The German town of Jülich and its surroundings are very interesting to  stroll around.

There is the citadel of Jülich which is one of the best preserved  fortresses in Germany and a textbook example of Italian High Renaissance  north of the Alps.

The citadel was built in the 16th century.


Outside Jülich you can find beautiful nature with the Roer as the most  important river.


In stark contrast with all this we can find the lignite pits.

They are  actively dug so that this coal can feed their power plants to generate  electricity.

Impressive to see, but at the same time deeply saddening that entire  pieces of nature and villages have to make way for this.


Everything is shot with the Dji Mavic Pro, Dji Mini 2 and Dji Osmo  Pocket.


Enjoy.

Nicely done.    

Great footage.   

Coal is a major cause of methane emissions,  When burning coal, it releases particulate matter, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, and mercury—thus damaging the health of many people.  The use of coal needs to be stopped.  

Sorry, rant over.  

Very nice. At least, once the pits are full of water they form a great natural habitat for aquatic wildlife.

Interesting. Had to look it up on a map...

DAFlys Posted at 1-11 02:21
Nicely done.

Thank you

DowntownRDB Posted at 1-11 02:46
Great footage.   

Coal is a major cause of methane emissions,  When burning coal, it releases particulate matter, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, and mercury—thus damaging the health of many people.  The use of coal needs to be stopped.  

Thank you.

And you are so right. Impressive to see but saddening at the same time.
Germany is strict in Europe and wants green energy everywhere but themselves still use coal. That doesn't rime

Blériot53 Posted at 1-11 04:21
Very nice. At least, once the pits are full of water they form a great natural habitat for aquatic wildlife.

Thank you.

I think it still will take decades before they will ever be used as a lake.

Depp Posted at 1-11 06:46
Interesting. Had to look it up on a map...

Thank you.

There are several pits where you can go and see around Aachen.

Trikke Posted at 1-11 08:37
Thank you

You're very welcome.

Trikke Posted at 1-11 08:39
Thank you.

And you are so right. Impressive to see but saddening at the same time.

You're very welcome.    Going to take many more years to get large countries to go green energy.  China is the world's largest consumer of coal and they aren't slowing down on its use one bit.

DowntownRDB Posted at 1-12 11:29
You're very welcome.    Going to take many more years to get large countries to go green energy.  China is the world's largest consumer of coal and they aren't slowing down on its use one bit.

That's true.
And I live in a very very small country and here the government thinks that they can change the world with their so called green energy.

Trikke Posted at 1-13 03:59
That's true.
And I live in a very very small country and here the government thinks that they can change the world with their so called green energy.

At least they are trying to go green so can't fault your government for that.  

Nicely edited and great shots

DowntownRDB Posted at 1-13 16:32
At least they are trying to go green so can't fault your government for that.

they try so hard that the forbid the common people to use gas in their homes because it's not good for the envirmont but at the same time they are building huge gasplants to generate electricity.

They try but not in the good way.

DroneJunkieQc Posted at 1-13 20:09
Nicely edited and great shots

Thank you for the nice reply

Trikke Posted at 1-13 23:51
they try so hard that the forbid the common people to use gas in their homes because it's not good for the envirmont but at the same time they are building huge gasplants to generate electricity.

They try but not in the good way.

Ahh, now I understand.  

Very nicely made!

Montfrooij Posted at 1-14 06:56
Very nicely made!

thank you

Trikke Posted at 1-14 08:37
thank you

You're welcome!

Trikke Posted at 1-13 23:52
Thank you for the nice reply

My pleasure

That's great!

ro_flyer Posted at 1-15 00:06
That's great!

thank you

Trikke Posted at 1-15 01:00
thank you