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Before our flight back to Europe, we spent a few days in Negombo, where Sri Lanka's international airport is located. There is a large lagoon on the shore of which we marvelled at the sunset. I took the shot with too low a shutter speed to capture the sun even redder and to wrap the surroundings in darkness. For this minimalist image, I just took the sun and the faint reflection on the water, put a scrawny tree in front of the sun and the scene against a black background.
Once again, a picture from Sri Lanka last spring. Now that it is autumn, we would be getting ready to move there again to spend the winter. Maybe we will make an exception this time.
Négombo (Sri Lanka) - Les rives de la lagune de Négombo sont habitées par gens aux revenus modestes. Certains ont un travail en la ville, ou élèvent des volailles qu’ils vendent sur les marchés, mais tous pratiquent la pêche pour améliorer leur ordinaire. Les eaux de la lagune sont très poissonneuses grâce à un canal donnant accès à la mer.
Negombo Lagoon
Negombo (Sri Lanka) - The shores of the Negombo lagoon are inhabited by people of modest incomes. Some have jobs in the city, or raise poultry to sell in markets, but all fish to improve their ordinary life. The waters of the lagoon are full of fish thanks to a channel giving access to the sea.
On the coast of the Lakkadive Sea, marginal sea of the Indian Ocean. Average depth 1,929 m, deepest point 4,131 m.
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An der Küste des Lakkadiven-Meeres, Randmeer des Indischen Ozeans. Durchschnittliche Tiefe 1.929 m, tiefste Stelle 4.131 m.
Négombo (Sri Lanka) - Scène prise quelques années avant la catastrophe écologique qui a pollué durablement le littoral de Négombo. En Mai 2021, un porte-conteneurs indonésien a coulé au large des côtes, polluant sur 80 km, les eaux et les plages avec des produits chimiques, des hydrocarbures et 78 tonnes de granulés de polyéthylène. Depuis la pêche a repris, mais on ne connait toujours pas les conséquences sanitaires sur ceux qui consomment le poisson issu de cette région.
Storage of nets before ecological disaster
Negombo (Sri Lanka) - Scene taken a few years before the ecological disaster which permanently polluted the Negombo coastline. In May 2021, an Indonesian container ship sank off the coast, polluting the waters and beaches, over 80 km, with chemicals, hydrocarbons and 78 tons of polyethylene granules. Fishing has since resumed, but we still do not know the health consequences for those who consume fish from this region.
A unopened "Sports Bar" which actually is a small push cart, parked at the Negombo Beach in Sri Lanka.
On the coast of the Lakkadiven Sea, marginal sea of the Indian cean. Average depth 1,929m, deepest 4,131m.
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An der Küste des Lakkadiven-Meeres, Randmeer des Indischen Ozeans. Durchschnittliche Tiefe 1.929 m, tiefste Stelle 4.131 m.
On the coast of the Lakkadiven Sea, marginal sea of the Indian cean. Average depth 1,929m, deepest 4,131m.
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An der Küste des Lakkadiven-Meeres, Randmeer des Indischen Ozeans. Durchschnittliche Tiefe 1.929 m, tiefste Stelle 4.131 m.
With a beautiful scenic view and a cup of coffee, we can't be bother to move further. - Negombo, Sri Lanka
Looking out across the Indian Ocean at Negombo Beach, Sri Lanka.
After the monsoons had run late, this was virtually straight out of camera, some levelling was needed.