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    Earth will win: Nature bites back on Washington state's Key Peninsula Natural processes overcome human impact across the beaches, forests and developed areas of a remote peninsula in southern Puget Sound.

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    New plant life sprouts among decomposing madrona leaves and douglas fir needles which fill the neglected rain gutter of a Key Peninsula home. Left undisturbed, plant life will flourish, colonize the roof, and eventually cover the entire house. by: jonsmith Views[490] A large tractor tire, discarded along a trail, fills with fallen leaves and debris to create humus from which blue huckleberry, sword ferns and other plants arise. Lichen and moss attach to the tire, which over time will become covered, buried, and part of the forest floor. by: jonsmith Views[301] Weather exploits weakness in concrete to create cracks. Opportunistic plants invade and continue the work of reducing pavement to rubble. by: jonsmith Views[747] A piece of glass from a long-ago broken bottle is washed smooth by the sea. In time this fragment made from silica will erode to pieces no larger than the grains of sand on which it rests. by: jonsmith Views[292] Saltwater and seaweed begin the work of degrading and decomposing a paper flyer washed up on Joemma Beach. The flyer warns of dangers associated with consuming raw or undercooked shellfish. by: jonsmith Views[279]
     

    Photos: My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

    Monday, 14 Jan 2013 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

    At 13 years old, during the first of many hours spent in the darkroom, I saw for the first time an image I'd shot appear in the dektol. I'd captured the splash from a rock tossed into a lake. Light and contrast were good, I had a nice range of grays, ... Read more >
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