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Ginkgo-Biloba
Ginkgo biloba (Chinese 銀杏) is a living fossil, the unique surviving species of tree of the family Ginkgoaceae. It is the oldest tree on Earth (250 milions of years). It survived the high exposure to radiations due to the Hiroshima bomb, thanks to its deep roots: a plant sitting 1 km from the epcentre of the bomb close to a temple was seriously damaged, but it could survive and after some years, when the first people could come back on the site, they found the tree alive and sprouting up. The temple was then rebuilt around the tree, which became the symbol of hope.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginkgo_biloba
"I would like to make you wonder
I would like to make you dream
you just need to stay and listen
you just need to watch and think
let the world in all its shapes,
in all its colours, flavours, smells
let the world just talk and whisper
let your mind just fly and guess"
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- 01 January contest 2010
- 02 February contest 2010
- 03 December contest 2010
- abruzzo
- animals
- autumn
- Belgium
- Berlin
- birds
- buildings
- cities
- clouds
- colors
- como mountains
- Darwin
- farms
- flowers
- insects
- Kyev
- Lake of Como & surroundings
- lakes
- light
- liguria
- macros
- Minneapolis
- monte san giorgio - Switzerland
- monuments
- moon
- mountains
- Naples & surroundings
- natura arte et all
- nature
- Nederland
- objects
- path
- people
- reflections
- rivers
- ruins
- sardegna
- scorci pittoreschi
- sea
- sky
- special effects
- streets
- sunset
- trees
- Val Veddasca
- Valle Antrona - Domodossola
- Valtellina - Sondrio
- Varesotto
- waves
- winter
- Zurich
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Ginkgo-Biloba's conversations
Nagyon szép felvétel.Üdvözlettel. Ferenc
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Beautiful manipulation of light & very nice shot - Greetings from Greece.
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MANY THANKS, Michael!
Best regards from Europe
Christian
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Отличный кадр,класс!:) L21
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Thank you for your visit and comments BREIZIMAGES !
Greetings from Hungary,
László
IV
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ΕΥΧΕΣ ΓΙΑ ΚΑΛΑ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥΓΕΝΝΑ ΚΑΙ ΕΥΤΥΧΙΣΜΕΝΟ ΚΑΙ ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΙΚΟ ΤΟ ΝΕΟ ΕΤΟΣ
ΑΠΟ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ
ΓΡΗΓΟΡΗΣ
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Thanks Ginkgo:) Nadia thanks a lot!!
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Tiv@d@r, Thank you very much for your visit and your kind comment and Like and Favourite! Üdv, vo-id
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A ti Jaime, por tu buen hacer y tu ejemplo, me halaga sobremanera tu consideracion. Te correspondo y seguire tus pasos en favoritos. Un afectuoso saludo. Raul
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MANY THANKS, Judit!
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