Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/04/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It really is an amazing bridge, isn't it. Fantastic engineering - and not bad shots, too, BTW ;-) Peter On 02/04/2021 07:26, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > I flew to Copenhagen on Wednesday afternoon, my first trip anywhere since > November. I am spending 4 days in Denmark, the first 2 in Aarhus and the > last 2 in Copenhagen. So on landing in Copenhagen, I picked up my rental > car (the trains were more or less sold out due to Easter) and drove the > 300 km to Aarhus. Along the way, I passed the magnificent Great Belt > Bridge, connecting the islands of Sj?lland (where Copenhagen is located) > with Funen (with Odense, the birthplace of H.C. Andersen, as the main > town). Opened in 1998, it is an engineering marvel, consisting of a 1.6 km > long suspension bridge to allow ships to pass, a tunnel for the trains, > and a low bridge the rest of the way for both trains and cars. The total > length of the connection is 18 km. I was approaching the bridge as the sun > was was setting, so I left the motorway briefly and drove down to the old > ferry harbour which is now just a recration area: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Xg6Trqj/A > > To get a closer view of the bridge, I mounted the Leica 90mm Tele-Elmarit > on my Fuji: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-DVCFGmP/A > > Then I got back in my car and drove on to Aarhus. > > Later today, I will pass the same bridge on the way to Copenhagen, but the > views are not nearly as nice from the other side. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Dr. Peter Dzwig