Tag: Nature
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Weeping Beech
Weeping Beech More than 50 years ago, in 1972, the Floriade world horticulture exhibition opened in Amsterdam. One of the young trees in what is now called Amstelpark has grown into this beautiful weeping beech.From the very beginning, individuals and couples in love have carved arrows and hearts with their names or initials into the…
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Our living soil
Our living soil A rhizotron is a type of underground laboratory in which the interaction between the soil, the roots and animals below the surface and the plants above can be studied. The invisible is made visible.Placed above ground in the light, the rhizotron becomes a true work of art. Photo of the week: Rhizotron…
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The ground under our feet
The ground under our feet It is not often that you get to see the intricate root system of a tree so clearly. Was the tree cut down because it lost the ground beneath its feet and was doomed to fall? Or was it cut down and then the earth between its roots washed away?…
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Before the big bang
Before the big bang A stone falls from the sky and it looks as though it is about to collide with another stone with a thud. But on closer inspection, it turns out we are mistaken. Both stones lie peacefully side by side in a puddle of water, where they protrude partly above the surface.…
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The Amstel
The Amstel On my way back from Ouderkerk, my favourite walk along the Amstel. Photo of the week: Amstel river, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2025
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A necklace for the Earth
A necklace for the Earth A distant field of flowering plants from the Brassica family lays as a thin gold necklace on the earth. Beautiful as ever. Photo of the week: Lescheroux, Ain, France 2025
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Just a landscape?
Just a landscape? In recent years, I have increasingly taken photographs of landscapes that evoke a particular emotion in me as a walker. I try to capture the landscape in such a way that I can rekindle that emotion through the photograph.Here we see an agricultural landscape of fields, trees and small copses, with a…
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High and happy
High and happy Before attacking the higher summits. Photo of the week: Kathmandu Valley, Nepal 1996
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Interior jungle
Interior jungle Every year the city of Nantes organises an artistic itinerary (Le Voyage à Nantes) which leads you through the different neigbourhoods of the city and for which invited artists have made art works on location. Some of these art works are kept after the exhibition is over and become permanent land marks of…
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Peace
Peace What we all want after a long day at work: a lovely moment of peace.I zoom in on the little figure on the far right and admire its posture. Photo of the week: Thrikunhapuzha, Kerala, India 2016
