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Zeeland Coast (11), Protection
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A big part of Holland or The Netherlands is laying below sea-level and has to be protected against flooding. This image shows partly this protection system. At the background a part of the 'Eastern Scheldt barrier' can be seen. It separates the North Sea from the Eastern Scheldt and is therefore the first protection sea wall. The second sea wall is the sea dike in the centre of this image, separating the Eastern Scheldt from the peninsula 'Schouwen - Duiveland'. The third sea wall (a lower dike more inland) can't been seen at this image. Think this image shows clearly that the water of the Eastern Scheldt has a far more higher level than the land behind the dike. The last time this dike broke by heavy storm and high seas, more than 1000 people at the peninsula were drowned (in Zeeland more than 1850 people). After that disaster the system was and is nowadays still improved. Think therefore our motto is: 'Luctor et Emergo' (We will struggle but shall survive).

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::Dunstickin
08/23/07 7:07 AM GMT
Wow, this is a cracker of a shot!...Where were you when you snapped this..up a crane?...I think we could have done with these defences this year!!!
Great post!
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.DERAIN
08/23/07 7:23 AM GMT
Excellent image as it is both good looking and is educational too.we have this problem only in some states but no dikes!! So, that is what happens in New Orleans, for example in the state of Louisiana.....the great flood after a hurricane.
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.Magicpic
08/23/07 7:47 AM GMT
Cornelius ; kosten noch moeite werden gespaard om een herhaling van de overstromingsramp van 18 januari 1953 te voorkomen.Dankzij de voltooïng van de Deltawerken is Zeeland nu beveiligd tegen zware N-W stormen.Deze foto toont in één beeld de problematiek waar Nederland heden nog steeds mee te kampen heeft."Luctor et Emergo" is hier dan ook terecht toepasselijk !
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.rozem061
08/23/07 9:04 AM GMT
Cornelius, wat een geweldig mooie opname!, met een prachtige
beschrijving erbij!
Alain maait mij het gras voor de voeten weg, maar ik kan er nog wel aan toevoegen, laat de autoriteiten van de staat Louisiana
eens een kijkje komen nemen, naar de Delta werken in Zeeland!
Bedankt!
John
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.89037
08/23/07 11:15 AM GMT
Very interesting informations and ...GORGEOUS sight!! Thanks for sharing it with us!!
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Adriana....:)
.Corconia
08/23/07 11:20 AM GMT
What a great story. It brings the picture to life. Great shot.
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::LynEve
08/23/07 12:12 AM GMT
Great shot Cornelius made even better by the informative description. :)
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::dutch_postings
08/23/07 7:52 PM GMT
Ja al weer zo'n mooi overzichts shot Cornelius, erg mooi, en ook weer met erg veel detail die je ogen aangenaam bezig houden.
Wat was dit voor een uitkijkpunt ?
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::m0rnstar
08/23/07 8:58 PM GMT
What an engineering feat to accomplish all this - I am humbled and this photo really shows us the immensity of it all.. Wonderful! ~Mary~
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.dwdharvey
08/23/07 10:17 PM GMT
A 1 job Cornelius, thanks for sharing, Don
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::fogz
08/23/07 10:29 PM GMT
fantastic Cornelius! - beautiful lines and perspective is excellent - I can see for a very long way! ...and thank you for the narrative - not only is the land protected, they have designed that barrier to look very pleasing to the eye!
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::phasmid
08/24/07 2:39 AM GMT
A lot good has been said about this wonderful shot, and well deserved!! Thanks for the narrative as well. I find your country most interesting :)

♥PJ 005

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.Blumie
08/25/07 12:30 AM GMT
Again I love the view, the colors of the land and water - but here I have a little problem with the extrem white sky.
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.boremachine
08/26/07 4:21 PM GMT
a great pov you found here, it shows perfectly what you wanted to show!
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.dusa1947
08/28/07 2:00 AM GMT
Fanstastic image. Looking at your pictue, a person will really get a keen sense of the threat of the sea to which the Dutch respond with such ingenuity. Thank you for posting this.
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Logun7
12/13/09 7:01 PM GMT
.·:*¨¨*:·.Wonderful.·:*¨¨*:·.Awesome.·:*¨¨*:·.
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єvєrч dαч ís α gíft.....thαt ís whч ít ís cαllєd thє prєsєnt!

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