Above the Clouds by Michi

Monday, 24th December 2007

23 Comments

1. colin Says:
   December 24th, 2007 at 6:26 am

   I think you could have done a better job explaining this photo. It is however, interesting!!

2. Anurag Says:
   December 24th, 2007 at 7:04 am

   What in the world are those pole like projections?!!

3. Dennis Says:
   December 24th, 2007 at 8:00 am

   I have to agree with “Anurag”’s question! This is clearly an interesting photograph.

4. Victor Lim Says:
   December 24th, 2007 at 8:11 am

   I think they are chimneys of a factory.

5. Kinan Jarjous Says:
   December 24th, 2007 at 8:47 am

   I am getting the feeling this is smoke coming out from a factory

6. Andreea Teodorescu Says:
   December 24th, 2007 at 9:24 am

   Very interesting and unusual.

7. Pauline Jones Says:
   December 24th, 2007 at 11:57 am

   This looks like pollution from a tall chimney in an industrial area.

8. John Says:
   December 24th, 2007 at 12:09 pm

   There would be a lot of industry in that part of Germany. Still a great photo though. Right place and right time!!

9. Andrew Says:
   December 24th, 2007 at 2:14 pm

   Pretty from above. Is not as pretty after you land. I’ve been in Europe for 9 days in Novemeber and there was almost no time when sun could shine through the clouds.

10. Pieter -sAner- van der Horst Says:
    December 25th, 2007 at 2:26 pm

    I really like the idea and the photo itself is very unsual. I do think the exposure was tricky and the lefthandside of both the industry clouds and the top of the horizon are burnt because of the tricky exposure. Good effort though! Merry x-mas!

11. Ottoman Says:
    December 25th, 2007 at 10:35 pm

    There was an incredible temperature inversion going on at the time throughout Central Europe. Very cold temps at ground level, warmer temps just above above. The village I live in, was -7 grad, while the ski fields above were 0 grad. Clearly that had an effect on this pic. But I still want to know what those poles are. Nice photo!

12. Daniel Ullrich Says:
    December 26th, 2007 at 4:25 pm

    Very special view, I really like that. The picture shows the Großkrotzenburg power plant. The poles are the smokestack chimneys, the steam comes out of the two cooling towers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grosskrotzenburg_power_station

13. Renee Says:
    December 27th, 2007 at 4:20 pm

    So what are those poles? hmm this picture gets you thinking!

14. Sean Says:
    December 29th, 2007 at 12:37 am

    I think the ‘Poles’ are really smoke stacks. They are just not in use. The two that are in use are below the fog layer so the diameter is hidden. The smoke billows out as it leaves the stacks hiding the actual small size.

15. Jimmy Roussel Says:
    December 29th, 2007 at 4:23 am

    Is this ground fog around a electrical power plant? Every time I pass a power plant I see this smog.

16. Gil Says:
    December 30th, 2007 at 5:44 pm

    I guess the poles are chimneys from some industry. The “smoke” comes from two cooling towers.

    Great photo.

17. Mike Says:
    January 1st, 2008 at 6:17 pm

    Could be deceptive… not necessarily pollutants. May be steam…

18. Daniel Ullrich Says:
    January 1st, 2008 at 11:58 pm

    Very special view, I really like that. The picture shows the Großkrotzenburg power plant. The poles are the smokestack chimneys, the steam comes out of the two cooling towers.

19. Gabriel Says:
    January 4th, 2008 at 12:26 pm

    Awesome shot, love the way it almost touches the wing

20. john doe Says:
    January 10th, 2008 at 1:32 pm

    pay attention people… ITS NOT SMOKE. ITS STEAM. the big clouds coming from power plants. ITS STEAM.

21. Angus Says:
    January 17th, 2008 at 11:15 am

    John doe and Ottoman got it right. The heat inversion has created low lying cloud and the hot moist air (steam) from the power plant is condensing in the cold air making the tall cloud. Probably fairly harmless to the environment, pretty though.

22. Dave Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 3:54 am

    Are you all that naive that you believe power plants and industry only exhaust harmless steam into the atmosphere. I agree the steam is most likely what is visible but the toxins contained within the steam is what is the real cause for concern here.

23. yasmin Says:
    June 20th, 2008 at 12:08 am

    very good shot, but it looks a little too random, with the different things in the photo, the view is amazing and the hint of the airplane wing is pretty cool..well done!

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