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Pyramid Of Death
Ilioupoli Athens Greece 28/6/2007
Mount Parnitha is a densely forested mountain range north of Athens, the highest on the peninsula of Attica, with an elevation of 1,413 m.
Much of the mountain is designated a national park and is a protected habitat for wildfowl, first created in 1961.
The mountain covers approximately 250 km² of land.
Parnitha suffered extensive damage from a wildfire on Thursday, June 28, 2007. Continuing for several days and burning approximately 56 km² of land. The magnitude of the devastation was unforeseen. A smaller fire had, however, taken place in the 1960s.
The fire claimed an 80% proportion of the rare Greek Fir and Aleppo Pine forest, 150 animals of the red deer population (an endangered species), birds, and other rare animals. The remains of the green firs and pines are sporadically located around its edges. The smoke from the massive destruction formed a line that traveled east over Attica, southern Euboea, Chios, to the edge of Turkey, at a distance of approximately 350 km.
Scientists estimate the area's recovery time may be as long as a century.
Canon Powershot A710is
IMG_0118
Pyramid Of Death
Ilioupoli Athens Greece 28/6/2007
Mount Parnitha is a densely forested mountain range north of Athens, the highest on the peninsula of Attica, with an elevation of 1,413 m.
Much of the mountain is designated a national park and is a protected habitat for wildfowl, first created in 1961.
The mountain covers approximately 250 km² of land.
Parnitha suffered extensive damage from a wildfire on Thursday, June 28, 2007. Continuing for several days and burning approximately 56 km² of land. The magnitude of the devastation was unforeseen. A smaller fire had, however, taken place in the 1960s.
The fire claimed an 80% proportion of the rare Greek Fir and Aleppo Pine forest, 150 animals of the red deer population (an endangered species), birds, and other rare animals. The remains of the green firs and pines are sporadically located around its edges. The smoke from the massive destruction formed a line that traveled east over Attica, southern Euboea, Chios, to the edge of Turkey, at a distance of approximately 350 km.
Scientists estimate the area's recovery time may be as long as a century.
Canon Powershot A710is