In the Hindu-Buddhit temple complex of Angkor Wat an imposing Sacred Fig Tree (Ficus religiosa) with on background a typical Khmer architecture taste (Angkor Wat – Siem Reap – Cambodia).
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A resilient downy birch (Betula pubescens), shaped as a shrub because of the hard environmental conditions in the Arctic Region, was immortalized on the road to North Cape (Nordkapp). Obviously a long journey by bicycle (50 km South of North Cape – Norway)
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In Wadi Dawkah is located the world’s largest protected forest of Frankincense tree (Boswellia sacra). This tree produces a very valuable resin since ancient times. Actually frankincense was one of the three gift (gold, myrrh and frankincense) brought from Three Magi to Jesus of Nazareth when he was born. The image shows a lovely and tentacular
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In the Bialowieza forest, one of the most ancient and beautiful European forests, it stands out the aristocrat Giedymin Oak (Quercus robur)(Age: 350 years old; Girth: 440 cm; Height: 27 m). From the information board: “The Great Duke of Lithuania, Giedymin ruled the Bialowieza Forest since 1326. As the legend says, he built here the castle
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Along the suggestive “Sendero de los Carpinteros” (Woodpeckers Trail), nearby the Captren Lagoon, a typical Nothofagus (Nothofagus dombeyi) showed all its beauty (Conguillio National Park – Chile)
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In the nineteenth century, Eucalypts, also known as Blue Gums, have been imported from Australia to Europe. This image shows a avenue of very majestic Eucalypts (Eucalyptus globulus) nearby the Asomaton Monastery (Amari Valley – Crete/Greece)
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Giant Monkey Pod Tree (Samanea Saman) in all its glory on the Si Phan Don (translated from Lao: 4000 islands) archipelago along the Mekong River. Nearby any monkeys or dolphins but just a lucky Kayak lover (Si Phan Dhon – Laos)
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In New Zealand Christmas Trees are not Firs. Amazing Pohutukawa (Metrosideros Excelsea) in Rotoma, the ancestral land of Ngati Tamateatutahi (sub tribe of Te Arawa). Please notice the typical red flowers in the upper part of the tree (Lake Rotoma – New Zealand)
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Charming Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris) cluster on a bed of ferns during Autumn in the Abernethy Forest (Scotland – UK) (Non-AI-Related Image)
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An ancient London plane tree (Platanus x Acerifolia) at sunset in an extensive and handsome park in Wraysbury (Berkshire – England)
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