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  • The imagery of the great outdoors against the urban environment seen through a shop window in central London. In the foreground is a large image of snow-covered mountain peaks in the Alps or another range of geological tops formed over millennia - bare branches below the tree line also making their presence. Above them in an incongruous landscape of nature versus nature are buildings along Bond Street, a fashionable fashion and art area. We see the edifices of a man-made society and architecture and the rawness and beauty of the natural world together in one framed window. Man's achievements within the urban city seen in context with the forces of a natural, uncontrollable environment that we as humans are powerless to harness.
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  • Landscape in the Elan Valley, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom. The Elan Valley Reservoirs are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales. The reservoirs provide clean drinking water for the West Midlands of England.
    20181111_elan valley wales_020.jpg
  • Landscape in the Elan Valley, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom. The Elan Valley Reservoirs are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales. The reservoirs provide clean drinking water for the West Midlands of England.
    20181111_elan valley wales_019.jpg
  • Landscape in the Elan Valley, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom. The Elan Valley Reservoirs are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales. The reservoirs provide clean drinking water for the West Midlands of England.
    20181111_elan valley wales_015.jpg
  • Landscape view of the Pen y garreg dam on the Penygarreg Reservoir in the Elan Valley, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom. The Elan Valley Reservoirs are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales. The reservoirs provide clean drinking water for the West Midlands of England.
    20181111_elan valley wales_012.jpg
  • Landscape in the Elan Valley, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom. The Elan Valley Reservoirs are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales. The reservoirs provide clean drinking water for the West Midlands of England.
    20181111_elan valley wales_011.jpg
  • Landscape view of the Pen y garreg dam on the Penygarreg Reservoir in the Elan Valley, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom. The Elan Valley Reservoirs are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales. The reservoirs provide clean drinking water for the West Midlands of England.
    20181111_elan valley wales_008.jpg
  • Landscape view of the Pen y garreg dam on the Penygarreg Reservoir in the Elan Valley, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom. The Elan Valley Reservoirs are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales. The reservoirs provide clean drinking water for the West Midlands of England.
    20181111_elan valley wales_005.jpg
  • Landscape view of the Pen y garreg dam on the Penygarreg Reservoir in the Elan Valley, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom. The Elan Valley Reservoirs are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales. The reservoirs provide clean drinking water for the West Midlands of England.
    20181111_elan valley wales_006.jpg
  • Landscape view of the Pen y garreg dam on the Penygarreg Reservoir in the Elan Valley, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom. The Elan Valley Reservoirs are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales. The reservoirs provide clean drinking water for the West Midlands of England.
    20181111_elan valley wales_002.jpg
  • Landscape in the Elan Valley, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom. The Elan Valley Reservoirs are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales. The reservoirs provide clean drinking water for the West Midlands of England.
    20181111_elan valley panoramic.jpg
  • Landscape in the Elan Valley, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom. The Elan Valley Reservoirs are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales. The reservoirs provide clean drinking water for the West Midlands of England.
    20181111_elan valley panoramic_002.jpg
  • Landscape view of the Pen y garreg dam on the Penygarreg Reservoir in the Elan Valley, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom. The Elan Valley Reservoirs are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales. The reservoirs provide clean drinking water for the West Midlands of England.
    20181111_elan valley wales_001.jpg
  • Examples of bird wildlife to be found after the extensive conservation project at Barton Broad in the Norfolk Broads. The information board shows us the species and kinds of birdlife thriving in this wetland, a region of east Anglia known for its important natural habitats after decades of neglect. Birds such as Coot, Mallard, Moorhen, Tern and Grebe are all surviving thanks to investment and a commitment to protect native species. Barton Broad is the largest Broad in the Ant Valley. It is a man-made landscape impacted by natural processes - the open water is a result of flooded peat diggings. The fen habitat around Barton Broad contributes to the largest fenland expanse in the UK and contains rare vegetation.
    barton_broad02-01-08-2013_1_1.jpg
  • A small cairns, man-made stack of stones, marks the trail for hikers along the path up the western side of Helvellyn Mountain, Lake District, Cumbria, UK.  Behind the carins is stunning green valleys of Wythburn and Armboth Fells and Thirlmere reservoir.  Helvellyn is the third-highest point in England and is located in the beautiful Lake District National Park and part of the Eastern Fells.
