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This is a picture of the 15/16th century Karesansui garden in Ryōan-ji Temple in Kyoto. It is 30m long from east to west and 10m from north to south. There are no trees, just 15 irregularly shaped rocks of varying sizes, some surrounded by moss, arranged in a bed of white gravel/sand which is raked every day. The rocks are arranged in such a manner that you can only see 14 of them at any one time no matter which angle the garden is viewed. Zen rock gardens are supposed to have a calming effect. Hope you like this one.