A video of this train workshop: https://youtu.be/KyFpH30nCzI

Abandoned train workshop (Roundhouse B. ) France June 2025

#urbex #abandoned #photography #YouTube #lostplace #France #railway

dehydrangeas 🥵

#photography #bloomscrolling

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heat-singed tops of blue hydrangeas

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stoop hydrangeas, fading from lavender to pink

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white hydrangeas through iron fence

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heat-singed hydrangeas

#photography #bloomscrolling

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pink hydrangeas

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white hydrangeas behind wrought iron fence

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purple hydrangeas bloom behind hedera helix on wrought iron fence

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white hydrangea flanks brownstone stoop

North Mission Bay summer bonfire under the night sky. #silentsunday #photography #sandiego #beach #moon

#SilentSunday

#photography #Montana

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a hiking trail winds through a grassy hillside covered in pink, white and yellow flowers. A stone outcropping and a human figure are at the crest of the hill, backed by a cloudy sky

#SilentSunday #photography #LandscapePhotography #Tennessee #myphoto

Some pay for pet sitting #Photography #Fruit
#LocalFruit #SeattleSummer

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A lined basket with a few pounds of Rainier and Bing cherries and a couple of lush apricots sits on a coffee table. There is a gray chest of drawers and a gray drape in the background. Rainier cherries are yellow with a red blush and are soft and sweet. Bing cherries are dark dark red, firm and full of good cherry flavor. The apricots are very large! But can't hold a candle to the small ones I used to grow in Colorado

Golden Gate Trail, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. August, 2018.

📷 Fujifilm X-T2 + XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR
🎞 16 mm – 1/110″ – f/11 – ISO 200
🔗 https://www.allencompassingtrip.com/2452/golden-gate-trail?utm_campaign=random&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon

#Photography #Landscapes #NationalParks

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A line of trees seen from the switchbacks of the Golden Gate Trail in Mount Rainier National Park.

This is cool

https://bsky.app/profile/debcha.bsky.social/post/3mpus5p6gzk2k

#Glass #StainedGlass #TestPattern #Photography #Architecture #Windows

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Deb Chachra, @debcha.bsky.social: My cat Leroy always relocates to the most dramatically lit spot in the house for her evening snoozes. [the colour bars are from a stained glass piece I made that's a TV test pattern — it's sitting in the west-facing window] [photo of a sleeping cat colored by light coming through a red and green stained glass window]

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Deb Chachra, @debcha.bsky.social: By request: this is the TV test pattern stained-glass window that's providing the colours (I made it at a workshop | took at Corning last summer to learn how to build using lead channel).

Floating Flower of Hydrangeas

#花手水 #紫陽花 #FloatingFlower #Flower #photography
#NoWar☮️

#SilentSunday

#photography #sea #seascape #sunset

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The setting sun bathes the sky and sea in its orange glow. A flying bird silhouetted in the sky is making the most of the moment.

Great blue heron taking off with lunch on a calm sunny day on Vancouver Island.

#photography #BirdsOfMastodon #birds #VancouverIslandWildlife #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia

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A great blue heron, wings fully extended and with a small fish in its beak, flies over a calm sea.

— At Once —

#poem about my #cat who isn’t here anymore. Swipe ➡️ like a mini pocket book.

#poetry #ImageAndVerse #photography #PaintByWords #StunDay #EastCoastKin #cats #orange #grief

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Picture of an orange tabby cat lying on green grass it’s daytime. Above the picture, there’s a title of the poem called “at once.” page one of nine.