    UK-Tourism-Lake-District-8976.jpg
  • Landscape in the Elan Valley, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom. The Elan Valley Reservoirs are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales. The reservoirs provide clean drinking water for the West Midlands of England.
    20181111_elan valley wales_021.jpg
  • Landscape in the Elan Valley, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom. The Elan Valley Reservoirs are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales. The reservoirs provide clean drinking water for the West Midlands of England.
    20181111_elan valley wales_018.jpg
  • Landscape view of the Pen y garreg dam on the Penygarreg Reservoir in the Elan Valley, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom. The Elan Valley Reservoirs are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales. The reservoirs provide clean drinking water for the West Midlands of England.
    20181111_elan valley wales_013.jpg
  • Landscape in the Elan Valley, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom. The Elan Valley Reservoirs are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales. The reservoirs provide clean drinking water for the West Midlands of England.
    20181111_elan valley wales_017.jpg
  • Landscape in the Elan Valley, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom. The Elan Valley Reservoirs are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales. The reservoirs provide clean drinking water for the West Midlands of England.
    20181111_elan valley wales_016.jpg
  • Landscape view of the Pen y garreg dam on the Penygarreg Reservoir in the Elan Valley, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom. The Elan Valley Reservoirs are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales. The reservoirs provide clean drinking water for the West Midlands of England.
    20181111_elan valley wales_014.jpg
  • Landscape view of the Pen y garreg dam on the Penygarreg Reservoir in the Elan Valley, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom. The Elan Valley Reservoirs are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales. The reservoirs provide clean drinking water for the West Midlands of England.
    20181111_elan valley wales_010.jpg
  • Landscape view of the Pen y garreg dam on the Penygarreg Reservoir in the Elan Valley, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom. The Elan Valley Reservoirs are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales. The reservoirs provide clean drinking water for the West Midlands of England.
    20181111_elan valley wales_009.jpg
  • Landscape view of the Pen y garreg dam on the Penygarreg Reservoir in the Elan Valley, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom. The Elan Valley Reservoirs are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales. The reservoirs provide clean drinking water for the West Midlands of England.
    20181111_elan valley wales_007.jpg
  • Landscape in the Elan Valley, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom. The Elan Valley Reservoirs are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales. The reservoirs provide clean drinking water for the West Midlands of England.
    20181111_elan valley wales_004.jpg
  • Landscape view of the Pen y garreg dam on the Penygarreg Reservoir in the Elan Valley, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom. The Elan Valley Reservoirs are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales. The reservoirs provide clean drinking water for the West Midlands of England.
    20181111_elan valley wales_003.jpg
  • Landscape in the Elan Valley, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom. The Elan Valley Reservoirs are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales. The reservoirs provide clean drinking water for the West Midlands of England.
    20181111_elan valley panoramic_003.jpg
  • Landscape in the Elan Valley, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom. The Elan Valley Reservoirs are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales. The reservoirs provide clean drinking water for the West Midlands of England.
    20181111_elan valley panoramic_001.jpg
  • A hot air balloon is partially inflated before flight at Longleat Estate, Warminster, England. Using firstly cold air from a gas-powered fan, before its propane burners are used for final inflation, one of the ground crew assists in the process by pulling at the fragile synthetic material so that the volume within the whole 'envelope' can fill without damage and it's spectrum arc of colours are becoming rainbow-like. The hot air balloon is the oldest successful human-carrying flight technology. The first manned flight was made by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes in a balloon created by the Montgolfier brothers in 1783. In today's sport balloons the envelope is generally made from nylon fabric and the mouth of the balloon (closest to the burner flame) is made from fire resistant material such as Nomex.
