter is finally in Berlin. Now I'm finally off work and enjoy the scenario at the world time clock at Alexanderplatz in Berlin's Mitte district.
GER: Guten Morgen Berlin! Wenn die Stadt erwacht und die Äuglein endlich Schnee entdecken, dann ist auch endlich Winter in Berlin. Nun hab ich endlich Feierabend und genieße das Szenario an der Weltzeituhr am Alexanderplatz im Berliner Bezirk Mitte.
World Time Clock in Alexanderplatz - Berlin, Germany.
Unfortunately, I can only be in one place (sometimes 2 if I walk really fast) during the blue hour, so inasmuch as I wanted to take a long exposure of this during my favorite time of day, my time was already allocated somewhere else. So I had to improvise. I wanted to show the revolving top of the clock through motion blur, so with the help of my 10-stop filter, I was able to get a 30-second exposure at 8 a.m. !
The World Time Clock was constructed in 1969 as part of the square's redevelopment and has become a popular meeting point. It weighs 16 tons and measures 10 meters tall. It features a revolving cylinder with the world's 24 time zones bearing the names of major cities in each zone. The mechanism constructed in a way which enables the current time in each zone to be read. The clock is topped by a simplified model of the solar system, which revolves once a minute.
The TV tower, known as the Fernsehturm, was built in 1969 by a team of architects with the help of Swedish experts. It is one of the largest structures in Europe with a total length to the top of the spire at 365m or 1197 ft.
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Alexanderplatz (Semplicemente Alex per i berlinesi) è una grande piazza nel quartiere berlinese di Mitte. Prende il nome dalla visita dell’imperatore russo Alessandro I a Berlino il 25 ottobre 1805. Alexanderplatz è stata oggetto di riqualificazione più volte nella sua storia, più di recente nel corso del 1960, quando è stata trasformata in una zona pedonale e ampliata come parte della riqualificazione della Repubblica democratica tedesca del centro della città. Comprende diverse strutture di rilievo, tra cui l’orologio mondiale e la Fernsehturm (torre della televisione) che è stata costruita tra il 1965 e il 1969. E’ stata ideata per essere il simbolo di Berlino, e con la sua altezza di 368 metri, è ancora la struttura più alta della Germania.
Alexanderplatz (Simply Alex for the Berliners) is a large public square in the central Mitte district of Berlin. It was named in honor of a visit of the Russian Emperor Alexander I to Berlin on 25 October 1805. Alexanderplatz has been subject to redevelopment several times in its history, most recently during the 1960s, when it was turned into a pedestrian zone and enlarged as part of the German Democratic Republic's redevelopment of the city centre. It includes several notable structures including World Time Clock and the Fernsehturm (TV Tower) that was constructed between 1965 and 1969. It was intended as a symbol of Berlin, and with its height of 368 meters, it is still the tallest structure in Germany.
The Urania World Clock, located in Alexanderplatz in Berlin, Germany is a twenty four sided turret style world clock, each side representing the twenty four main time zones. Designed by Erich John and opened to the public in 1969.
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Es ist Winter am Alex, meint auch die Straßenbahn und die Weltzeituhr (It´s winter at Alexanderplatz...)
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The World Clock was opened to the public in 1969. The TV Tower stands in the background. Alexanderplatz, Berlin.
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The World Clock was opened to the public in 1969. The TV Tower stands in the background. Alexanderplatz, Berlin.
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"Saturn is an oblate spheroid. It is flattened at the poles and bulging at the equator; its equatorial and polar diameters vary by almost 10% (120,536 km vs. 108,728 km). This is the result of its rapid rotation and fluid state. The other gas planets are also oblate, but to a lesser degree. Saturn is the only one of the Solar System's planets less dense than water, with an average specific density of 0.69. This is a mean value; Saturn's upper atmosphere is less dense and its core is considerably more dense than water.
