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Stuttgart Rösser
Where Vineyards Plunge Precipitously
2005/649 Images2786 visitsPhotos by aymar55@yahoo.com
Enlarge photo 1 Rösser, Lombardy poplar
a gallery seat in fall
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Prudent vine dressers will don mini-parachutes. Second hand life jackets, trade agreement with Echterdingen airport, also quite common.
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Nightly show jumping in Acapulco style, with torch and magic sparkler, is so far discouraged.  Neckar waters simply too gelid.
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These river vineyards did escape the big consolidation drive of the second part of the 20th century. The slopes were simply too steep.
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Not sure about anti-hail protection. Recycled steering wheel airbags might work. Triggered off by the first hailstone impact. (Just a suggestion).
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Mühlhausen skyline
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shelters in green
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shelters in green
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shelters in green
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Storm drain plus access ramp. There are usually some 'cargo' sorting points. Pedestrians please step to the right, waters may pass on through the grate.
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aerial cableway
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Engineering challenge: the grip arm of the gondola must somehow ride over the sleeve clamps of the horseshoe shaped support frames. - The thinner drawing cables do clutter things up. Possibly a counter-weight mechanism.
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monorail
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The monorail set up is straightforward. Clamped firmly against a toothed rack. (Even slightly greased.)
Enlarge photo 20 Zuckerberg, Kreistel
Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle)
Enlarge photo 21 Zuckerberg, Kreistel
Cirsium arvense
Enlarge photo 22 Zuckerberg, Kreistel
Cirsium arvense
Enlarge photo 23 Zuckerberg
Cirsium arvense
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Cirsium arvense
Enlarge photo 25 Max Eyth See, Steg
thunderstorm day
Enlarge photo 26 Max Eyth See, Steg
thunderstorm day
Enlarge photo 27 Max Eyth See,  Steg
thunderstorm day
Enlarge photo 28 Max Eyth See, Steg
thunderstorm day
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imminent thunderstorm
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gusty
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thunderstorm day. Verbascum thapsus (Great Mullein).
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thunderstorm day, Verbascum thapsus
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thunderstorm day, Verbascum thapsus
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thunderstorm day, Verbascum thapsus
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thunderstorm day, Verbascum thapsus
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thunderstorm-day, dilapidated gate
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thunderstorm day, Lactuca serriola (Compass plant)
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thunderstorm day, tiered vineyards
Enlarge photo 39 hilltop belvedere, Aubrücke
Enlarge photo 40 hilltop belvedere