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She's sprinting through the meadow, Like I'm watching some sort of horse show, She's flying at the speed of light, Too fast for my human sight. 20f9

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She's not old and frail anymore, She has won her own great war, Twirling freely under the warm sun, Turning everything completely orange! 30f9

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The signature color of her last life, The reason I adopted her that summer night, The color of her coat lured me in, It was a love-at-first-sight kind of thing. 40f9

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Now she's asking me for my hands, Inviting me to see her eternal land, Showing me how she is wild and free, Joyfulness is her true identity! 50f9

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She laughs, she sings, she dances, Playing with friends and taking chances, Before she sends me back to my dimension, She writes a sealed note with undisclosed instructions. 60f9

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She winks while slipping it inside my side pocket, "One day you'll get to open it, but not yet!" I'm grieving and she's teasing me with a secret!? She's mischievous even when I'm still under duress! 7of9

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Such a classic move of an orange tabby cat, Then it's really time for me to travel back, My orange tabby is standing in her sovereignty, She demands that I revive my own vitality. 80f9

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And since we've never been two but always been one, I know that's my cue to match her orange tempo at once! July 3 - 5, 2026 / Seed: "sprinting through the meadow" 9 of 9

Graffiti Art

#Art #MonochromeMonday #Urban #Photography

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A dense layer of black graffiti tags covering a solid off-white surface. The tags are heavily layered, overlapping each other to create a chaotic, abstract message. The spray paint is applied heavily, causing numerous distinct vertical drips to run down the length of the wall. These thin, dark streaks add a sense of gravity and raw texture to the piece.

#SilentSunday
#Photography #LandscapePhotography #clouds #river

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fluffy white clouds over a wide, placid river and a green riverbank - Ohio River, Leavenworth, IN

Feb 2026
#Dogs #DogsOfMastodon #photography

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A golden retriever wearing my trapper hat. Because his head is ginormous.

March 2026
#aurora #photography #nature

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A night sky illuminated by the aurora borealis displays vibrant shades of purple and green. Silhouetted trees frame the scene, reflecting in the still water below, with stars visible in the sky.

Some pictures from each month this year
Jan 2026
#photography #nature #ice

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A close-up view of frost covering a surface, showcasing intricate, crystalline formations that resemble delicate, frozen foliage.

Master fisher

#birds #wildlife #nature #photography #naturephotograph

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An Osprey pulls a large fish from a sunlit river.

90 seconds of the 4th of July, taken from our side deck.

Unlike previous years, there weren't as many local fireworks in the neighborhood this year... but nevertheless they kept banging away steadily from about 6:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m.

Earlier in the day, Chris and I hikeded to the top of Bernal Hill (on the right side of this photo). I got dead but I'm better now 😁

#photography #LongExposure

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A night-time cityscape view of Upper Noe Valley, St Paul's Church with its twin spires, a bit of the Mission district, and the Bernal Heights hill. The hill is slhouetted against a streak of distant fog that stretches out from the right and covers the San Francisco Bay in the middle of the photo. On the left side of the photo, in the Mission, you can see a dozen local fireworks popping off above the streets. The steady stream of pops and bangs and flashy lights started about 6:00 p.m. and get going until 1:00 a.m. There was another show, equally long and quite a bit louder, to the right of this, behind our house.

#SilentSunday #blackandwhite #photography

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A black and white photograph from a high-angle perspective, showing a pine tree with a curved trunk extending from a forested slope over a body of water with fine ripples.

Didn’t manage to get out this week, but here’s some of my favourite trees taken so far this year around western #Dartmoor, #Devon #photography
From top left, beech at Burrator, yew at Sampford Spiney, hawthorn near Brentor, beeches, Plasterdown, oak near Sheepstor, willows at Burrator, hazel at Burrator woods, oak near Pew tor.

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A collection of tree photographs.

A video of this hospital: https://youtu.be/CryqMCBj8f4

Abandoned hospital (Krankenhaus im Wald) Germany July 2025

#urbex #photography #abandoned #hospital #germany #lostplace #YouTube

The rendezvous.
#Photography

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A high-contrast black and white photograph showing a woman and a man sitting together on a park bench, as seen from behind them. A single bicycle is leaning against the back of the bench, suggesting that one of the two people arrived there by bike; they didn't come together.

