Category: Netherlands
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Giants in the wind
Giants in the wind In the last decade the number of electricity generating windmills in Holland has increased considerably. In some regions even to the extent that one can speak of an uncontrolled proliferation, with action groups as a result that protest against the pollution of the horizon. See for example the situation in a…
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Flatland
Flatland Maybe it’s thanks to my Dutch origins that I still remember with delight the little book Flatland, in which Edwin Abbott gives full rein to his mathematical imagination in his description of a two-dimensional world. Although the Dutch landscape – especially its immense, flat polders reclaimed from the sea – does come rather close…
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Inner worlds
Inner worlds Aesthetically this may not be such a great picture, but it has something beautiful about it that pleases me. Four girls on a lawn dotted with little flowers by the waterfront, and each of them totally absorbed by her own playful discovery of the world. Although they probably have descended here together, each…
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The universe in a forest
The universe in a forest I took this photograph in the same woodland as last week’s picture. I was fascinated by the illuminated green specks – leaves and reflections of leaves – in the middle of this very dark pool. But it was only when I looked at the photograph on the screen afterwards that…
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Primeval forests
Primeval forests Streams and pools in deep, dark forests heighten the primeval atmosphere. It takes my thoughts back to ancient times, hundreds of millions of years ago, when life first emerged on our planet; life that has since evolved slowly. In the right-hand corner of the photograph, part of my own shadow can be seen.…
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