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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Bay Area Wild
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Sun Jun 3 11:55:08 2007
References: <200706031202.l53C2xjJ037978@dragonsgate2.imagecraft.com>

Hi Richard,
That XP suits you very well.
Thanks for showing,
Philippe



Op 3-jun-07, om 13:52 heeft Richard het volgende geschreven:

> Within a few miles of Google, Yahoo!, Sun, and even the iconic NASA  
> Hangar One airship structure, lies some of the vestige of wild  
> abundance in the Silicon Valley. The Bay Area Marsh land were  
> turned into salt ponds and landfills as the area was developed,  
> driving a few species into near extinction. Fortunately, a number  
> of the salt ponds have been returned and hopefully will become wild  
> life refuge again.
>
> This is the first set of pictures from the Don Edward Wildlife  
> Refuge. More to come. Plus a ghost town in the heart of the Silicon  
> Valley? Coming soon, also pictures of Drawbridge. A no man's land  
> then where the authority dared not enter, and a no man's land now  
> as it slowly sinking into the bay.
>
> Just across from the bay, within sights of the power towers, the  
> Dumbarton bridge, is the start of the trail:
> http://www.dragonsgate.net/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=9087
>
> The slough and marshes are connected by wooden bridges:
> http://www.dragonsgate.net/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=9088
>
> http://www.dragonsgate.net/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=9089
>
> The lighting on this picture is exquisite, unfortunately not easily  
> shown on a small web pic:
> http://www.dragonsgate.net/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=9090
>
> http://www.dragonsgate.net/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=9091
>
> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly,  
> please use richard at imagecraft.com)
>
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