Nature around the railway ...

grahame

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Nature around the railway ...

« on: November 25, 2016, 01:46:13 »

If we think nature is harsh and cruel in England sometimes, just take a look at these picture taken from the train I was travelling in just a few hours ago ...

The natural cycle in this area is that things grow for a number of years, dry out, burn, fertilise and grow again. Note the first green shoots re-appearing in the second picture.

A very interesting way to spend thanksgiving, and if I'm going to be twee to give thanks for our much milder natural cycle in the UK^▸


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Re: Nature around the railway ...

« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2016, 10:24:22 »

Arizona? California? The ruined vehicles in the second picture add some impressive scale.

I'd kind of disagree with your assessment of our opinion of English nature (as opposed to English Nature!) though; surely one of the characteristics of both the weather and the landscape is that they are variable and unpredictable but never extreme.


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Re: Nature around the railway ...

« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2016, 17:07:57 »

Quote from: Bmblbzzz on November 25, 2016, 10:24:22

Arizona? California? The ruined vehicles in the second picture add some impressive scale.

It's California - the Antelope Valley line of the Los Angeles MetroLink. Here's another picture to give you an idea of scale, and bear in mind that the train carriage are all double decker!

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I'd kind of disagree with your assessment of our opinion of English nature (as opposed to English Nature!) though; surely one of the characteristics of both the weather and the landscape is that they are variable and unpredictable but never extreme.

I thought that's what I'd said Huh

but having just got off a flight that left LA last night at 9 p.m. and now in a train home (a 165) at Slough, I'm not bright enough to take a proper look back.


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