Saturn's interior is similar to Jupiter's, having a rocky core at the center, a liquid metallic hydrogen layer above that, and a molecular hydrogen layer above that. Traces of various ices are also present. Saturn has a very hot interior, reaching 12,000 Kelvin at the core, and it radiates more energy into space than it receives from the Sun. Most of the extra energy is generated by the Kelvin-Helmholtz mechanism (slow gravitational compression), but this alone may not be sufficient to explain Saturn's heat production. An additional proposed mechanism by which Saturn may generate some of its heat is the "raining out" of droplets of helium deep in Saturn's interior, the droplets of helium releasing heat by friction as they fall down through the lighter hydrogen.
Saturn's atmosphere exhibits a banded pattern similar to Jupiter's (in fact, the nomenclature is the same), but Saturn's bands are much fainter and are also much wider near the equator. Saturn's winds are among the Solar System's fastest; Voyager data indicates peak easterly winds of 500 m/s (1116 mph)Solarviews. Saturn's finer cloud patterns were not observed until the Voyager flybys. Since then, however, Earth-based telescopy has improved to the point where regular observations can be made.
Saturn's usually-bland atmosphere occasionally exhibits long-lived ovals and other features common on Jupiter; in 1990 the Hubble Space Telescope observed an enormous white cloud near Saturn's equator which was not present during the Voyager encounters and in 1994 another, smaller storm was observed. The 1990 storm was an example of a Great White Spot, a unique but short-lived Saturnian phenomenon with a roughly 30-year periodicity. Previous Great White Spots were observed in 1876, 1903, 1933, and 1960, with the 1933 storm being the most famous. The careful study of these episodes reveals interesting patterns; if it holds another storm will occur in about 2020.(Kidger 1992)
Astronomers using infrared imaging have shown that Saturn has a warm polar vortex, and is the only planet in the solar system known to do so..."
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The World Time Clock is one of the Alexanderplatz's most well-known features. It was constructed in 1969 as part of the square's redevelopment and has become a popular meeting point.
Weighing 16 tonnes and 10 metres tall, it features a revolving cylinder with the world's 24 time zones bearing the names of major cities in each zone. The mechanism constructed in a way which enables the current time in each zone to be read.
The clock is topped by a simplified model of the solar system, which revolves once a minute.
Hinter dieser Tram treffen wir uns am Sonntag, den 10. September 2017, um 15:00 Uhr zum Weltweiten Flickr Photowalk 2017 - Wiki Loves Monuments.
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Hinweis: Die Weltzeituhr ist seit 2015 ein Baudenkmal mit der Objekt-ID 09020854. Siehe Datenbank - Denkmaldatenbank
Weltzeituhr
Many "different Worlds" to explore in the Cities of the World: Everybody is a Stranger to each other, passing by without notice... All the Ways krossing, Hurry, Time, no Time...
Sometimes we build up a Shield to avoid Kontakt with the Others - I always wonder why there is so much Fear in the People in the Streets...perhaps they don´t trust themselfes..?
See the TAG World Time Clock for different Interpretations of this spezial Clock...
The whole Year the World Time Clock is the most frequented Meeting Point in the Zitty - and you never have the Exkuse that you don´t know how late it is...
A magik Klock on a majestik Place...
What has she decided in this very Moment?
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Look at me, I'm nearly as big as the TV tower, haha :)
The TV tower is the highest building in the city (368m/ 1207feet). The viewing platform in the sphere is 207m/ 679feet high. So if you want to have a great look over Berlin you should go there.
On the left you can see the world time clock. In the time before mobile phones it was the place where people met, so it was easier to find each other...
Thursday, 21 August 2014
Fernsehturm und Weltzeituhr in klassischer Perspektive während der blauen Stunde (A classical perspective from the tv tower and the world time clock during the blue hour)
I took these pictures on a sunny day while I walked with my Mamiya C330 around Mitte, showing the city to a few friends. This is my first professional medium format camera, and I love the images it captures.
Rund 250 Menschen protestieren auf dem Berliner Alexanderplatz an der Weltzeituhr gegen die Belagerung von Madaya durch das syrische Regime von Baschar al-Assad.
