Goodbye - a photo on Flickriver

Goodbye

            Why do I post such a sad image some days before Christmas? 
This big cross is standing on the Haniel heap in Bottrop, one of the biggest man-made hills in Germany. It was blessed by pope Johannes Paul II. several years ago when he visited the coal mine just next to the hill. 
No chance for any future pope or any other person to do that again. The Prosper-Haniel coal mine was closed today. That was the last active coal mine in the Ruhr area. After some centuries of black coal mining, no mine is left in the whole country of Germany. Some mines are open as museums, but none is still digging coal. 
An important day for the Ruhr area which grew up to one of Europe's biggest industrial regions in the time we had hundreds of mines here.
   

Taken in: Deutschland / Nordrhein-Westfalen / Oberhausen / Klosterhardt-Nord (show map)

Taken on: February 12, 2017

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Sets appears in: • Ruhrgebiet • Haldenblicke

Groups appears in: • Ruhrgebiet • Ruhrpott more » • Germany - Deutschland • NRW Nordrhein-Westfalen • Halden • Industrial Heritage Trail (Route der Industriekultur) • a foggy day • Flickr-Fotografen- Deutschland • Bottrop • Deutsche Fotowelt « less

Camera: Canon EOS 600D, f/18.0, 1/160 sec, 90mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 600D
Aperture:	f/18.0
Exposure Time:	0.006 sec (1/160)
Focal Length:	90mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
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