Another Netherlands

[Brell]

A lot of people think that the Netherlands only consists of Amsterdam, the canals, windmills, clogs and drugs. That is not so, just look at this photo, taken in the north of the Netherlands about 5 min drive from my home.

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured, glad to see the other side.

[Wavelength]

Very nice image

[bnnrcn]

Very nice

[Geoff F]

Good exposure on interesting but tricky clouds.

[Cantab]

Arnold, am I correct in thinking this is sand over uneven terrain? A dike? A good number of years ago I lived on an island imediately south of Vancouver and much of which was very near sea level, hence there were dikes.

[Brell]

The sand dunes, for that they are, are caused by the wind. About 200 years ago they be caused by excavation of peat, a fuel which was then much used in the Netherlands. Because the sand gave a lot of inconvenience in the village where I live were then planted many trees including Douglas. Upon the discovery of a large natural gas field in the northern Netherlands and use of coal excavating peat was discontinued. Now they are working to bring back its original state in the area again, there are lots of trees felled and Scottish Highland cattle and sheep eat the grass. It is now a beautiful nature and unique in its kind in Europe.

[Brell]

Arnold, am I correct in thinking this is sand over uneven terrain? A dike? A good number of years ago I lived on an island imediately south of Vancouver and much of which was very near sea level, hence there were dikes.

Our country is actually below sea level, however, this is not even near the coast. Just look at this link and zoom in.
https://www.google.nl/maps/place/Dre...43!4d6.3135663

[Minerva]

Natural and beautiful Arnold. Well done

[Brell]

Natural and beautiful Arnold. Well done

Thanks Carol.

[Brell]

Good exposure on interesting but tricky clouds.

Thanks Geoff.

[Brell]

Very nice

Thanks Binnur.

[Brell]

Very nice image

Thanks Nandakumar.

[Brell]

Nicely captured, glad to see the other side.

Thanks John.

[Cantab]

Our country is actually below sea level, however, this is not even near the coast. Just look at this link and zoom in.
https://www.google.nl/maps/place/Dre...43!4d6.3135663

Arnold, I was intrigued to see on the map what appears to be an area and a road labelled Canada. I assume this was an area that was liberated by the Canadian army in 1945? My dad served in the Canadian army in that general area of Europe.

[Brell]

Arnold, I was intrigued to see on the map what appears to be an area and a road labelled Canada. I assume this was an area that was liberated by the Canadian army in 1945? My dad served in the Canadian army in that general area of Europe.

I tried to find out if your remark had to do with the liberation by the Canadians and I'll just assume that this is so.
Northern Netherlands is indeed liberated by the Canadians, all told 250,000 Canadian soldiers.

[Sunray]

Very Interessting. I first thought that the picture was taken directly near North Sea.
Robert