Some cool eden garden images:
Eden Garden Statue 6 in 3D
Image by kiwizone
Statue in Eden Garden, Auckland, New Zealand.
Red/cyan anaglyph, use 3D gogs to see in three dimensions.
Eden Gardens, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand
Image by Sandy Austin
The cherry blossoms are out early this year. The trees were teeming with tui birds eager for the honey
A few nice sunderbans images I found:
Supply of safe drinking water was critical
Image by Oxfam International
As a result of the damage from Cyclone Aila, June 2009, most of the few functional handpumps used for drinking water, were inundated or choked with debris. Most existing toilets were washed away, and there was serious pollution from sewage and dead animals. The threat of water-borne epidemics was very high, including cholera, which is endemic throughout this area.
The supply of safe drinking water had reached crisis levels. Oxfam and partners repaired more than 100 hand-pumps.
Residents of the Sunderbans use diminishing underground resources to meet some of their drinking water needs, and harvest rainwater in shallow ponds for all other purposes, including household tasks and rearing fish.
Credit: Joel Bassuk / Oxfam
Horendranagar
Image by Lingaraj G J
Rising sea levels have forced thousands of families to leave their ancestral houses and lands in the Sunderbans area of West Bengal, and many more are living in the constant fear of losing theirs.
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This is how you get provisions to the islands
Image by Lingaraj G J
Sundarbans, 24 South Paraganas District, West Bengal India
Rising sea levels have forced thousands of families to leave their ancestral houses and lands in the Sunderbans area of West Bengal, and many more are living in the constant fear of losing theirs.
A network of estuaries, tidal rivers, and creeks intersected by numerous channels, it encloses flat, marshy islands covered with dense forests. The name Sundarbans is perhaps derived from the term meaning "forest of sundari," a reference to the large mangrove tree that provides valuable fuel. Along the coast the forest passes into a mangrove swamp; the southern region, with numerous wild animals and crocodile-infested estuaries, is virtually uninhabited. It is one of the last preserves of the Bengal tiger and the site of a tiger preservation project. The cultivated northern area yields rice, sugarcane, timber, and betel nuts.
The region is also famous for some commonly domesticated livestock breeds which includes the Garole breed of sheep and Chinae hans or Muscuovy ducks, the Garole sheep is considered as the progenator of the Booroola merino sheep and is noted for its prolific character. However, the wool of the sheep which can be a valuable natural asset does not find any use among the natives. Bakkhali beach resort located on one of the islands jutting out into the Bay of Bengal is gaining in popularity, with improvements in transport links with Kolkata.
Leben-am-Wasser_Sunderbans-Indien_02
Image by respontour
Ein gefährliches Zubrot: Eine Frau filtert Krabben-Laich aus dem Fluss, Sunderbans, Indien
A dangerous extra income: a women catches prawn seed in a river, Sunderbans, India
Ujaan filmmakers
Image by KatjusaC
These college students (here with my mother) are helping organize Ujaan, an arts and culture festival to raise awareness about the disappearing Sunderbans delta. They stopped us on the street to ask us what we knew about the Sunderbans.
A few nice hooghly images I found:
Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden
Image by Manosij Mukherjee
For nearly two centuries this garden, which is the largest and oldest of this kind in South East Asia has been a premier Institution for botanical and horticultural research in India. The great aesthetic beauty of this garden with its picturesque vistas, and vast greeneries serve as a source of inspiration, education, research and recreation to millions of visitors to this garden throughout the year from India and abroad.
Established in 1787 by Lieutenant Colonel Robert Kyd, this garden is situated on the west bank of the river Hooghly (Ganga). The garden covers an area of 273 acres. Its unique landscape design initiated by Sir George King in 1872 is considered to be one of the best in the botanic gardens of the world with undulated land surfaces, artificial lakes and moats interconnected with underground pipes receiving water from the river Hooghly.
The garden was known as East India Company’s Garden or the ‘Company Bagan’ or Calcutta Garden and later as the Royal Botanic Garden which after independence was renamed as the ‘INDIAN BOTANIC GARDEN’ in 1950.It came under the management of the Botanical Survey of India on January 1, 1963.
Over 12,000 trees and shrubs belonging to 1400 species together with thousands of herbaceous plants are in cultivation in the open in 25 Divisions, Glass houses, Green Houses and conservatories. The garden maintains the germplasm collection of Bamboos, Bougainvillea, Citrus, Jasmine, Pandanus, Water Lilies and has the richest collection of Palms (about 109 species) in whole of South East Asia. In addition succulents, Hibiscus, Ficus, Aromatic plants, Gymno- sperms (in two Pinetums), Creepers, Ferns and a number of floricultural and arboricultural plants are grown in its Flower Garden, National Orchidarium, Student Garden. Besides a large number of medicinal plants in its Medicinal Plant Garden named as ‘Charak Udyan’ enrich the garden.
A few interesting plants of the garden worth to mention are Branched Palm, Bread Fruit Tree, Double Coconut, Giant Water Lilies, Krishnabot , Mad tree, Shivalinga tree, etc. In addition researches are also conducted on plant introduction, multiplication, horticultural aspects and conservation.
The Great Banyan Tree (Ficus bengalensis L.) of the Indian Botanic Garden attracts millions of visitors every year. It looks like a miniature forest and is over 250 years old with 2800 prop roots covering an area of 1.5 hectares. The large palm house of this garden has several interesting plants including the Double Coconut [Lodoicea maldivica (Gmel.) Pers] which produces the largest known seeds in the whole plant kingdom.
Hoogly River, Calcutta
Image by Brajeshwar
The Hooghly river is lined with bathing ghats like the one shown here. The troop transports in the background seem out of place in the old-world atmosphere created by the temple at left and the sampans at anchor.
Strand, Kolkata
Image by seaview99
Along the river Hooghly, south of Eden Gardens, Calcutta.
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Sydney Harbour Bridge – Diamond Anniversary
Image by Charlie Brewer
Lending a hand with Directions on the South side
Sydney Harbour Bridge – Diamond Anniversary
Image by Charlie Brewer
Tethered
A few nice howrah images I found:
howrah river, kolkata
Image by doug.deep
West Bengal, India
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Eden Gardens, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand
Image by Sandy Austin
Medusa?
Buddha Eden – Garden of Peace
Image by João P Ferreira
Nikon D700. Nikon 35mm f/2.
A few nice eden garden images I found:
Eden Garden (Mt. Eden) 15
Image by ElBroka bicicletea por Auckland
eden garden futuristic pod houses
Image by smee_me
Eden Gardens, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand
Image by Sandy Austin
A refuge from the City where the only sound is birdsong
A few nice rickshaw kolkata images I found:
Rickshaw, Shrine
Image by 0olong
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Eden gardens
Image by evilhayama
A strange set of demo gardens and nursery near Macquarie Centre in Sydney.
There’s a cat painted on the catflap
