Wasserburg Heldrungen, a 12th-century moated castle, now home to a youth hostel, in Heldrungen, Germany. #

Just part of the Maschen Marshalling Yard, south of Hamburg, the largest railway-marshaling yard in Europe. #

Cargo containers sit on docks along the Süderelbe River in Hamburg. #

Beside Schwetzingen Castle, the Schwetzinger Schlossgarten. #

Tractor tracks ring islands of trees and utility poles in a field near Garz. #

Breakwaters on the beach near Heidkoppel campground on the Baltic Sea. #

A wider view of the Hambach surface mine, a coal mine in operation since 1978. #

An intersection overpass crosses above multiple rail lines in Leipzig. #

Just a few of the tens of thousands of automobiles in lots in Emden harbor. #

The village of Barl, surrounded by vineyard-covered slopes and the Moselle River. #

An industrial area in Ludwigshafen, along the Rhine River. #

Shoreline near Nordstrander Damm in Nationalpark Wattenmeer. #

The Bavarian walled town of Nördlingen. #

Tractor (small dot at upper left) in a field near Randowtal. #

A cluster of orchards and fields in Baden-Württemberg. #

Cityscape of Düsseldorf. #

Rothenberg Fortress, an 18th-century fortification on a hill near Schnaittach. #

Tierschutzverein für Berlin, an animal shelter and veterinary practice outside Berlin. #

Groins—erosion control structures—jut into the Elbe River like fingers along its shoreline. #

Cargo containers stacked in Hamburg. #

An overview of the layout of the city of Cologne. #

Eggebek Solar Park, built on top of an unused runway on the site of a now-abandoned German navy military base. #

The port of Hamburg. #