    balloonist08-18-2004_1.jpg
  • An artwork showing a background of forest is seen in a London urban street. Tall, straight pine trees in rural woodland, the epitome of freshly scent appear to be an idyllic scene of empty, unsopilt nature. But in the bottom right corner we see the grey slabs of paving stones along with the shodows of anonymous people - passers-by who are walking past this incongruous landscape.
    waterloo_trees02-10-12-2009_1_1.jpg
  • Household refuse pollutes a coral beach on Meedu Island, an indigenous community in the Republic of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean. Packaging, foodstuffs and general waste has been tossed away on this otherwise beautiful place, north of the capital Male. Unfortunately, the practice of tossing away one's rubbish is a normal practice in this culture, the local people selfishly unconcerned about the future of their habitat and the health of their community. Only a few miles from Meedu are islands that serve as holiday resorts where families from Europe travel by air for the perffect vacation - unaware that fly-tipping is so widespread that it threatens this nation's worldwide status as a paradise on earth.
    maldives212-13-11-2007.jpg
  • Electricity cables stretch into early morning mist above Swanscombe, Kent, London England. In the foreground we see a stack of discs called Insulators which stop the electricity carried in the conductor (the wires strung between each pylon) from jumping to the pylon and then down to earth. The cables disappear into the winter fog creating a Sci-Fi scene of 21st technology. Diagonally, the cables travel across the picture but they are part of a line of 542 pylons that have already crossed 110 miles of English countryside, carrying 40,000 Volts along this network of aluminium cables from Dungeness coal-fired power station to West Ham sub station in London's East End - to power the West End's high energy supply demands.
    electricity407-11-02-2008 _1.jpg
  • The outline of electricity cables stretch across a gloomy winter sky in woodland near Wrington, North Somerset England. Diagonally, the cables travel across the picture but they are part of a line of L6 pylons that have already crossed many miles of South-West England's countryside, carrying 40,000 Volts along this network of aluminium cables to power some of Bristol's high supply demands. In the foreground we see the bare boughs and branches of trees creating a Sci-Fi scene of ugly 21st technology versus the beauty of nature. Insatiable appetites for raw power and energy means electricity is now an expensive comodity after climbing oil prices doubled electricity utility bills for some domestic users.
    electricity050-27-12-2007 _1.jpg
  • Aerial view of Ang Nam Ngum reservoir, 90 km north of Vientiane. It sits where the rice-growing flatlands surrounding the capital meet the mountainous terrain of the north and was created when the Nam Ngum river was dammed in 1971.
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  • Aerial view of Ang Nam Ngum reservoir, 90 km north of Vientiane. It sits where the rice-growing flatlands surrounding the capital meet the mountainous terrain of the north and was created when the Nam Ngum river was dammed in 1971.
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  • Aerial view of Ang Nam Ngum reservoir, 90 km north of Vientiane. It sits where the rice-growing flatlands surrounding the capital meet the mountainous terrain of the north and was created when the Nam Ngum river was dammed in 1971.
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  • Aerial view of Ang Nam Ngum reservoir, 90 km north of Vientiane. It sits where the rice-growing flatlands surrounding the capital meet the mountainous terrain of the north and was created when the Nam Ngum river was dammed in 1971.
    DJI_0009_1.jpg
  • From the State Route 58 that makes its way through the Mojave Desert, we see just a few of the hundreds of wind turbines of the Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm. Spinning blades are seen close up, their pylon legs and towers secured into the ground by concrete and others on the distant hill sides, a multitude of white turbine blades. Development in the Tehachapi Pass began in the early 1980's and now is one of California's largest Wind resource areas, that generates electricity for other parts of the state. The area has multiple generations of wind turbine technology installed, including both single and double blade turbines, as well as the more modern three blade horizontal axis design. The older generation turbines generate kilowatts, and the modern turbines installed generate up to 3 megawatts, depending on the specific turbine and manufacturer.