Upper West Side, Manhattan 🏙️🍃📚

#NYC #Books #Photography

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A color, wide-angle photograph in square aspect ratio that captures a row of assorted books that are displayed on a concrete ledge that separates a sidewalk from a garden bed filled with wood mulch and green shrubs. The books are laid out in a single file line, with the closest one, "The Silent Patient" by Alex Michaelides, clearly visible in the foreground. Behind it, several other books with various colorful covers are arranged sequentially, leading the eye toward the distance where the details become increasingly blurred. The perspective is from slightly above, emphasizing the length of the ledge. The natural light of an outdoor setting, with the clean lines of the concrete contrasting with the textured, organic appearance of the garden area to the right, highlighting the books as the central focus of the composition.

"Infinity" ♾️ art installation with the help of the universe.

#CatsOfMastodon #Cats #Cat #katze #katzen #Photographie #Photography #Photo #Art #universe #sign #way #lead #heart #colourful #infinity #biancakjd #furryages #pearl #pets #Plants #Gardening #tools #WoodWorking #crafting

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A glasspane of a sliding window door tears the concrete terrace from the dark brown laminated floor of the living room. Outside waits a mostly white thin calico cat that the door will be opened. A wooden heart on a steel stick lays flat on the concrete beside her on the left side. It has knocked down by the strong Irish wind that comes directly from the opposite laying sea. Some green flower pots are around - inside and outside. A small round solar cell lays on the ground inside besides a small hand shovel. Out of the cell comes a thin cable with light led's in a row that shines colourful. The led's and the cable are building together a vertical infinity sign that is mirroring with the pane as if the little bulbs would go on on the outside in curves. It leads into the white sign of Furry Ages. On the bottom right corner on the inside stands 'bianca kjd' in white. Paypal.me/FurryAges Furryages@protonmail.com

#Photography #NaturePhotography #Moth

A late edition to today's shots. Just saw this at the flowers in our front garden 🙂

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A mainly brown Hummingbird Hawkmoth with its proboscis gathering pollen and nectar from deep inside a pink flower.

I was flipping rocks today and came across more of the bright red springtails. I think they were under 90% of my landscape rocks today. I took these at higher magnification, and to my surprise, I seemed to get great depth of field. These guys are so tiny, but I took these at over 5x. There were a couple of the even tinier translucent white entomobryiods but I didn't really capture them. They actually spring!

#Nature #Photography #Arthropods #Insects #Collembola #SriLanka #Springtail #Macro

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A very close photo of a red arthropod on soil. It has a long lumpy body with six legs and two antenna. The legs and antenna terminate in a translucent white. On the side of the face that is in view there is one tiny black dot that is a true eye and just below it, there are two tiny black specks that are ocelli. The lumpy body has worty sort of protrusions that have clear hairs coming out of them. Despite my gruly description, it is quite adoreable.

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A three quarter view where the springtails body is angled towards the camera. It has three tiny black dots that are its eyes on its spongy globular body that is a fairly bright red. It has a conical mouth extended touching soil.

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An action shot of one of these collembola walking.

Petals in the Sun

#SilentSunday #StillerSonntag #BloomScrolling #Blossom #Garden #Photography #Photo #NaturePhotography #Roses

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A vibrant, close-up photograph of a fully open pink rose. The delicate petals are bathed in bright, warm sunlight, highlighting subtle gradients of soft blush pink, deeper almost magenta edges, and a warm, golden-yellow hue radiating from the very center of the bloom. The soft, overlapping layers of the petals create a sense of depth and intricate texture, filling nearly the entire frame. At the very heart of the flower, the intricate inner structures are sharply focused. A dense cluster of delicate, spindly yellow stamens arches outward from the center, each tipped with dark, prominent brown anthers covered in pollen. The intense sunlight casts soft shadows of these stamens onto the smooth, pale surface of the surrounding petals The photographer's watermark in the corner reads "Paul Jackson"

#SilentSunday #insects #butterfly #moth #macro #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography

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A black and white macro photograph of a moth perched on a window frame, clinging vertically to the edge of the screen, the mesh of which is partially visible at the top of the image. The moth is completely white, hairy, particularly on its head, with a sort of white mane, and its open wings have a slightly powdery texture. Its shadow is visible beneath it. The photograph is taken slightly from the side, and the rest of the window frame stretches into the background, illuminated by sunlight. Photographie macro en noir et blanc d'un papillon de nuit posé sur le cadre d'une fenêtre, s'accrochant à la verticale sur le rebord du moustiquaire, dont le grillage est en partie visible dans le haut de la photo. Le papillon est complètement blanc, poilu particulièrement sur sa tête, avec une sorte de crinière blanche, et ses ailes ouvertes ont une texture un peu poudreuse. Son ombre est visible sous lui. La photo est prise légèrement sur le côté et le restant du cadre de fenêtre s'étire en arrière-plan, avec la lumière du soleil qui vient l'éclairer.

A les portes.

📍Xàtiva
📷 Minolta XD7
🎞 ilford XP2 400 asa

#photography #fotografia #35mm #blackandwhite #blancinegre #noieretblanc #classicmono #filmphotography #Xàtiva #IlfordXP2
#photographersunited
#Urbanstories
#streetphoto
#streetphotography

A video of this coal mine building: https://youtu.be/o4Zn2HJJnvg

Abandoned coal mine building (Zeche Am Wasser) Germany June 2011

#urbex #photography #abandoned #hospital #germany #lostplace #YouTube

Common whitetail aka long-tailed skimmer (Plathemis lydia) #dragonfly perched on a #yucca blade.

#SilentSunday #Stunday #photography #insect #nature #InsectPhotography #macro #MacroPhotography

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Color photo of a large dragonfly with a brown head and underside and brown bars in the middle of its transparent wings perched on a yucca blade.

Bon, j’ai du retard à rattraper, on va fouiller les archives…

Jour 26 du #PhotoMai2026 #PhotoMay2026
Thème : Liberté

Depuis que je me suis remis au vélo, il y a quelques années, j’ai réalisé que ce moyen de déplacement était réellement un synonyme de liberté, et un jour, peut-être, ce sera un mode de voyage pour moi (ok c’est pas gagné…)

Archive du 6 janvier 2024

#Photography
📷 DJI Air 2S 🚁

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Photo prise en drone à la verticale d’une portion droite d’une petite route de campagne. La route prend presque le tiers de l’image horizontalement. Un cycliste vu du dessus y est visible et son ombre assez longue est projetée jusqu’au bord supérieur de l’image, indiquant un soleil hivernal assez bas. Deux fossés bordent la route et leurs flancs opposés au soleil forment de larges bandes sombres.

Dommartin-sous-Amance, Meurthe-et-Moselle, août 2021.

#photography #dailyphotography #streetphotography #dommartinsousamance

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Sur une sorte de terrasse dans un village, une enfant en jaune regarde passer des montgolfières.

#SilentSunday #Photography

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A black-and-white view of an empty road stretching into a dense fog, lined by tall, leafless trees on both sides.

🖤 Meet our little shadow with golden eyes. Calm, curious, and waiting for the one person who'll see the magic behind that glossy black coat. Could that be you? 🐾✨
#CatsOfMastodon
#photography

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Close up portrait of a sleek black cat with bright golden yellow eyes and large upright ears, gently held under the chin by a person's hand while looking directly at the camera.

建功嶼-jiàngōngyǔ_63 | #金門 #Kinmen Photo Gallery
#photography #silentsunday
https://kinmen.tk/picture.php?/1617/category/34

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建功嶼 Jiàngōngyǔ: l'opera "Oystermen" di Marco Casagrande

For this photo, I am making an exception to my rule that the photo was taken on Buck Hill. Instead, Buck Hill and the Blue Hills range become the subject matter for this long distance 'looking back' shot that I recently took near the summit of Mount Watatic in Ashburham MA, about 53.4 miles away.

