Niedersachsen Landschaftsfotos (Landschaften, Natur und Ausblicke) (20)

From a dirt road near Braunlager Straße by St. Andreasberg, the view wanders over meadows and gnarled deciduous trees to the mountains of the southern Harz on the horizon, such as the Stöberhai, unmistakable with its observation tower, in the center of the image; shot on the morning of 19.08.2019... 
Fred Hahn

Germany / Lower Saxony / Harz

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View back over Braunlager Street towards the mountain town of St. Andreasberg; shot taken on the morning of 19.08.2019... 
Fred Hahn

Germany / Lower Saxony / Harz

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Over the meadow and forest landscape near St. Andreasberg, the view extends to the mountains of the eastern Harz and mountains west of the Oder valley and south of Braunlage; shot on the morning of 19.08.2019 on a field path near Braunlager Straße... 
Fred Hahn

Germany / Lower Saxony / Harz

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Arriving at Sägemühlenberg near the Oder Valley, I reach an area at its summit where an entire forest section has been clear-cut, likely because the trees were severely weakened by the recent long dry spells and drought phases of the last two summers, making them easy prey for bark beetles; shot taken on the morning of 19.08.2019... 
Fred Hahn

Germany / Lower Saxony / Harz

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Since an entire section of forest has been cleared here on the Sägemühlenberg and is therefore missing, I find an excellent viewpoint here: In front of me in the valley lies the Odertal with the opposite mountains and their steep slopes, over which, to the right of the center of the image, the Braunlage Wurmberg with its new observation tower peeks out. You can also see how many trees on the slopes and ridges above the Odertal have already turned reddish-brown and are therefore dying, a catastrophe that spreads like a relentless and unstoppable wave from the core zone of the National Park from the Hohneklippen in the east across Königsberg, Achtermannshöhe, Bruchberg, between Torfhaus, Oderbrück, and Königskrug to the "Auf-dem-Acker" mountain, where hardly any healthy spruce forest remains. Shot on the morning of 19.08.2019... 
Fred Hahn

Germany / Lower Saxony / Harz

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During the ascent behind the forest inn "Rinderstall" to the western mountains of the Oder valley, sunlight floods the wild, dark forest; shot on the morning of 19.08.2019... 
Fred Hahn

Germany / Lower Saxony / Harz

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On the Hahnenklee forest road, an entire section of forest is dying with reddish-brown discolored needles; photo taken late morning on 19.08.2019... 
Fred Hahn

Germany / Lower Saxony / Harz

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The dying trees along the Hahnenkleer Waldstraße have a kind of unique beauty with their reddish-brown color glowing brightly in the radiant sunlight under the dark blue sky; shot in the late morning of 19.08.2019... 
Fred Hahn

Germany / Lower Saxony / Harz

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This still exists here in the national park in the West Harz: a pristine piece of primeval spruce forest on a slope above the Silberteich near Braunlage; shot around midday on 19.08.2019... 
Fred Hahn

Germany / Lower Saxony / Harz

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The path high above the Steingrund towards Totengrund, near Wilsede, Lüneburg Heath Nature Reserve in August 2019. 
Reiner Spangemacher

Germany / Lower Saxony / Lüneburg Heath and Wendland

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Ragwort blossoms; shot on the morning of 06.08.2019 on the Old Harzburger Road in the forest near Braunlage... 
Fred Hahn

Germany / Lower Saxony / Harz

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Yellow thistle flower (field goose thistle); shot on the morning of 06.08.2019 on the Brunnenbachweg between Braunlage and the Silberteich... 
Fred Hahn

Germany / Lower Saxony / Harz

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Two peacock butterflies on thistle flowers; shot in the morning of 06.08.2019 on the Brunnenbachweg between Braunlage and the Silberteich... 
Fred Hahn

Germany / Lower Saxony / Harz

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This large clearing in the forest near Braunlage was created first by a storm, then because numerous other trees had to be felled, which were damaged by this storm, weakened by last year's extremely dry climate, and then infested by bark beetles. Now flowers have taken over the area; meanwhile, there are numerous such clearings created by logging in the forest near Braunlage, due to the ongoing drought and bark beetle infestation, especially in northern Germany. Shot on the morning of 06.08.2019 on a forest path between Braunlage and the Brunnenbach... 
Fred Hahn

Germany / Lower Saxony / Harz

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Harzkreiskraut bushes in a clearing in the forest; shot in the morning of 06.08.2019 on a forest path between Braunlage and the Brunnenbach... 
Fred Hahn

Germany / Lower Saxony / Harz

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Ragwort flowers in the forest; shot on 06.08.2019 on a forest path between Braunlage and the Brunnenbach... 
Fred Hahn

Germany / Lower Saxony / Harz

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Two magenta-colored cornflowers; shot on the morning of 06.08.2019 on the Old Harzburger Road in the forest near Braunlage... 
Fred Hahn

Germany / Lower Saxony / Harz

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Flowers of the Common Flax on a meadow by the Hahnenkleer Forest Road; shot on the morning of 21.07.2019... 
Fred Hahn

Germany / Lower Saxony / Harz

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Flowers of the Jacob's ragwort; shot in the morning of 21.07.2019 on a forest meadow at the Hahnenkleer Waldstraße... 
Fred Hahn

Germany / Lower Saxony / Harz

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Flowers of the Jacob's ragwort; shot in the morning of 21.07.2019 on a forest meadow at the Hahnenkleer Waldstraße... 
Fred Hahn

Germany / Lower Saxony / Harz

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Fallow land on the edge of Schneverdingen, not far from the Heidegarten. The broom is in full bloom, something I have waited years for, but now the time and place have finally aligned. Early May 2019 
Reiner Spangemacher

Germany / Lower Saxony / Lüneburg Heath and Wendland

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Beginning of May 2019, it is extremely cold, one cold front chases another, here in Fintel, Rotenburg/Wümme district, heath edge area. Rapeseed field near Osterberg/Fintel. 
Reiner Spangemacher

Germany / Lower Saxony / Lüneburg Heath and Wendland

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Water lily pond in the Rosarium of Wilhelmshaven in August 2012 
Helmut Ivers

Germany / Lower Saxony / Oldenburg Region

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October 2018, a hot and extremely dry year is now almost behind us. In the picture, a bee shelter in the Haverbecker Heide at summer-like temperatures usually only seen in August. Nature reserve Lüneburger Heide. 
Reiner Spangemacher

Germany / Lower Saxony / Lüneburg Heath and Wendland

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