I look thru my shelves of books
To realize most are non-fiction
Tales told of the world we live in
Stories built upon the past to the present
Earth and us as main characters
As it unfolds into the future
I pulled this book down to open the pages
“New England Forest Through Time” By David Foster and John O’Keele
The slideshow below are dioramas that show NE forest over the cost of 300 years
It book describes the changes to landscape, vegetation and wildlife that have occurred
It is a theme that is discussed in many of the books I have
Whether it’s NE or other parts of the US and the earth as a whole
This book I’m always opening, so it will remain on my shelf
To end this post I’ll add one more picture
In the slideshow we seen the changes that have occurred through our use of the landscape
Today many of our changes have much more long term effects on the landscape
For our use of man-made materials to alter the environment
Has changed the time-line for the environment to recover, if it can
This reminds me of another book ” The World Without Us” by Alan Weisman
Maybe to be looked at again in the future.
antilandscaper 
So interesting to see the changes to the landscape and your comment about how the more recent changes have potentially longer lasting impacts. Where are trees can re-take an abandon pastures, they can’t reclaim a highway as easily.
I agree and given today’s need for resources we might not be able recognize our landscape in the near future. Like seeing huge mega cities in the desert. It a wonder, thanks
Beautiful and the world without us will be beautiful again.
I would agree, but with a population of 7.6 billion of us we will have try keep as much of the beauty in tack as we can. Thanks
It’s the same story here in Australia. BUT (underlined and each key hit with a vengeance) when old farms are abandoned the trees that take over are often more like weeds. They are the opportunistic ones and very often they are introduced ones that degrade and destroy the natives. Although there are many introduced plants in Australia that have become pests I am sure that the Australian Eucalypts and some of out Acacias are becoming unwelcome in Europe and America. To sum up, we have degraded the environment and even if we departed and lived on Mars the damage has been done.
I agree our world is changing so fast without much thought as to the world we are creating other than to profit and our own want for pleasure. I mentioned that book “The World Without Us” where he discusses what would happen to earth if we just disappeared, interesting read.
Thanks, John
Very sobering. I can’t help picturing bomb craters in the slide that would come next.
It is sobering, even without the bomb craters for what is coming next as we spread ourselves everywhere. I hope I didn’t bring you too down for there is enough out there already. Take care
So awesome nature photography and nice view 🌷🙏👍🏻🌷
It is interesting and I would done for different parts of this earth so we all can relate to where we were to where we are and going.
Thanks
Very inspiring truth 🌷🙏♥️🌷thank you so much
for sharing and most welcome 👏💐
Interesting seeing these changes very vividly documented.
Thanks & cheers
The Fab Four of Cley
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It fascinates me when I look at a landscape in the present and wonder what it was before. To read that here in New Hampshire we once had mountains that were over 12,000 ft., ice age changing weather patterns have wound them down now to Mt. Washington that is 6,200ft. now.
Thanks for the comment