pphoto
February 27, 2019, 4:56pm
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This was taken just a few minutes before the “Rhine In Flames” firework started last year in the city of Koblenz, Germany.
The area where the people are standing is called the 'german corner" where the Mosel river flows into the Rhine.
Deutsches Eck (German: [ˈdɔʏtʃəs ˈʔɛk], "German Corner") is the name of a headland in Koblenz, Germany, where the Mosel river joins the Rhine. Named after a local commandry of the Teutonic Order (Deutscher Orden), it became known for a monumental equestrian statue of William I, first German Emperor, erected in 1897 in appreciation for his role in the unification of Germany. One of many Emperor William monuments raised in the Prussian Rhine Province, it was destroyed in World War II and only the p...
Behind on top of the hill is the ‘Ehrenbreitstein fortress’, where the fireworks took place.
Ehrenbreitstein Fortress (German: Festung Ehrenbreitstein, IPA: [ˌfɛstʊŋ ˈeːʁənbʁaɪtʃtaɪn] (listen)) is a fortress in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, on the east bank of the Rhine where it is joined by the Moselle, overlooking the town of Koblenz.
Occupying the position of an earlier fortress destroyed by the French in 1801, it was built as the backbone of the regional fortification system, Festung Koblenz, by Prussia between 1817 and 1828 and guarded the middle Rhine region, an area t...
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Thomas_Do
February 27, 2019, 5:12pm
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Nice image!
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kakashy
February 27, 2019, 6:54pm
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I would say the whole scene is already pretty much on fire
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Only minor edits in RawTherapee 5.5.
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gRuGo
February 27, 2019, 8:20pm
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age
March 1, 2019, 7:13pm
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shreedhar
March 3, 2019, 9:16am
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