The Longest Photographic Exposures in History - The Latest - itchy i. The tremendous popularity of this article with more than half a million (!) Clicks in one month inspired me to contact the artist Michael Wesely himself. I felt there were questions by readers which I couldn't answer correctly without talking to Michael. And I also wanted to tell him how much his worked was loved and how many people saw it as an inspiration for their own works and lives.
From the many comments I learned, that many of you were astonished by the beauty of the images but also by the technical aspects of their making. The fact that the light fell for up to 3 years onto the same negative strip without over-exposing seemed just too unbelievable. But Michael confirmed that he indeed created continuous, uninterrupted exposures over those long periods of time. This can be seen through the long light lines in the sky, which were created by the movement of the sun across the sky during those many months. His works were truly a hard and long labour of love. . © Michael Wesely. 1950s London in stunning high resolution colour « How to be a Retronaut. English Russia » Photos. English Russia » Abandoned Airdrome in Ukraine. L-29, AN-24RT, Mi-2, Mi-8, AN-2 … all these planes and some airdrome automotive equipment placed in the rows to the very horizon.
Wonderful spectacle! Unfortunately, they have no place from where they could take off… Mi-2 A lonely Mi-8 Tail rotors of Mi-2 Rotor blades are dismantled There are a lot of L-29 planes there … Really a lot… An-24RT at the background Nearly all windows of L-29 planes look like this … Look at the rubber parts … see all images on one page. English Russia » At the Nuclear Power Plant. One Russian blogger has paid a visit to the modern Russian nuclear plant. Normally it is forbidden to take photos there, but they have made an exception for him. So now we have a rare chance to see what’s inside of the Russian most modern power plant. This power plant is situated near Smolensk city. Its power generation potential is 3 Megawatt and it was build for 8 years, from 1982 to 1990. There were planned to be four nuclear reactors, but because of the panic after the Chernobyl accident the forth block has not been completed, so there are three of them for now.
Let’s go inside. In Russia there are now 10 active power plants. Because this powerplant was completed after the Chernobyl, they paid a special attention to secure it from alike accidents. The outside structure that secures reactors themselves can stand the blast that exceeds ten times the power of atomic bomb blast, just imagine. There is a 30km (18 miles) security zone around the plant itself. See all images on one page. FWAPhoto - One Photo a Day.