Olympic ring crop circles are amazing people as part of a living puzzle in Bavaria.
Agricultural fields are usually fiercely protected by farmers not wishing to see their crops trampled, but one cornfield in southern Germany annually throws caution to the wind, inviting visitors to make their way through all manner of themed mazes.
“Over the last years we have made all sorts of themes from: football to Indians, Vicky and the strong men, a colourful mix. And something for young and old. This year we decided on something for the Olympics as the Olympics is happening in Tokyo and so we said we would bring the Olympics to Bavaria,” Franzi Mayr told Reuters TV.
The Mayr family began creating the mazes in 2006 as an addition to their farming work. The works of art, best enjoyed from the air, are painstakingly mowed by father and son when the corn has reached knee height. The mowing takes roughly two days and is created with careful measuring.
And if creating these spectacular aerials images wasn’t enough, the family set up stations through the maze, for young and old alike to enjoy.
“In the maze there are also games to play, symbols have been hidden and there are quiz questions, all to do with the subject of the Olympics. Its really interesting to find out a bit about some of the disciplines. Also about how the Olympics first came about, what it all means. So you can make stops at various stations and find out more about it and learn something,” says Franzi.
Open until October the maze is attracting a fair share of visitors, some of whom breathe a sigh of relief they finally found the exit.
“We didn’t manage everything, but quite a bit and in the end we were quite happy that we found the way out as it was getting a bit long in there but it was super!” said one visitor, Markus Botsch.
After maze season is over the family use the corn for cow feed.
Drone footage of Beirut port and its surroundings one year after blast
Drone footage captured on Monday (August 2) still shows the damage caused to Beirut’s port, silos, buildings and neighbourhoods almost a year since the August 4 blast destroyed swaths of the city.
The explosion, considered one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions in history, was caused when 2750 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded at the port on August 4, 2020.
In some of the most heavily affected neighbourhoods, some damage was seen to buildings with windows still blown out and shops reduced to rubble.
Elsewhere, construction workers were busy rebuilding the structures that were demolished in the immediate blast zone.
Lebanese are expected to mark the anniversary of the blast on Wednesday (August 4) with protests and a moment of silence to be held at the exact time the blast took place last year.
— Reuters
