Root Bound by wysiwig
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Description
Ten years ago, before the worldwide financial crash, the United Nations and the European Union were spending a lot of time and money helping Cambodia recover from its recent past. Schools for the handicapped were established to train people for useful trades. Much attention was paid to the ancient monuments with an eye toward attracting tourism. There was scaffolding and construction equipment all around Angkor Wat.
The original plan for this building was to cut down the tree and remove its roots before restoring the building. After a review by structural engineers, however, it was discovered that the only thing holding up the building were the roots so it was decided to leave everything as it was. And so you have it.
Comments (21)
The nature going strange ways. Unique!!
I bet Lara Croft must be in there somewhere!
That's a relief! Wonderful.
impressive nature!!
Wow that is amazing superb capture.
impressive image, great ruins/tree shot
Great love story between two trees, lol! Excellent capture.
Wooooooooooow! Some big tree?
Incredible shot!
fantastic capture! I think the trees/roots add a old charm to the area
Very nice capture and very interesting information. Thank you for sharing.
It is so perfect as it is. A marriage of nature and humans. Outstanding shot.
What a fascinating tree and capture. I wonder how long it has been growing there. Wouldn't it be wonderful to see a time lapse of the tree going from seedling to giant. The combination of architecture and tree is magnificent. Beautiful image!
What a great shot and story! It looks like the tree is getting ready to just walk away from its arduous task!
SUPERLATIVE SHOT
Thanks God they discover the fact before they cut the tree and not afterLOL. Amazing architecture and fantastic photo,Mark!
Speechless. What a fabulous image!
A super capture of Mother Nature!!!!
I just saw a photo by goodoleboy (Harry) with some roots somewhat similar to this .. they must be spreading. :) nice work.
Impressive nature shot !very beautiful image !
I like it much better this way!