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Trees are a great way to measure erosion. When this seed sprouted, it was in some sort of "soil" and that's where the crown (basically, where the roots meet the trunk) of the tree is today. I'd have do core it to count the rings and get the age but it doesn't look all that old - 60 years, maybe?
Fifth and last in the Lybrook Badlands series.
2013 - Trang, Thailand
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Night view of the white-washed buildings in Plaka, the chief town of Milos, a volcanic island in the Aegean Sea, part of the Cyclades group, in Greece.
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Only 45 minutes from the main island of Venice, Burano is often mixed up (by tourists) with Murano, famous for its glassware.
The crowd is practically non-existent - no jostling, and its big enough that you won't run into any big tourist groups. I'm guessing this is because it takes a little longer to get here.
The colors are amazing, and there are some pretty good restaurants.
Definitely on the "once in a lifetime" list.
Burano
Venice, Italy
Residental house in the seaside town of Primošten, by Adriatic coast, in Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia.
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I like abandoned school because the pastel painted walls, the cool drininking fountains, the bathrooms where places were delightfully deranged, the smily face gold stars everywhere, and the gum under the formica coated desk tops. But when schools are abandoned you can hear the laughter in the halls but its only a ghost. You can smell the pecil dust falling from the sharpener but its only decay. School is out for the summer but come fall no one returns. Bells no longer ring and children no longer sing, but the voices are forver cemented in every footstep and finger print
Looking through old pictures tonight, updating my Google+ and Flickr pages, I stumbled across images taken after Hurricane Katrina. I was surprised at the visceral response they still elicit.
I didn't live here then — I was living in Tuscaloosa. But I remember that kicked in the stomach feeling of seeing the destruction. I came down for the national publications and wrote stories from Dauphin Island to Bay Saint Louis because I felt like no one understood what had happened to these places I loved.
The beach erosion on Dauphin Island has been devastating, not just because of Katrina but because of other storms and a host of man-made and environmental reasons too involved to get into here.
When I look back at images I've taken over the years, I can see the island's changes, and I feel blessed it is still here to enjoy.
These trees were likely killed during Katrina, but erosion has exposed the roots even more, creating an eerily beautiful, visual elegy to the impermanence of so many of the things we on the coast hold dear.
I'm so glad to be back. I wonder sometimes why I stayed away so long.
These old pictures remind me that there is a method to my madness, a purpose to my passion. These are the waters from which I sprang, the sands where I found my first footing.
That's worth saving.
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A tree's roots are exposed due to erosion on Dauphin Island, Alabama. (Photo by Carmen K. Sisson/Cloudybright)
Amsterdam is an amazing city, totally unique and full of diversity and history. This photo was taken in the park between the Van Gogh Museum and the Rijksmuseum. It’s probably one of the most photographed sites in Amsterdam, but I felt obliged to have my take of the sign.
Social Distancing along the back roads of Baker County Oregon
A beautiful Spring day exploring the back roads of Baker County Oregon . Some great wildlife and lots of wide open scenery.
Located at the intersection of three Oregon Scenic Byways Baker County is surrounded by spectacular scenery and wide open spaces. For more information about Baker County's back roads and scenic byways visit the Baker County Tourism website at www.travlebakercounty.com
Pilis
Thirring túraút
2013.01.05
Moss-covered rock
"Thirring" hiking trail"
Pilis mountains
Hungary
05.01.2013
Mt. Kunyit is an active volcano in the Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia. The trek to the crater takes about six hours, and passes through beautiful cloud forests and beside fumrole volcanic vents. In the middle of the crater lies a bubbling hotspring, and what locals call "Taman Dewa" or "The Garden of the Gods." It has a spiritual, mythical place in local folklore, and is the site where local hero Depati Parbo meditated to supposedly gain invulnerability to Dutch bullets during the war for Kerinci.
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We rarely think about them, many people are afraid of them; yet our dependance on bees is huge. This importance does not hang on honey production, but pollination - nothing less than our food supply. So it is with pardonable pride that beekeepers have been known to endorse quotes like the one attributed to Albert Einstein: “If the bee disappears from the surface of the Earth, man would have no more than four years left to live.”
I visited a couple of good friends in Barcelona and they took me to this train station called Estació de França, "France Station". This station shares the same designer as France's Eiffel Tower, Gustave Eiffel, you can see the similarities with the design of the metal works. The station is in beautiful and clean condition, although I was sad to see that it is not being used as much - making the station not appreciated by many people.
Sin Ho's markets is the biggest and most colourful market for Hill tribe people in Vietnam. Non turistic and still off the beaten path, we rented a motorbike and did a trhee days route through the most scenic region of North Vietnam
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Mt. Kunyit is an active volcano in the Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia. The trek to the crater takes about six hours, and passes through beautiful cloud forests and beside fumrole volcanic vents. In the middle of the crater lies a bubbling hotspring, and what locals call "Taman Dewa" or "The Garden of the Gods." It has a spiritual, mythical place in local folklore, and is the site where local hero Depati Parbo meditated to supposedly gain invulnerability to Dutch bullets during the war for Kerinci.
See more detailed descriptions of the pictures at www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.592735630778650.1073741...
and read more about the Kerinci area at www.wildsumatra.com