Alamy Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 With summer well and truly upon us, many of us will be submersing ourselves in nature, but what about when nature submerses our man-made world, reclaiming it? Offering us a perhaps unerving glimpse into a world abandoned by humans, areas reclaimed by nature remind us of the unstoppable force the natural world harbours, reminding us that ultimately, nature is in control. Do you have images which showcase places that have been reclaimed by nature? If you haven't been involved with Alamy Photo of the Month yet, the theme for July is #AlamyReclaimedByNature, so why not join in? From sand filled towns to coral covered shipwrecks, we want to see it all. At the beginning of August we'll share our favourites with you and also our customers. Be inspired: https://www.alamy.com/search/lightbox/5701558.html?utm_campaign=2500749_Alamy POTM July 2024&utm_medium=email&utm_source=contributoremail&dm_t=0,0,0,0,0 Thanks! Louise 🏛️🍃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecile Marion Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 4 from southeastern Paris area 2X5B8AG 2X5B8AP 2X5B8C1 2x5b8ca Gainesville, Florida, USA K70rnj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve F Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 (edited) A re-purposed / recycled computer monitor with flowers growing out of the broken screen in the gardens of Kittenberger Erlebnisgarten, Austria - Image ID: 2G2P1WK Pink daisies in an urban environment overgrowing a resident permit holders only parking and no return within 1 hour sign in Basingstoke. England - Image ID: GWM1DW A barbary macaque (macaca sylvanus) jumping into a car in Gibraltar Nature Reserve in the winter sunshine - Image ID: ETWG0E A large green praying mantis (Mantis Religiosa) freezing in position on a path at Gibraltar Botanic Gardens on the island of Gibraltar in March A white wine cellar cellar overgrown with colourful grapevines on the Kellergasse (wine street) during autumn in Mittelberg, Lower Austria, Austria - Image ID: FB085G Edited July 17 by Steve F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ventura Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 (edited) An abandoned farmhouse in rural Virginia 2HC4NRF An abandoned roadway in rural Pennsylvania MPBCPY An old Roman bridge covered in vegetation, in Rapallo, Italy BCTGD3 Philae Temple near Aswan Egypt BAF97C Vines taking over an old estate BRRMCC A dilapidated house window 2HC4NTN An old lighthouse that has seen better days A66X3X A wind tattered U.S. flag DRW7P4 Edited July 10 by Michael Ventura 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Robertson Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 Image ID: 2X8R97E. A disused shopping trolley seeming to become part of nature again. Image ID: 2X4D987. An old, abandoned farm-style cottage gradually becoming derelict with exposure to the elements. Image ID: 2X4D90H. The ruins of an old farmhouse in a paddock. Image ID: 2RY78HH. Another abandoned farmhouse succumbing to the elements. Image ID: 2RY5Y0X. The rusting, derelict body of an old Morris Minor. Image ID: 2RY5XXB. An old, rusty plough in some grass and weeds. 2T6RD4M. Another rusty plough with other old, rusty items hanging from a water tank amongst the weeds and grass. Image ID: 2RWKF5K. The rusty wreck of an old steam tug boat being progressively reclaimed by the ocean. Image ID: 2XFX3EW. A toy car becoming derelict in the mud. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 Road traffic sign to many places - Image ID: 2E8XEG1 Overgrown tumbledown outhouse on farm - Image ID: J87RYP Farmyard buildings falling down and overgrown Milton Cambridge Cambridgeshire England UK 2016 - Image ID: H8M5XY Overgrown pushbike against picket fence Peacocks tea room Ely Cambridgeshire England UK - Image ID: G35WA6 Allan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Morgan Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 The Garden Car parked on Augusta Street in Kensington Market in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Image ID: KD19FG Remains of a dock on Lake Huron in Grand Bend, Ontario, Canada - Image ID: EYPFKC Vine covered stone wall - Image ID: E7MH3X Rowboat sunk in icy water with water and ice inside the rowboat. - Image ID: DKP93D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 (edited) Abandoned bicycle P441XD Green roofs, Vancouver, Canada R1XNWN Rusty lawnmower Vacant lot turned into a wildflower bee habitat, Vancouver, Canada P652YG Rooftop forest, Vancouver, Canada 2GAGH2X Mayan temple, Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico AN51RH Ruined archway, Mineral de Pozos, Mexico BPAMJY Strangler fig tree, Veracruz, Mexico AD3EYK Toilet in bloom MPJKY0 Edited July 10 by John Mitchell 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Standfast Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 Right then! Rolls sleeves up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecile Marion Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 J4FK23 Petite Ceinture, Paris MX432H