Sand dunes in the middle of the country

in Drone3 days ago

Hello drone nerds,

Do you have sand dunes in your country? And then I mean not the once next to the sea but in the middle of the country?

These dunes that you see here are the Soesterduinen, a nature reserve in the middle of the Netherlands. Ten thousand years ago, during the last ice-age, this white colored sand was deposited trough out the whole of the province of Utrecht. The wind caused the sand to be blown into piles, creating these dune areas. And because in the 17th and 18th century the people came in the area to chop down the trees for building houses and fire wood, these sand dunes grew bigger and bigger.

And now a day's its a nature reserve were people are enjoying nature in the weekends.

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You see the path's that the people walked through the vegetation.
Litterly distroing the last bit of greens in the sand dundes.

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And here I made some top-down shot's of those paths. Humans are destructive.

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It is just to much I think.

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Even people drive here. That's illegal but you clearly see those tracks.

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The green tops of the trees. Nice contrast between the trees and the white sand on the floor.

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And people, always people every where in the Netherlands. It's to busy here, just to many people.

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I wouldn't say that's the Netherlands! It looks like way southern, and great pictures as always

We ate very divers here 😅👍

Wow nice aerial shots!

Thank you 🙏

Such a strange place.
It looks straight out of Star Wars!

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beautiful, saludos amigo, genial

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Great photos! but sadly they also highlight the destructive impact of humans on even protected areas. It's sad to see the paths and illegally driven tracks. Hopefully, awareness like this will help preserve the dunes for future generations.