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Climate Change

(July 1 – September 30, 2022)

Robert Bilsland

Defending a Riverside Town

Alain Auzeral

Agony of the Landes Forest, Mano

Mano

September 2, 2022

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Caption

Agony of the "Landes de Gascogne" forest in the southwest of France during summer 2022. Dried up by an historic heat wave and devoured by the flames of gigantic fires, the Landes forest is dying. Next to Mano where this panorama was taken, the Landiras fire burned 20000 ha of forest, and that of La Teste de Buch, further West, 7000ha of maritime pines. With climate change, repeated storms, heat waves and the proliferation of invasive or predatory species are having a heavy impact on the largest French "artificial" forest (created by man since 1857), which covers 974,000 ha.

Equipment

Sony A7R2 (ILCE-7RM2) - Samyang 12mm f/2.8 fisheye - Handheld panorama with philopod - 4 shots around with 1 zenith shot and 1 offset nadir shot at Iso 400

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