Frank, if you read this, here might be an urgent reason for a photo walk
Introductory photo, made with D800 and 50mm f1,4 K Nikkor
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Whenever the water level in the Rhine gets particularly low, like once in every decade or so, remains of a wooden ship become visible.
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This, once 35 meters long, single mast ship was called Do Hoop back in the days it was still operable.
In the winter of 1894, this ship, along with 5 other ships like it, were supposedto transport a large shipment of dynamite through Kleve to the Netherlands and from there on overseas to it's destination.
The winter of 1894 however was not kind, and the Rhine was all but frozen over. The pressure on the ships hulls was about to set off the dangerous load, and thus it was decided to stockpile the dynamite in a shed during the winter.
In March of 1895 the ice was gone, and the ships were loaded again. The first two ships (De Hoop one of them) were already stocked with dynamite, and the Elisabeth already had 1400 barrels of dynamite on her when the load exploded. Barrels of dynamite flew through the air, setting off on shore, and on the decks of the other ships. Miraculously, the shed with the remainder of dynamite remained untouched.
De Hoop was ablaze and drifted to the Rhine shore where it hit the banking and remains there until this very day.
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