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Pillars of earth

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Hendro Soetrisno on MakersPlace

Description

Some places i visit leave me wondering how they can even exist. So did these earth pyramids that one can find tucked away into a mountain valley in the Dolomites, Italy. They leave you wondering even on a sunny and bright day. But to showcase their true essence and to make you feel the mysterious aura of this place, a day of bad weather was needed. It was raining during the whole time that i spent at this place, which made the photography part quite cumbersome. But as thin layers of fog drifted through the scene while a white veil of mystery enshrouded the whole surroundings, i felt the moment had come to portray this beautyful place. Earth pyramids like these exist only in very few places on this planet. Each of these pyramids only lasts for a short amount of time as rain, wind and erosion keep working the ground. The colums regularly collapse. If i return some day it might look totally different. The creation of these earth pyramids is an interesting phenomenon. Hundreds of years ago, a part of the hill that is now the home of the pyramids went off in a landslide after a period of stormy weather. In 1882 there was similar weather again and a large trench formed. Everytime it rains a lot, the slopes get washed by the rain and further erosion flushes away some of the ground. When there is a heavy rock on the ground, the area around the rock get´s washed away- only the heavy rocks remain. With more and more flooding and flushing of the area, after a while these loamy pillar structures start forming and "grow" as the ground around them is carried away. I hope this image makes you wonder about the beauty that nature is abled to create as it fascinates me! Technique: Single exposure with natural postprocessing The collector of this image is granted a framed large format gallery print upon request.

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Felix Inden