Nature vs Man
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ABBEY OF STAFFARDA or SANTA MARIA DI STAFFARDA, North side. It was begun in 1135 by Cistercian monks who provided for the reclamation of the surrounding countryside, in 1750 it was entrusted to the Mauritian Order. UNESCO, Staffarda di Revello, Po Valley, Piedmont, ITALY.
The unstoppable force of nature as trees reclaim an abandoned truck, nestled in the heart of a forgotten city.
Hurstwood Reservoir, Burnley, Lancashire.
On one length of Hurstwood Reservoir are these large piles of soil that presumably were the fill contents of the reservoir. This image was taken from the far bank looking across the reservoir. . I do love the patterns and textures that the low winter sun is helping to give
An old, long abandoned grain elevator is slowly blending into its surroundings in tiny Baileyville, IL.
Scheveningen, The Hague, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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The ponds at Las Gallinas are created as part of the Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District’s Wastewater Treatment Reclamation Project. A transfer pipe sticks out above the waterline in one of the ponds and is a favorite sunning site for many of the birds.
When I first approached it,there was a mix of at least 20 cormorants, gulls and pelicans sunning themselves peacefully until one pelican decided he wanted the pipe to himself. He began to systematically bully his neighbors, either physically pushing them off or intimidating them enough so that they would fly off.
When he finally finished kicking everyone out, he simply flew off himself.
We don't use ant chemicals. Not to get rid of bugs, weeds, or to fertilize. Nature is in charge, which is where I find most of my nature photos. Dragonflies eat everything they can, cutting down the mosquito population. Birds of all kinds nest and spend the season here. They too eat all they want. And then there's the trees. Magnificent trees, providers to all. I let them have the run of the yard spring to Autumn. When cold sets in, I trim everything back, getting ready for it all to happen again,
Punt West, Ouddorp, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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© 2019 Bart van Damme
The wreckage of the Admiral Von Tromp in Saltwick Bay at sunset. Not much more than a tangle of twisted metal now as nature slowly removes it from the shoreline.
Stumbled across this downed tree on a short hike. I thought hey that's brown, Might work for Flickr Friday theme.
The morning sunlight envelopes the window of an old abandoned barn along the San Mateo County coastline. The absence of people has worked to the advantage of the wild blackberry, who has taken root within the dry rot and detritus of the old window pane.
San Mateo County Coast CA