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Exploring at the riparian preserve. Lots of turtles this year and Jasper is absolutely fascinated by them. He's only off leash for photos though. Otherwise he'd be crawling under bushes and into ponds chasing turtles.
As the dominant owlet had left the natures nest cavity, the younger one had the nest all for itself; too afraid to make the leap the younger one was trying to explore the nest.
Nikon D610 | 600mm | f4 | 1/800 | ISO1250
Massachusetts, USA | 26-May-18
[Explore 15/11/2015]
This is a classic view of Maya Bay, made famous by the movie 'The Beach' starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Controversy arose during the making of the film due to 20th Century Fox's bulldozing and landscaping of the natural beach setting of Ko Phi Phi Leh to make it more "paradise-like". The production altered some sand dunes and cleared some coconut trees and grass to widen the beach. Fox set aside a fund to reconstruct and return the beach to its natural state; however, lawsuits were filed by environmentalists who believed the damage to the ecosystem was permanent and restoration attempts had failed. The lawsuits dragged on for years and in 2006 Thailand's Supreme Court upheld a ruling that the filming had harmed the environment and ordered that damage assessments be made. Defendants in the case included 20th Century Fox and some Thai government officials.
The insanely picturesque bay is now protected as a National Park.
By the way, the Flickr map is not quite right in terms of naming!
I had to alter this child's sized grass skirt to be Blythe sized!! also had to alter the necklace.. The headband is actually a bracelet :)
"Im großen Gobelin der Natur sind es die kleinsten Details, die die bezauberndsten Geschichten weben."