From this vantage point, the Blue Hills are merely a tiny bump on the horizon, invisible to the naked eye. In fact, even photographing the range with a telephoto lens, it was not immediately clear which hills I was observing. Two things really aided me in identifying the most prominent peaks. The first is the Ulrich Deuschle website that can generate topographical panoramas from (I think) any place on Earth. I put the link below.

https://www.udeuschle.de/panoramas/makepanoramas.htm

The other factor is the coincidental alignment of the Newton/Needham TV tower complex which happens be directly in between the Blue Hills and the Wapack Range. Using Google Earth, and comparing this image to the Wapack Range panorama (link below), I was able to deduce which hill was Buck Hill because of it's close alignment with the CBS Tower and Mount Watatic. It took some work, adjusting the exposure and contrast, to even see the TV Towers in this image. But all four of the can faintly be made out.

https://c.im/@asseenfrombuckhill/116685810188711236

One of the surprising things I found in this image is the distinctive profile of Hawk Hill, which often gets obscured by other nearby hills. I would assume that the extended prominence that I have labeled as Hancock Hill also includes Breakneck Ledge and Hemenway Hill.

#BuckHill #BlueHills #BlueHillsReservation #Boston #BostonMA #Milton #MiltonMA #Quincy #QuincyMA #Ashburnham #AshburnhamMA #Ashby #AshbyMA #WataticMountain #WapackRange #WapackTrail #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #Photography #LongDistanceObservations #OlympusEM5 #CanonFD #135mm

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A long distance shot of the peaks of the Blue Hills Reservation, taken from Mount Watatic.

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A long distance shot of the peaks of the Blue Hills Reservation, taken from Mount Watatic. This is the same as the first photo, but with labels overlaid.

Titan II ICBM, Launch Complex 571-7, Sahuarita, AZ, 2009.

Over a megaton of pixels at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/4185185541

#photography

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Looking up at a missile pointed upward inside a cramped underground silo, which is lined with retractable platforms and various apparatus.

Dance of the dragons. This picture made my day today. #BirdPhotography #BirdsofAustralia #BirdsofFediverse #FediBirds #Photography #Wildlife #BirdsofPixelfed #BirdsofMastodon #AustralianBirds #BirdWatching #Fedibird #birdbot #Birding #darktable

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Two female red-rumped parrots mid-flight against a pale gray sky, wings spread wide and beaks open as they face each other near the center of the frame.

#silentsunday #photography #BictonPark

The lake in the Italian Garden at Bicton Park Botanical Gardens, Devon in the SW of England.

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The lake in the Italian Garden at Bicton Park Botanical Gardens. A church is visible beyond the lake, partially hidden by trees. There is a fountain in the lake, with three jets of water. Various statues are arranged around the lake.

#SilentSunday
#365moments #Smartphonepic #Photography

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A narrow, tarmac path with a footpath on the right winds its way through dense greenery on both sides. The sky is blue and the sun is shining

Mornings

#photography #lake #morning #trees #fountain #silentsunday

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A tall fountain with trees on the far shoreline behind it is seen in the distance. On a sunny morning the glow of the sunlight and deep shadows cross the grass and trees in the foreground. A stone bench is also shown int the centre of the picture.

#SilentSunday

📍 George H. Sparks Reservoir, GA

#dog #dogs #DogsOfMastodon #AdoptDontShop #rescuedog #photography #FujiFilm #park #lake #heron #birds #squirrel #animals #wildlife

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A white and brown dog grazing on weeds on the shore of a lake. Green kayaks are on a rack behind him.

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A great blue heron standing tall on the shore of a lake facing toward the left of the screen.

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A squirrel eating breakfast under a picnic table by a lake. Silver metal frame of the table is seen on the left and bottom.

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The morning sun tries to peak through clouds on a lake. Blue sky and pink clouds are reflected on the water.

#SilentSunday #photography #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia

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A misty forest with trees covered by moss.