    tehachapi_windmills02-20-08-2001_1_1.jpg
  • Spinning turbine blades of the Wind farm near the Cornish town of Delabole in England are blurred against fast-fading light. We barely see the three blades as they revolve to produce electricity for the national grid. First operational in mid December 1991 they were a very controversial project with locals who saw them as a blot on their familiar c though it’s permission went ahead nonetheless. The 10 turbines operated by Windelectric are carefully positioned in existing hedge lines about 270 m apart and have an annual output of about 12 million Kw hours, which equals 1 years consumption by 2700 average homes (a small town). To produce the same amount of electricity by conventional means, about 2000 tonnes of oil or 5000 tonnes of coal would have to be burnt each year, this has a Co2 offset of 4,475 tonnes.
    tehachapi_windmills01-20-08-2000_1.jpg
  • Electricity cables stretch into early morning mist above Swanscombe, Kent, London England. In the foreground we see a stack of discs called Insulators which stop the electricity carried in the conductor (the wires strung between each pylon) from jumping to the pylon and then down to earth. The cables disappear into the winter fog creating a Sci-Fi scene of 21st technology. Diagonally, the cables travel across the picture but they are part of a line of 542 pylons that have already crossed 110 miles of English countryside, carrying 40,000 Volts along this network of aluminium cables from Dungeness coal-fired power station to West Ham sub station in London's East End - to power the West End's high supply demands.
    electricity409-11-02-2008 _1.jpg
  • As evening light fades, bright light from the electricity-hungry Canary Wharf docklands development is supplied by the voltage from electricity cables and supporting struts at West Ham sub-station, Canning Town, London England. A network of 110 miles of cables have stretched across 542 'L6' pylons across England's Kent countryside, from the coal-fired power station at Dungeness to this location, carrying 40,000 Volts along this network of aluminium cables to power some of London's high supply demands. Insatiable appetites for energy means electricity is now an expensive comodity after climbing oil prices doubled electricity utility bills for some domestic users.
    electricity283-22-01-2008 _1.jpg
  • Scene of the shadow of a tree on a hedge in front of machinery on a building site. natural and man made elements. London, UK.
    20141230_natural man made_A.jpg
  • Man made barrier made of concrete and painted with red and white stripes and hoarding made to look like a large hedge of leaves, outside a construction site at Smithfields in London, UK.
    20150418_red and white barrier_A.jpg
  • Asian girl picking up red autumn leaves fall on a man made surface. London, UK.
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  • Red autumn leaves fall on a man made surface. London, UK.
    20141129_red autumn leaves_A.jpg
  • Plastic bottle pushed into a hole in a tree on 7th August 2020 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Placed into a knot in the tree the natural bark contrasts with the man made material highlighting the plight of the environment in times where mass production and consumerism has taken much of the place of nature.
    20200807_bottle and bark_001.jpg
  • Spring growth of trees next to the Shard in London, England, United Kingdom. Nature next to man made in the city.
    20170307_shard and trees_004.jpg
  • Shadow pattern of trees cast on the pavement surface combines natural with man made. London, England, UK.
    20160130_tree shadows_B.jpg
  • Shadow pattern of trees cast on the pavement surface combines natural with man made. London, England, UK.
    20160130_tree shadows_C.jpg
  • Lavender in flower and the sky reflected in glass building. Nature and man made contrasting in the same picture.
    14062011lavender and glassA.jpg
  • Dilapidated ivy covered Land Rover parked on an overgrown drive in front of a house in Mosley on 13th April 2020 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. This classic car is almost a sculpture in constant evolution as nature and man made mingle together.
    20200413_land rover_001.jpg
  • Spring growth of trees next to the Shard in London, England, United Kingdom. Nature next to man made in the city.
    20170307_shard and trees_003.jpg
  • Spring growth of trees next to the Shard in London, England, United Kingdom. Nature next to man made in the city.
    20170307_shard and trees_002.jpg
  • Spring growth of trees next to the Shard in London, England, United Kingdom. Nature next to man made in the city.
    20170307_shard and trees_001.jpg
  • Shadow pattern of trees cast on the pavement surface combines natural with man made. London, England, UK.
    20160130_tree shadows_D.jpg
  • Shadow pattern of trees cast on the pavement surface combines natural with man made. London, England, UK.
