Devastated Mangroves forest - 1
by Rudy Umans
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Devastated Mangroves forest - 1
Artist
Rudy Umans
Medium
Photograph - Film Photography
Description
Mangrove forest first destroyed by Hurricane Irma in 2017 and then by Hurricane Ian in 2022. This used to be a very dense mangrove forest with trees of 40 plus feet high and many square miles. All gone now. It will take time for these mangroves to regrow, but eventually, they will.
Captured on 4 x 5" B/W sheet film with a vintage wooden large format camera
The Everglades National Park is a subtle place where earth, water, and sky blend in a low green landscape; where mere inches of elevation produce distinct changes in vegetation; and where a great wealth of birds and other wildlife find refuge. For this is almost exclusively a biological park dedicated to the preservation of a complex and precisely ordered living mechanism. It lies at the interface between temperate and sub-tropical America, giving a rich diversity of species, many at the limit of their ranges.
With its special significance to the Nation and the world recognized by making the Everglades a National Park, National Wilderness Preservation area (for the most part), an International Biosphere Reserve, a World Heritage Site, and a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance, its preservation for the benefit of present and future generations is better assured. It is the only park on the planet with 5 designations.
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May 9th, 2023
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Calvin Boyer
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