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Above the Clouds by Michi
Monday, 24th December 2007

Above the Clouds

by Michi

On a flight from Vienna to Frankfurt.
Equipment: Casio EX-Z40
Michi
Website: Flickr

Above the Clouds by Michi was photo of the day on Monday, 24th December 2007. It is tagged , , . You can leave a comment below.

28 Comments

colin

24th December 2007 at 6:26 am

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

Anurag

24th December 2007 at 7:04 am

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

24th December 2007 at 8:00 am

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

24th December 2007 at 8:11 am

I think they are chimneys of a factory.

24th December 2007 at 8:47 am

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

24th December 2007 at 9:24 am

Very interesting and unusual.

24th December 2007 at 11:57 am

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

John

24th December 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!!

Andrew

24th December 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.

25th December 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!

Ottoman

25th December 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!

26th December 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

Renee

27th December 2007 at 4:20 pm

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

Sean

29th December 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.

29th December 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.

Gil

30th December 2007 at 5:44 pm

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

Great photo. :-)

Mike

1st January 2008 at 6:17 pm

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

1st January 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.

4th January 2008 at 12:26 pm

Awesome shot, love the way it almost touches the wing

john doe

10th January 2008 at 1:32 pm

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

Angus

17th January 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.

Dave

28th April 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.

Aurun

9th June 2008 at 5:41 am

A chimney so tall that it could be seen above the cloud? Is that possible?!

May I know what is the trick here?

yasmin

20th June 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!

Su

24th December 2008 at 8:29 am

Unusual point of view but thinks its wonderful.

8th December 2009 at 3:03 am

Cool scene from above :)

Renee

23rd December 2009 at 4:00 pm

Great shot!

su

24th December 2009 at 8:26 am

This shot has certainly provoked a lot of comments.

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