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Bardenas Reales
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| Photo Information |
Copyright: Adrian Torres (saldeplata)
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| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2008-04-29 |
| Categories: Nature |
| Camera: SONY CYBERSHOT DSC H3 |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2008-04-30 6:31 |
| Viewed: 237 |
| Points: 6 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [Spanish] |
The Bardenas Reales de Navarra is a natural and semi-desert area that stretches southeast of Navarra (Spain). They have about 42,500 has no urban core. Its soils are clay, gypsum and sandstone and have been eroded by water and wind created amazing ways in which stress the canyons, plateaus and hills tabular structure lonely, called head, with very little vegetation and journey through crowd river very irregular flow, dry most of the year. The altitude is between 280 meters to 659 meters. The Bardenas are located at a point equidistant between the Pyrenees and the Ibero.
They are a protected natural park of 39,274 ha since 1999 in which includes three unique; "Vedado de Eguaras" and the Nature Reserve of the Black Falls. Since November 7, 2000 is part of the Biosphere Reserve. (Wikipedia article)
In front of the photographer, on the plains that can be seen, is the shooting range, where the F-18, from Zaragoza, make their practice bombing. |
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Looks like the american southwest. I like how you captured this vista.
saludos,
CT
Hola Adrian,
I like the reduced colour tones, which fit perfectly to the reduced landscape.
I was close to this landscape last august but unfortunately no time was left for visiting. Your pic is a little comfort.
Cheers Chris
- zmey
(4053) - [2008-05-01 5:24]
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hello adrian
i had no clue, spain has landscapes of THIS nature. wonderful shot and presentation. good choice to go monochromatic here.
with warm regards,
kristaps