196 Comments for Heusden-Zolder Coal Mine

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My kind of beer, must be chewed well. Mmmm!
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Power plants of all types can be found with these towers. Water is pumped to the top edge to run down the inside walls to cool. All that is emitted is water vapor.
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Awesome gallery!
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I love these long-exposure shots.
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I love these landscape pictures.
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I would have been afraid of falling. I hate looking down into deep pits. Yet when I see them I can't help myself...
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Ahhh! I'd be afraid it was going to fall on my head.
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It's amazing how creepy and otherworldly objects can look close up.
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I like the angle.
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These large coal mines needed their own generating stations to power each facility, so these towers were probably used solely by the power plant, which I imagine was a coal burner.
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I was just wondering the same thing skyguy...things were so secretive back in the days before and after WWII.
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Its like a dream...most fuzzy.
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Great work my friend...
I`m born in Limburg, very close to the Waterschei coalmine, i used to play on the grounds as a young child.
Love you site and would like to thank you for sharing all this with the world.
I currently live in the connecticut and yes there is no such thing as a cold beer waiting for us on the way out here.. lol
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Ahhhhhhhh....glad you reward yourself. Thanks for sharing your wonderful photos!
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Reminds me of a kaleidoscope! What an amazing shot!