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Rottumeroog the beautiful.... Place of horror at the west side....
We have now arrived at the south-west point, where we see the horrors when the sea is given free rein.
We see the remnants of the once mighty drift dike that was built in 1950, but has been swept away by storms since the Dutch State finished maintenance work on the sea defenses in 1991.
The basis of this drift dike consisted of construction rubble that was covered with the so called "Gobi mats", a large and huge nylon tarp that was weighted with concrete blocks that were glued to it.
The intention was that this drift dike would accelerate the formation of dunes at the south-west point over the years.
Due to the many and violent storms, these plans and attemps did not achive much and the dike was finally completly destroyed by the raging sea and all that remains are the gigantic nylon mats and the concrete blocks.
The contrast with the beautiful east side of Rottumeroog is in stark constrast to the rough and destroyed west side, where the sea can go its destructive way unhindered.
In this place the immense power of the sea becomes visable and you feel insignifcant towards it....
Rottumeroog the beautiful.... Place of horror at the west side....
We have now arrived at the south-west point, where we see the horrors when the sea is given free rein.
We see the remnants of the once mighty drift dike that was built in 1950, but has been swept away by storms since the Dutch State finished maintenance work on the sea defenses in 1991.
The basis of this drift dike consisted of construction rubble that was covered with the so called "Gobi mats", a large and huge nylon tarp that was weighted with concrete blocks that were glued to it.
The intention was that this drift dike would accelerate the formation of dunes at the south-west point over the years.
Due to the many and violent storms, these plans and attemps did not achive much and the dike was finally completly destroyed by the raging sea and all that remains are the gigantic nylon mats and the concrete blocks.
The contrast with the beautiful east side of Rottumeroog is in stark constrast to the rough and destroyed west side, where the sea can go its destructive way unhindered.
In this place the immense power of the sea becomes visable and you feel insignifcant towards it....