Le Crotoy, France 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 (edited) J34E7C - Wreck of a C-47 DL, a military version of a DC-3, Kuranda, Far North Queensland, Australia J34E7M - Inside the fuselage of a wrecked C-47 DL, a military version of a DC-3, Kuranda, Far North Queensland, Australia PGPBTG - Humorous graffiti on a wrecked car, Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia 2A10G41 - Derelict Post Office and service station in Mingela, near Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 2WDJ540 - Sand engulfing the ruins of the historic old telegraph station built in 1877, Eucla, Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia, Australia AEWWXK - Ruins of a colonial house São Luis Maranhão Brazil 2WDJ4Y7 - The historic Old Jetty at Eucla in the Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia, WA, Australia E23JMA - The Maheno Shipwreck which was washed ashore on Fraser Island by a cyclone in 1935. Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia 2K7K8NX - Ruins of the old abandoned uranium mine of Mary Kathleen, between Mount Isa and Cloncurry, North Western Queensland, QLD, Australia 2T6RN7Y - Ruins of the old Ord Homestead, Duncan Road, Kimberley Region, Western Australia, Australia 2GNNKMM - Bush Dunny in the Ruined Big Bell township, a gold mining ghost town near the small rural town of Cue, Murchison Region, Western Australia, Australia 2GNNKGH - The Old Hospital ruins are a tourist attraction on the Heritage Trail in Cue, Murchison Region, Western Australia, Australia 2WMFW92 - Old rusty car abandoned near the Old Eyre Highway at Koonalda Homestead, Nullarbor, South Australia, SA, Australia J6DXK1 - Ruined School of Arts in Joadja Ghost Town, a Kerosene Shale mine, Southern Highlands, New South Wales, NSW, Australia BAEHG7 - Ruins in Benquerencia Village, Extremadura, Spain MKK0DR - Disused gold mining machinery at Maytown, an old gold rush ghost town, Far North Queensland, Australia DEMM91 - Historical Woolshed, Mungo National Park, New South Wales, NSW, Australia 2G6R8PA - Raised concrete footings are the remains of one of the buildings that housed the staff of the Wyndham radio telegraph station. Telegraph Hill, near Wyndham, Western Australia 2HWGF54 - Old railway line through the Golden Quest Discovery Trail near Leonora, Western Australia, WA, Australia MPN4TY - Ruins of Bank of Australasia vault in the small rural town of Chillagoe, Far North Queensland, FNQ, QLD, Australia J6DXT9 - Inside a ruined cottage in Joadja Ghost Town, a Kerosene Shale mine, Southern Highlands, New South Wales, NSW, Australia HXC2B4 - Remains of the steamship SS Merimbula which ran aground at Whale Point in 1928, Currarong, Beecroft Peninsula, Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia J6DXTE - Ruins of a Kerosene Shale mine, Joadja Ghost Town, Southern Highlands, New South Wales, NSW, Australia 2K7K8HK - Ruins of the old abandonned uranium mine of Mary Kathleen, between Mount Isa and Cloncurry, North Western Queensland, QLD, Australia 2B65EGG - Kanyaka Homestead Historic Site, a sheep run leased by Hugh Proby in 1851, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, SA, Australia 2GNNKM1 - Ruins of Big Bell township, a gold mining ghost town near the small rural town of Cue, Murchison Region, Western Australia, Australia B80HJ6 - Waverley Abbey Ruins Surrey UK - Edited July 10 by gvallee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 A few more from me. old overgrown wooden gate - Image ID: B842DC Old clinker built fishing boat Content rotting away on Aldeburgh beach, Suffolk 2022 - Image ID: 2KGJ5EN Old waterwheel at Littlecote House Berkshire England - Image ID: BG3317 Door in tumbledown building on farm - Image ID: CF93EG Duck feeding on weir at Baits Bite Lock river Cam - Image ID: DF4AK7 Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 This will be my lot. Tumbledown burnt out cabin Arundel West Sussex - Image ID: C9C108 Old Mercedes - Image ID: C48056 Old shack - Image ID: C624A6 Old arched window in observation tower wall, Lincoln Castle, 2022 - Image ID: 2JHJM0M Birchenlees wood house sold - Image ID: 2R2DMTP Overgrown seat - Image ID: P28Y31 Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecile Marion Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 HNRKN1 Cedar Key, Florida HNRKN0 Cedar Key, Florida 2X5B8CX Ruins of the Pavillon du Maroc, Paris 2X5B8CK Ruins of the Pavillon du Maroc, Paris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Fowler Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 PW467F Overgrown old car, Tilos island, Greece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Fowler Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 P69324 Abandoned village of Gera, Tilos island, Greece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Fowler Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 ZBMX4N9 Old petrol tanker, Tilos island, Greece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 S0EYBR 2GCF80C 2GCF82X 2GCF836 2GCF83D 2GCF83H E97YW7 D9H1FX CN0DK1 DYAB30 CX4KNM W8P85F FA4XAH FA4XAK 2BERXN4 2D4WBMP