Ashish's Photos

Small post on Lake Lucerne with an even smaller bird on top, the post is graduated with water levels

ashish — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:14:51 +0000

A small bird sitting on top of a pole with markings in Lake Lucerne. The pole shows a specific black section, and white above; the black is where the water level used to be (which means that the water level in the lake is reduced from earlier); and if the water level starts climbing on this pole, then it is a very quick indicator that the water level in the Lake is rising, including to levels that could be considered dangerous for communities living on the shore.

Piles protecting some boats on the shore of Lake Lucerne, with a green tree covered hill as the background

ashish — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:37:50 +0000

A small community on the shore of Lake Lucerne in Switzerland, or the extension of a community on the lake. There are just a few small buildings, along with their own individual piers on the lake. Boats are tied there, along with piles driven in the water that prevent these boats from drifting along with the current; it could also be that these are the stakes to which the boats are tied.

A Bridge on Lake Lucerne, constructed on a section where the Lake is pretty narrow

ashish — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:35:57 +0000

The Lake Lucerne in Switzerland is a pretty large Lake, and it took a cruise ship some 2 hours (with a few stops in between) to cover the end to end trip on the Lake. In just one section of the Lake did we find a bridge, and this was a section where the Lake was very narrow, almost like there were 2 separate sections of the Lake on either side, connected by a small passage. One does not know how deep the Lake was at this point though.

The under side or under section of a bridge crossing Lake Lucerne – heavy pillars in the water

ashish — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:57:34 +0000

These pillars look very close indeed, seemingly that we are going in a small boat under a bridge; actually we are in a cruise ship on Lake Lucerne, and when passing under this bridge, these heavy pillars seem very close indeed. There is a gap between the covered sections above, which indicates that the to and fro sections of the bridge were built on separate spans, and not on one single span.

Traffic entering a tunnel on the shore of Lake Lucerne – tunnel having been dug through the mountain

ashish — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:43:17 +0000

In the previous photo, the other end of the tunnel was shown but there it was not so clear as to whether this tunnel was already in use, or was being constructed. In this photo, it is still not clear whether the tunnel is in use, since there is heavy machinery on this end of the tunnel as well, which means that either the work is still happening, or the tunnel has been dug and these are vehicles that are passing through the tunnel.

Traffic emerging from a small tunnel on the shore of Lake Lucerne in Switzerland

ashish — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:41:58 +0000

A beautiful green covered hill on the shore of Lake Lucerne in Switzerland. If you look closely, you can see that there are a couple of elevated roads running parallel to the shore, with a few vehicles and buses on these elevated roads. There is also apparently a tunnel (maybe under construction) where traffic seems to be emerging from the tunnel, but there is also a way to avoid the tunnel. The beautiful green water of the lake makes up half of the photo.

Wake of ship and view of houses as the cruise ship makes a turn on lake Lucerne in Switzerland

ashish — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:04:56 +0000

A photo of the glowing wake left behind by the cruise ship as it cruises on Lake Lucerne. If you look at the curve of the wake, you can make out that the ship is turning, and this was because it had docked at the town visible in the background, and then started moving towards the center of the Lake again. Even though this was July, the weather was a bit stormy, and you can see clouds covering the tops (including the trees) of the hills nearby.

Rocky hill with a smaller section of sheer cliff face on the shore of Lake Lucerne in Switzerland

ashish — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:51:35 +0000

A view of a hill on the shore of Lake Lucerne. This was soon after we had set off on the cruise (after having taken the cogwheel train down from Mount Pilatus); unlike many of the other hills that we had seen, this was on its own, with level land on either side and bounded on water by another side. If you look closely at the bottom of the photo, you can see a road and also a tunnel cut into the hillside.

Ships emerging from the dockyard of a small habitat on lake Lucerne in Switzerland

ashish — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:39:56 +0000

The weather was fickle, since just around an hour back, there was some nice sunlight. However, clouds started descending to lower levels on the top of hills on the shore of Lake Lucerne, and it became clear that there would be some rain later (which was proved true within 30 minutes). It was a nice sight though, with boats and ships emerging from a canal type of structure.

The transit location of Stansstad on a cruise of Lake Lucerne in Switzerland

ashish — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:57:47 +0000

The cruise ship on Lake Lucerne stops at a number of stops on the way, and in each case, there were some excellent sights. But in each case, there was distance between the ship and shore; it was only at the location of Stansstad that the distance between the ship and the shore was as minimal as you are seeing in the photo. It’s almost like you are standing on the shore.