    20160130_tree shadows_A.jpg
  • Lavender in flower and the sky reflected in glass building. Nature and man made contrasting in the same picture.
    14062011lavender and glassA_1.jpg
  • Man wearing a t-shirt matching the scene walks past a barrier made of concrete and painted with red and white stripes and hoarding made to look like a large hedge of leaves, outside a construction site at Smithfields in London, UK.
    20150418_red and white barrier_B.jpg
  • Large bollard barrier next to a modernist building exterior. The shape of the yellow plastic matching the moulding of the wall which is made from a pattern of geometric shapes. London, UK.
    20141230_geometric shapes_A.jpg
  • Stop using plastic water bottles on 13th August 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Single-use plastics, or disposable plastics, are used only once before they are thrown away or recycled. These items are things like soda and water bottles and most food packaging. The world produces hundreds of millions of tons of plastic every year, most of which cannot be recycled.
    20200813_water hoarding_001.jpg
  • Gardens By The Bay on 3rd June 2018 in Singapore. The Gardens by the Bay is a nature park spanning 101 hectares in the Central Region of Singapore, adjacent to the Marina Reservoir. The park consists of three waterfront gardens: Bay South Garden, Bay East Garden and Bay Central Garden.
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  • Gardens By The Bay on 3rd June 2018 in Singapore. The Gardens by the Bay is a nature park spanning 101 hectares in the Central Region of Singapore, adjacent to the Marina Reservoir. The park consists of three waterfront gardens: Bay South Garden, Bay East Garden and Bay Central Garden.
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  • Gardens By The Bay on 3rd June 2018 in Singapore. The Gardens by the Bay is a nature park spanning 101 hectares in the Central Region of Singapore, adjacent to the Marina Reservoir. The park consists of three waterfront gardens: Bay South Garden, Bay East Garden and Bay Central Garden.
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  • Gardens By The Bay on 3rd June 2018 in Singapore. The Gardens by the Bay is a nature park spanning 101 hectares in the Central Region of Singapore, adjacent to the Marina Reservoir. The park consists of three waterfront gardens: Bay South Garden, Bay East Garden and Bay Central Garden.
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  • Gardens By The Bay on 3rd June 2018 in Singapore. The Gardens by the Bay is a nature park spanning 101 hectares in the Central Region of Singapore, adjacent to the Marina Reservoir. The park consists of three waterfront gardens: Bay South Garden, Bay East Garden and Bay Central Garden.
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  • Gardens By The Bay on 3rd June 2018 in Singapore. The Gardens by the Bay is a nature park spanning 101 hectares in the Central Region of Singapore, adjacent to the Marina Reservoir. The park consists of three waterfront gardens: Bay South Garden, Bay East Garden and Bay Central Garden.
    _DSC4438.jpg
  • Gardens By The Bay on 3rd June 2018 in Singapore. The Gardens by the Bay is a nature park spanning 101 hectares in the Central Region of Singapore, adjacent to the Marina Reservoir. The park consists of three waterfront gardens: Bay South Garden, Bay East Garden and Bay Central Garden.
    _DSC4430.jpg
  • Gardens By The Bay on 3rd June 2018 in Singapore. The Gardens by the Bay is a nature park spanning 101 hectares in the Central Region of Singapore, adjacent to the Marina Reservoir. The park consists of three waterfront gardens: Bay South Garden, Bay East Garden and Bay Central Garden.
    _DSC4427.jpg
  • Gardens By The Bay on 3rd June 2018 in Singapore. The Gardens by the Bay is a nature park spanning 101 hectares in the Central Region of Singapore, adjacent to the Marina Reservoir. The park consists of three waterfront gardens: Bay South Garden, Bay East Garden and Bay Central Garden.
    _DSC4425.jpg
  • Tree print pattern hoarding designed to look natural in covering up a construction site, visually interacts with nearby trees and dappled light in central London, England, United Kingdom.
    20160812_tree print hoarding_003.jpg
  • Tree print pattern hoarding designed to look natural in covering up a construction site, visually interacts with nearby trees and dappled light in central London, England, United Kingdom.
