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The Dutch province / region Zeeland, is located on the border with Belgium and is characterized by the North Sea coast.
Islands, peninsulas, extensive sandy beaches, a flat landscape, water parks, lake parks, seaside resorts and marshland characterize the landscape.
Die Niederländische Provinz / Region Zeeland, liegt an der Grenze zu Belgien und ist von der Nordseeküste geprägt.
Inseln, Halbinseln, ausgedehnte Sandstrände, eine flache Landschaft, Wasserparks, Seeparks, Seebäder und Marschland prägen die Landschaft.
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Eastern Scheldt Storm Surge Barrier…
Oosterscheldekering / De Banjaard Beach.
The Oosterscheldekering (Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier) is another storm surge barrier located between the islands Schouwen-Duiveland and Noord-Beveland in the Netherlands.
It is the largest of the 13 Delta Works constructions, the most expensive and the most difficult to build.
The nine-kilometre-long Oosterscheldekering was initially designed, and partly built, as a closed dam, but after public protest, huge sluice-gate-type doors were installed in the remaining four kilometers. These doors are normally open, but can be closed under adverse weather conditions.
In this way, the saltwater marine life behind the dam is preserved and fishing can continue, while the land behind the dam is safe from the water.
Since its opening in 1986, the dam has been closed twenty-five times due to water levels exceeding or being predicted to exceed the three meters.
The dam is designed to last more than 200 years.
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Sometimes people put up walls, not to keep people away. But to see who cares enough to tear those walls down. ―One Tree Hill
this is from yesterday (: i got a lot of pictures i want to upload.
Une grande partie de la côte est constituée de dunes. Elles jouent un rôle important en tant que protections côtières et sont riches en plantes et animaux exceptionnels.
L'Oosterscheldekering est le plus important ouvrage du Plan Delta. Sa longueur est de près de 9 kilomètres entre Schouwen-Duiveland et l'île du Noord-Beveland. L'ouvrage est parcouru par la N57.
Much of the coast is made up of dunes. They play an important role as coastal protection and are rich in exceptional plants and animals.
Oosterscheldekering is the most important work of the Delta Plan. Its length is about 9 kilometers between Schouwen-Duiveland and the island of Noord-Beveland. The book is traversed by the N57.
The Dutch province / region Zeeland, is located on the border with Belgium and is characterized by the North Sea coast.
Islands, peninsulas, extensive sandy beaches, a flat landscape, water parks, lake parks, seaside resorts and marshland characterize the landscape.
Die Niederländische Provinz / Region Zeeland, liegt an der Grenze zu Belgien und ist von der Nordseeküste geprägt.
Inseln, Halbinseln, ausgedehnte Sandstrände, eine flache Landschaft, Wasserparks, Seeparks, Seebäder und Marschland prägen die Landschaft.
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a touch of free Feeling…
The Dutch province / region Zeeland, is located on the border with Belgium and is characterized by the North Sea coast.
Islands, peninsulas, extensive sandy beaches, a flat landscape, water parks, lake parks, seaside resorts and marshland characterize the landscape.
Die Niederländische Provinz / Region Zeeland, liegt an der Grenze zu Belgien und ist von der Nordseeküste geprägt.
Inseln, Halbinseln, ausgedehnte Sandstrände, eine flache Landschaft, Wasserparks, Seeparks, Seebäder und Marschland prägen die Landschaft.
Thanks for your Visit Views Faves and Comments, have all a Nice Weekend. ✌
Cold currents, Rough Seas and the North wind is Fresh...
Eastern Scheldt Storm Surge Barrier…
Oosterscheldekering / De Banjaard Beach.
The Oosterscheldekering (Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier) is another storm surge barrier located between the islands Schouwen-Duiveland and Noord-Beveland in the Netherlands.
It is the largest of the 13 Delta Works constructions, the most expensive and the most difficult to build.
The nine-kilometre-long Oosterscheldekering was initially designed, and partly built, as a closed dam, but after public protest, huge sluice-gate-type doors were installed in the remaining four kilometers. These doors are normally open, but can be closed under adverse weather conditions.
In this way, the saltwater marine life behind the dam is preserved and fishing can continue, while the land behind the dam is safe from the water.
Since its opening in 1986, the dam has been closed twenty-five times due to water levels exceeding or being predicted to exceed the three meters.
The dam is designed to last more than 200 years.
Thanks for your Visit Views Faves and Comments, have all a Nice Weekend. ✌
We arrived in De Banjaard today. Our first walk took us to the beach (of course). On our way back from a late lunch and a cold beer I could easily zoom in to Neeltje Jans...
Spelen met de instellingen van de camera.
Vrouwenpolder, Nederland
Playing with the camera settings.
Vrouwenpolder, The Netherlands
Obviously inspired by the amazing work of Joel (Boy_Wonder).
I wanted to try something like this for a long time :)
“Memories were fine but you couldn't touch them, smell them or hold them. They were never exactly as the moment was, and they faded with time.” ― Cecelia Ahern
I'm going back home tomorrow :(
"It is an interesting biological fact that all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea--whether it is to sail or to watch it--we are going back from whence we came."
―John F. Kennedy
I am in the Netherlands now and this morning I went to the beach and took some photos. (:
“Does it break my heart, of course, every moment of every day, into more pieces than my heart was made of, I never thought of myself as quiet, much less silent, I never thought about things at all, everything changed, the distance that wedged itself between me and my happiness wasn't the world, it wasn't the bombs and burning buildings, it was me, my thinking, the cancer of never letting go, is ignorance bliss, I don't know, but it's so painful to think, and tell me, what did thinking ever do for me, to what great place did thinking ever bring me? I think and think and think, I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
I will stop being inactive on Flickr soon! :)
Pijlerdam, Neeltje Jans, Zeeland, The Netherlands.
This spare Deltaworks pillar is now used as a climbing wall and piece of landscape architecture. Here you can see the pillars in their proper context bit.ly/xkwCai
Neeltje Jans est une île artificielle et de construction des Pays-Bas, dans la province de Zélande, située entre les anciennes îles de Beveland-Nord et Schouwen, sur l'Escaut oriental. Sa superficie est d'environ 285 ha. L'île appartient à la commune de Veere.
Elle a été baptisée en référence d'un banc de sable situé à proximité et qui doit son nom à la déesse Nehalennia.
Elle fut créée lors de la construction de l'Oosterscheldekering, entre 1969 et 1986. Elle accueille maintenant un centre d'information sur les travaux du plan Delta. 65 pylônes en béton furent nécessaires au barrage, 66 ont été construits au cas où l'un d'entre eux serait défectueux ce qui ne fut pas le cas. Celui qui a été construit en excédent sert maintenant à la varappe.
Elle est devenue un monument naturel et fait partie du parc national Oosterschelde.
Neeltje Jans is an artificial and construction island of the Netherlands, in the province of Zeeland, situated between the former islands of North Beveland and Schouwen, on the Eastern Scheldt. Its area is about 285 ha. The island belongs to the municipality of Veere.
It was named after a nearby sandbar named after the goddess Nehalennia.
It was created during the construction of the Oosterscheldekering, between 1969 and 1986. It now hosts an information center on the work of the Delta plan. 65 concrete pylons were needed at the dam, 66 were built in case one of them was defective which was not the case. The one that was built in surplus is now used for rock climbing.
It has become a natural monument and is part of the Oosterschelde National Park.