In einer Performance entkleiden Syrer bei knapp über null Grad ihrer Oberkörper und verzehren sich nach Brot, dass in einem Käfig liegt, um so das Hungern der Zivilbevölkerung Madaya zu symbolisieren.
Berlin. 2016.
"Sit-in For People Dying Of Hunger وقفة من أجل من يموت جوعا".
Thorsten Strasas. - Wien | Berlin. - Photographers in Solidarity.
Clock indicating times in different world cities, with an artistic impression of the solar system above. Installed at Alexanderplatz c.1969. Mass 16 tonnes and 10 metres tall. Berlin-Mitte, Germany.
Die Urania-Weltzeituhr auf dem Alexanderplatz in Berlin. Im Hintergrund der Berliner Fernsehturm.
The "Urania World Clock" at Alexanderplatz, Berlin with the Fernsehturm in the back.
Mehrere Dutzend Opfer des SED-Regimes der DDR, darunter Betroffene von Zwangsadoptionen und Bewohner von Jugendwerkhöfen, versammeln sich am Alexanderplatz in Berlin, um den Tod von Margot Honecker zu feiern. Margot Honecker war als Ministerin für Volksbildung der DDR direkt für viele der Schicksale der Opfer verantwortlich. Die Frau des Generalsekretärs des ZK der SED, Erich Honecker, starb am 06.05.2016 in Chile.
Bis zum Schluss zeigte Margot Honecker weder Einsicht, noch jegliches Unrechtsbewusstsein.
Mit ihrer Versammlung möchten die Teilnehmer zudem auch auf das Schicksal der tausenden Opfer des SED-Regimes aufmerksam machen. Bis heute kämpfen Vereine wie der OvZ-DDR e.V. um die Anerkennung und angemessene Entschädigung der Opfer. Ebenso werden immer noch durch Zwangsadoptionen getrennte Familien zusammengeführt.
A London Multiview postcard dating from 1970 showing tourist locations in the Capital tied together by a British Overseas Airways Corporation Vickers VC10 in the Golden Speedbird livery.
Mehrere Dutzend Opfer des SED-Regimes der DDR, darunter Betroffene von Zwangsadoptionen und Bewohner von Jugendwerkhöfen, versammeln sich am Alexanderplatz in Berlin, um den Tod von Margot Honecker zu feiern. Margot Honecker war als Ministerin für Volksbildung der DDR direkt für viele der Schicksale der Opfer verantwortlich. Die Frau des Generalsekretärs des ZK der SED, Erich Honecker, starb am 06.05.2016 in Chile.
Bis zum Schluss zeigte Margot Honecker weder Einsicht, noch jegliches Unrechtsbewusstsein.
Mit ihrer Versammlung möchten die Teilnehmer zudem auch auf das Schicksal der tausenden Opfer des SED-Regimes aufmerksam machen. Bis heute kämpfen Vereine wie der OvZ-DDR e.V. um die Anerkennung und angemessene Entschädigung der Opfer. Ebenso werden immer noch durch Zwangsadoptionen getrennte Familien zusammengeführt.
Rund 300 Menschen beteiligen sich an einer Demonstration, zu der die HDP in Berlin aufgerufen hat. Vom Alexanderplatz zieht der Demonstrationszug zum Potsdamer Platz. Dabei solidarisieren sich die Teilnehmer in Sprechchören und in Redebeiträgen mit der syrisch-kurdischen Stadt Kobane in der nordsyrischen Provinz Rojava. Zudem sprechen sie sich gegen den sogenannten Islamischen Staat (IS) gleichermaßen, wie gegen den türkischen Präsidenten Recep Tayyip Erdogan und seine AKP aus.
Die Demonstration findet unter dem Eindruck einer Welle der Gewalt gegen Kurden und linke Gruppen in der Türkei, sowie den gleichzeitig stattfindenen Wahlen in der Türkei statt.