    20160812_tree print hoarding_001.jpg
  • Shadow blends into the Walkie Talkie building in an urban scene with a natural element of a tree becoming a skyscraper. London, England, UK.
    20160219_shadow and walkie talkie_F.jpg
  • Shadow blends into the Walkie Talkie building in an urban scene with a natural element of a tree becoming a skyscraper. London, England, UK.
    20160219_shadow and walkie talkie_A.jpg
  • Gardens By The Bay on 3rd June 2018 in Singapore. The Gardens by the Bay is a nature park spanning 101 hectares in the Central Region of Singapore, adjacent to the Marina Reservoir. The park consists of three waterfront gardens: Bay South Garden, Bay East Garden and Bay Central Garden.
    _DSC4434.jpg
  • Tree print pattern hoarding designed to look natural in covering up a construction site, visually interacts with nearby trees and dappled light in central London, England, United Kingdom.
    20160812_tree print hoarding_002.jpg
  • Patterns of the silhouette of tree branches against a scaffhold covered building. London, UK.
    20150221_tree sihouette scaffhold_A.jpg
  • The solitary figure of a man stands on the roof of an office building in downtown Atlanta during a victory parade for the city's baseball team. The man may be a security guard, keeping watch over the streets below as crowds gather to honour the Atlanta Braves Baseball team, after their 1995 World Series win. The figure is in his manmade environment and the high walls and windows of the buildings that make up this metropolis dwarf this tiny human who in the scale and perspective of a modern city looks incongruous, isolated and insignificant.
    roof_man01-10-11-1995.jpg
  • Plymouth City Council employees clean Devil's Point Pool at low tide, a man-made tidal pool on Plymouth Sound, Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon, UK. Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • Summerleaze Sea Pool was built in the 1930s when seawater swimming pools were all the rage, Bude, Cornwall, UK.  Nestled at the foot of the cliffs, Summerleaze Sea Pool is part man made and part natural rock pool and it cleaned daily by the tide. Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • Dancing Ledge, Langton Matravers, Swanage, Dorset. Blasted into the rock to provide bracing exercise for pupils from a nearby prep school, Dancing Ledge was so called because of the area of stone cut from this disused quarry is the size of a ballroom dance floor. Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • Three men fish in Cape Cornwall Pool, Priest's Cove, St Just, Cornwall, UK. Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • Two girls jump in and swim in Chapel Pool, Polperro, Cornwall, UK. Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • 2 young women float in Chapel Rock Pool, Perranporth, Cornwall, UK. Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • Three elderly women swimming in Portreath Pool, Cornwall, UK. Created by adding a retaining wall to a rock pool, until the 1970s this tidal pool was used by a local school for swimming lessons. Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • After her daily swim, an elderly local woman climbs out of Porthtowan Pool, Cornwall, UK. A beautifully wild tidal pool surrounded by cliffs and rocks, with a retaining concrete wall. "Weekdays are nicer, on weekends you get all the young ones coming and throwing themselves in, they don't swim". Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • The Swimming Pool, Treyarnon Bay, Cornwall, UK. Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • A group of young people play games on the edge of The Rock Pool, Westward Ho!, Devon, UK. Located at the southern end of Westward Ho! beach near Bideford, this renovated pool has been here for 120 years. Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • A family paddle and play with a fishing net whilst three elderly women swim in Portreath Pool, Cornwall, UK. Created by adding a retaining wall to a rock pool, until the 1970s this tidal pool was used by a local school for swimming lessons. Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • Tunnels Beach Tidal Pool, Ilfracombe, Devon, UK. Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • Mousehole Tidal Pool, Cornwall, UK. Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • View of tunnels beach Tidal Pool from Beacons Castle, Ilfracombe, Devon, UK. Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • View from Titterstone Clee Hill looking towards Brown Clee Hill on 22nd July 2020 in Cleedownton, United Kingdom. Titterstone Clee Hill, sometimes referred to as Titterstone Clee or, incorrectly, Clee Hill, is a prominent hill in the rural English county of Shropshire, rising at the summit to 533 metres above sea level. It is one of the Clee Hills, in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Most of the summit of the hill is affected by man-made activity, the result of hill fort construction during the Bronze and Iron Ages and, more recently, by years of mining for coal and quarrying for dolerite, known locally as dhustone, for use in road-building. Many derelict quarry buildings scattered over the hill are of industrial archaeological interest as very early examples of the use of reinforced concrete. Several radar domes and towers operate on the summit of the hill. The largest of the radar arrays is part of the National Air Traffic Services NATS radar network, and covers one of 30 overlapping regions of UK airspace. The one on Titterstone Clee monitors all aircraft within a 100-mile radius.
