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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 31/3/2021: the Great Belt Bridge
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2021 08:52:47 -0500
References: <E71A5D5E-F52A-4679-B0DE-76B965D4F8C3@frozenlight.eu>

Impressive!? Well worth the stop.

On 4/2/21 1:26 AM, 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
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> 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
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> 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
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