Paulette 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 Love your photos of Kolmanskop, Paulette. Canadian photographer Freeman Patterson did a lot of photography there. Don't know if you're familiar with his images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 6 minutes ago, John Mitchell said: Love your photos of Kolmanskop, Paulette. Canadian photographer Freeman Patterson did a lot of photography there. Don't know if you're familiar with his images. Thank you. I see he was also attracted to the series of doorways into colorful rooms. It is a magical place. We went there on one of my wildlife trips. We had a bit of conflict with another group. I can't remember the name of the leader of that group.. Not your guy, I'm sure. A rather arrogant fellow who resented us on "his" turf. You need special permission to enter there and I'm sure our group paid a largish fee. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 HN0A6K Unmarked grave in the bush, Kinchega Cemetery, where records of people buried there have been lost. New South Wales, Australia 2RCC86E Grave at Stannary Hills Pioneer Cemetery at Mt Albion or Mountalbion, Queensland, QLD, Australia 2WNHFG7 - View of the cemetery in the remote Outback town of Innamincka, South Australia, SA, Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony ALS Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 (edited) Ruins of the Castillo de Santa Catalina (Castle of Saint Catalina) near Jaen with towers and showing internal walls Andalusia Spain - Image ID: 2BXGMCM Front car bumper dumped in a field with weeds growing through holes Plastic pollution countryside Santander Cantabria Spain - Image ID: 2EJ0WK4 Rusting painted iron gate to nowhere at the end of a garden supported by dangerously leaning brick pillars South Croydon Surrey England UK - Image ID: 2CW749G Ruins of the Castillo de Santa Catalina (Castle of Saint Catalina) near Jaen Andalusia Spain - Image ID: 2E18KM1 Ruined round stone fort on the Matalenas peninsular Cabo Menor Santander Cantabria Spain -Image ID: 2CFAP7E Abandoned catamaran on trestles with a plant growing in it at the Cantabrian Marina in Santander Cantabria Spain Early morning sun - Image ID: 2F4Y5YM Red stone block paving with weeds growing through in sunshine - Image ID: 2G6MY55 Abandoned collapsed small concrete footbridge with ropes and wooden posts in morning sunshine - Image ID: 2FKR993 Warden's House ruined after being burnt during the AIM American Indian Movement Occupation of Alcatraz Prison June 1 1970 San Francisco California USA - Image ID: 2RAJM56 Wrecked rusty trawler run aground bay of Santander Cantabria Spain with small fishing boats and motor yachts moored to buoys sunny winter morning - Image ID: 2E984D8 Abandoned ruined house on the waterfront of the bay of Santander Cantabria Spain on a calm sunny spring morning - Image ID: 2F4Y6F8 Small wooden boat abandoned and rotting in the estuary of the River Ason Colindres Cantabria Spain - Image ID: 2KF6P9Y Edited July 12 by Tony ALS Added content 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 (edited) MTBG0Y - Abandonned fishing boat in reedbed by Lake Canet Saint-Nazare, Canet-en-Roussillon, Roussillon, Pyrenees-Orientales, France 2TCBCMH Former NSWGR 79 class locomotive abandoned in the forest on Christmas Island, Australia 2E3XC41 - Old rusty International Harvester in Biloela, South East Queensland, Australia Edited July 13 by gvallee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 2 hours ago, NYCat said: Thank you. I see he was also attracted to the series of doorways into colorful rooms. It is a magical place. We went there on one of my wildlife trips. We had a bit of conflict with another group. I can't remember the name of the leader of that group.. Not your guy, I'm sure. A rather arrogant fellow who resented us on "his" turf. You need special permission to enter there and I'm sure our group paid a largish fee. Paulette It does indeed look like a magical place. I'd highly recommend Freeman's books (listed on his website). He's definitely not an arrogant fellow and still very active at 86. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 2T4WBHH - Discarded machinery at the Twenty Mile Sandy Creek old goldmine in the goldfields, Skull Springs Road, Pilbara, Western Australia 2T4WBTP - Discarded machinery at the Twenty Mile Sandy Creek old goldmine in the goldfields, Skull Springs Road, Pilbara, Western Australia 2K5YD6G - Abandonned verandah at Old Andado Homestead in the Australian Outback, Northern Territory, NT, Australia 2K5YD65 - Derelict thatched timber shed at Old Andado Station in the Australian Outback, Northern Territory, NT, Australia ADB4TJ - Old shed at the Rural Life Centre - Tilford - Surrey - UK ADB4TK - Old buildidngs at the Rural Life Centre - Tilford - Surrey - UK ENNHXE - Historic Pioneer's Birds Hut, Wollemi National Park, New South Wales, Australia FWNB51 - Boggy Creek Trestle Bridge, Koetong, Tallangatta, Victoria, Australia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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