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  • View from Titterstone Clee Hill looking towards Brown Clee Hill on 22nd July 2020 in Cleedownton, United Kingdom. Titterstone Clee Hill, sometimes referred to as Titterstone Clee or, incorrectly, Clee Hill, is a prominent hill in the rural English county of Shropshire, rising at the summit to 533 metres above sea level. It is one of the Clee Hills, in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Most of the summit of the hill is affected by man-made activity, the result of hill fort construction during the Bronze and Iron Ages and, more recently, by years of mining for coal and quarrying for dolerite, known locally as dhustone, for use in road-building. Many derelict quarry buildings scattered over the hill are of industrial archaeological interest as very early examples of the use of reinforced concrete. Several radar domes and towers operate on the summit of the hill. The largest of the radar arrays is part of the National Air Traffic Services NATS radar network, and covers one of 30 overlapping regions of UK airspace. The one on Titterstone Clee monitors all aircraft within a 100-mile radius.
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  • Old quarry on top of Titterstone Clee Hill on 22nd July 2020 in Cleedownton, United Kingdom. Titterstone Clee Hill, sometimes referred to as Titterstone Clee or, incorrectly, Clee Hill, is a prominent hill in the rural English county of Shropshire, rising at the summit to 533 metres above sea level. It is one of the Clee Hills, in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Most of the summit of the hill is affected by man-made activity, the result of hill fort construction during the Bronze and Iron Ages and, more recently, by years of mining for coal and quarrying for dolerite, known locally as dhustone, for use in road-building. Many derelict quarry buildings scattered over the hill are of industrial archaeological interest as very early examples of the use of reinforced concrete. Several radar domes and towers operate on the summit of the hill. The largest of the radar arrays is part of the National Air Traffic Services NATS radar network, and covers one of 30 overlapping regions of UK airspace. The one on Titterstone Clee monitors all aircraft within a 100-mile radius.
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  • Radar station on top of Titterstone Clee Hill on 22nd July 2020 in Cleedownton, United Kingdom. Titterstone Clee Hill, sometimes referred to as Titterstone Clee or, incorrectly, Clee Hill, is a prominent hill in the rural English county of Shropshire, rising at the summit to 533 metres above sea level. It is one of the Clee Hills, in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Most of the summit of the hill is affected by man-made activity, the result of hill fort construction during the Bronze and Iron Ages and, more recently, by years of mining for coal and quarrying for dolerite, known locally as dhustone, for use in road-building. Many derelict quarry buildings scattered over the hill are of industrial archaeological interest as very early examples of the use of reinforced concrete. Several radar domes and towers operate on the summit of the hill. The largest of the radar arrays is part of the National Air Traffic Services NATS radar network, and covers one of 30 overlapping regions of UK airspace. The one on Titterstone Clee monitors all aircraft within a 100-mile radius.
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  • Radar station on top of Titterstone Clee Hill on 22nd July 2020 in Cleedownton, United Kingdom. Titterstone Clee Hill, sometimes referred to as Titterstone Clee or, incorrectly, Clee Hill, is a prominent hill in the rural English county of Shropshire, rising at the summit to 533 metres above sea level. It is one of the Clee Hills, in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Most of the summit of the hill is affected by man-made activity, the result of hill fort construction during the Bronze and Iron Ages and, more recently, by years of mining for coal and quarrying for dolerite, known locally as dhustone, for use in road-building. Many derelict quarry buildings scattered over the hill are of industrial archaeological interest as very early examples of the use of reinforced concrete. Several radar domes and towers operate on the summit of the hill. The largest of the radar arrays is part of the National Air Traffic Services NATS radar network, and covers one of 30 overlapping regions of UK airspace. The one on Titterstone Clee monitors all aircraft within a 100-mile radius.
