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Mangrove Forest @ Mangrove Information Center of Denpasar, Bali
Mangroves are trees and shrubs that grow along a saline strip along the coast, now and then swamped by tides. The thin roots provide a habitat for shrimps and small fish, break up waves and hold back silt and soil from that damage coral reefs.
Mangroves can keep rising seas at bay to a certain extent, giving communities more time to adjust. The trees can help people cope with heatwaves and help break up waves in the event of a tropical storm.
Like in many parts of Indonesia, vast swathes of mangrove forest in "the neck of Bali", a strip of land that connects a tiny peninsula in the south to the main part of the island, were turned into shrimp ponds during a boom in the 1980s.
But the ponds were soon abandoned, leaving large areas barren. Scientists later discovered that violent waves were chipping away at the coast, sparking fears that lower part of the island could be cut off in a decade's time.
A government project sponsored by Japan's development arm set off in the early 1990s to restore the area's vast mangroves, filling about 1,000 hectares of land with nearly 20 types of mangrove...(Reuters)
Canon EOS 50D
EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
30sec • f/10 • 10 mm • ISO 100
HOYA NDx400
RAW proccessed with Digital Photo Pro
TIFF proccessed with Adobe Photoshop CS3
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always will love this sky
it was the sky atop our street the very last time lulu and i took a walk together ..
one year ago today
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Today's 1 Miler!
Heavy overcast once again.
30 & felt like 21F
Snow is apparently on the way tonite & tomorrow, 2-4 inches total possible depending on which lie you choose to believe.
shoes? these aren't shoes. these are stone bricks. stone bricks stuck to me.
try as i might, and I do try, i can't move off.
and you, you there, always there, like some sort of over-vigilant ward. why?
leave me be.
this rain too.
it rains too much.
Today's 1 Miler!
Heavy overcast once again.
30 & felt like 21F
Snow is apparently on the way tonite & tomorrow, 2-4 inches total possible.
Once put in a set, these will make a nice slide show if you have the time to do it, a nice autumn walk in my general neighborhood! Set it for slide show, full screen, and you're there, with the sun shining through the trees! :-)
This set of photos was taken last Saturday morning, when the sun finally came out after days of rain, and the fall colors were in their glory. I'm so glad I got to get out then for a couple of hours, because next day the rains came again, and the winds, and that has continued on and off. The upshot is that we had about three days of the full display, when it wasn't raining or threatening rain, and now while there are many beautiful trees left, about half of them have had most of their leaves rained and blown off, and it looks a lot like November! :-( Mind you, I don't mind November, but I'd love to have had more October first!
Anyway, I hope you enjoy this set, this day was truly gorgeous!
sapucaia (Lecythis lanceolata Poir)
Six Word Story (optional in portuguese)
sapucaia floresceu, lembro logo de suzana
Polaroid Auto 250 / expired ID-UV film
"Walk with me," he said gently.
"...but...where are we going?" I replied.
"Nowhere at all."