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I was asked, from time to time, by Caedes-friends: "Cornelius, what's a polder?" That was my explanation: "A polder is a low-lying (below sea-level) tract of land, reclaimed from the sea, and enclosed by embankments known as dikes. Because it's reclaimed from the sea, it's flat as flat can be."

Although I realize that it's not a that good subject to make a wonderful capture of it, think however that it would be nice to show this 'phenomenon' now on an image. It was captured while I was standing on a dike in Zeeland, the Netherlands. At the left side of the image you see the sea. In the middle you see the dike, and at he right side you see the polder. Think the image shows clearly that the polder is below sea level and that the dike is proctecting us from flooding. Dangerous, isn't it? Perhaps, but we got used to live this way.

As already said, from photographic point of view, this isn't a great image. Hope however that it's interesting to you. Thanks in advance for your comment.