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The outcome of my last shoot with (no, not Metallica)
These are the ruins of the synthetic petrol plant in Police (Pölitz).

"In 1937 the decision to build a huge complex of the synthetic petrol plant (Hydrierwerke AG) was made by the main investor, I.G. Farbenindustrie concern. During World War II the Germans operated a huge synthetic fuel plant near Pölitz. The workforce for the plant came from the system of camps (Pommernlager, Nordlager, Tobruklager, Wullenwever-Lager, Arbeitserziehungslager Hägerwelle, Dürrfeld Lager). A trade ship moored on the Oder River also served as a camp (Umschulungslager Bremerhaven). Police in Nazi times was a location for the German concentration camp Pölitz that was a subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp. The inmates of the camp worked at the synthetic oil plant. Due to its key role in producing fuel for the German armed forces, the plant was bombed many times by the Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces.

The city and the plant was captured on 26 April 1945 and soon became a Russian-administered exclave within the territory of Poland. German slave workers worked on disassembling the plant before it was sent to the USSR. The town without its main plant machines were given to Poland gradually (on 7 September 1946 Mścięcino, followed by Police and Jasienica on 19 September. On 25 February 1947 the plant also passed into Polish control). Since that moment the first Polish settlers arrived in the region, joined by refugees from Greece and Macedonia in 1953.

The ruins of the plant still remain standing, though they are not secured and are dangerous to visit."
Wikipedia

It's a long exposure infrared shot. The only post processing done was the increase of contrast and B&W conversion.

The building in the foreground is a huge coal silo.

Description
The outcome of my last shoot with (no, not Metallica)
These are the ruins of the synthetic petrol plant in Police (Pölitz).

"In 1937 the decision to build a huge complex of the synthetic petrol plant (Hydrierwerke AG) was made by the main investor, I.G. Farbenindustrie concern. During World War II the Germans operated a huge synthetic fuel plant near Pölitz. The workforce for the plant came from the system of camps (Pommernlager, Nordlager, Tobruklager, Wullenwever-Lager, Arbeitserziehungslager Hägerwelle, Dürrfeld Lager). A trade ship moored on the Oder River also served as a camp (Umschulungslager Bremerhaven). Police in Nazi times was a location for the German concentration camp Pölitz that was a subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp. The inmates of the camp worked at the synthetic oil plant. Due to its key role in producing fuel for the German armed forces, the plant was bombed many times by the Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces.

The city and the plant was captured on 26 April 1945 and soon became a Russian-administered exclave within the territory of Poland. German slave workers worked on disassembling the plant before it was sent to the USSR. The town without its main plant machines were given to Poland gradually (on 7 September 1946 Mścięcino, followed by Police and Jasienica on 19 September. On 25 February 1947 the plant also passed into Polish control). Since that moment the first Polish settlers arrived in the region, joined by refugees from Greece and Macedonia in 1953.

The ruins of the plant still remain standing, though they are not secured and are dangerous to visit."
Wikipedia

It's a long exposure infrared shot. The only post processing done was the increase of contrast and B&W conversion.

The building in the foreground is a huge coal silo.