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  • Old quarry on top of Titterstone Clee Hill on 22nd July 2020 in Cleedownton, United Kingdom. Titterstone Clee Hill, sometimes referred to as Titterstone Clee or, incorrectly, Clee Hill, is a prominent hill in the rural English county of Shropshire, rising at the summit to 533 metres above sea level. It is one of the Clee Hills, in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Most of the summit of the hill is affected by man-made activity, the result of hill fort construction during the Bronze and Iron Ages and, more recently, by years of mining for coal and quarrying for dolerite, known locally as dhustone, for use in road-building. Many derelict quarry buildings scattered over the hill are of industrial archaeological interest as very early examples of the use of reinforced concrete. Several radar domes and towers operate on the summit of the hill. The largest of the radar arrays is part of the National Air Traffic Services NATS radar network, and covers one of 30 overlapping regions of UK airspace. The one on Titterstone Clee monitors all aircraft within a 100-mile radius.
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  • Old quarry on top of Titterstone Clee Hill on 22nd July 2020 in Cleedownton, United Kingdom. Titterstone Clee Hill, sometimes referred to as Titterstone Clee or, incorrectly, Clee Hill, is a prominent hill in the rural English county of Shropshire, rising at the summit to 533 metres above sea level. It is one of the Clee Hills, in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Most of the summit of the hill is affected by man-made activity, the result of hill fort construction during the Bronze and Iron Ages and, more recently, by years of mining for coal and quarrying for dolerite, known locally as dhustone, for use in road-building. Many derelict quarry buildings scattered over the hill are of industrial archaeological interest as very early examples of the use of reinforced concrete. Several radar domes and towers operate on the summit of the hill. The largest of the radar arrays is part of the National Air Traffic Services NATS radar network, and covers one of 30 overlapping regions of UK airspace. The one on Titterstone Clee monitors all aircraft within a 100-mile radius.
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  • Radar station on top of Titterstone Clee Hill on 22nd July 2020 in Cleedownton, United Kingdom. Titterstone Clee Hill, sometimes referred to as Titterstone Clee or, incorrectly, Clee Hill, is a prominent hill in the rural English county of Shropshire, rising at the summit to 533 metres above sea level. It is one of the Clee Hills, in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Most of the summit of the hill is affected by man-made activity, the result of hill fort construction during the Bronze and Iron Ages and, more recently, by years of mining for coal and quarrying for dolerite, known locally as dhustone, for use in road-building. Many derelict quarry buildings scattered over the hill are of industrial archaeological interest as very early examples of the use of reinforced concrete. Several radar domes and towers operate on the summit of the hill. The largest of the radar arrays is part of the National Air Traffic Services NATS radar network, and covers one of 30 overlapping regions of UK airspace. The one on Titterstone Clee monitors all aircraft within a 100-mile radius.
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  • Old quarry on top of Titterstone Clee Hill on 22nd July 2020 in Cleedownton, United Kingdom. Titterstone Clee Hill, sometimes referred to as Titterstone Clee or, incorrectly, Clee Hill, is a prominent hill in the rural English county of Shropshire, rising at the summit to 533 metres above sea level. It is one of the Clee Hills, in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Most of the summit of the hill is affected by man-made activity, the result of hill fort construction during the Bronze and Iron Ages and, more recently, by years of mining for coal and quarrying for dolerite, known locally as dhustone, for use in road-building. Many derelict quarry buildings scattered over the hill are of industrial archaeological interest as very early examples of the use of reinforced concrete. Several radar domes and towers operate on the summit of the hill. The largest of the radar arrays is part of the National Air Traffic Services NATS radar network, and covers one of 30 overlapping regions of UK airspace. The one on Titterstone Clee monitors all aircraft within a 100-mile radius.
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