swamp is drying up lol by jocko500

Photography • Landscape • posted on Aug 31, 2006

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I showed you this swamp about a month ago and it had some water in it and what I thought was a growth on top the water. I was wrong ;it is mud. That what you see mud and ground to walk on, little water. I do not watch the news on tv much but I did not hear of the world wide drought that is going on. On the net you see photos of the Amazon river is drying up and there a lot of boats on dry land now. I know the rain forests is new on the world time table. So I do not think it the cutting down of the rain forests that is doing this. It have to be a bigger picture. What you see is a big mud swamp now between Lafayette and Baton Rounge, Louisiana. It used to have water and you can go boating and fishing too. Thanks for looking and comments too even the ones that say it goble warming. I believe in the scietests that blame the Sun for the warming of the earth. ps I had it on the wrong setting on the lighting . I had it on indoor lights lol hope I got the color better

Comments (42)

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2Loose2Trek

7:45PM | Thu, 31 August 2006

Excellent shot Jock ... this doesn't bode too well for the local wildlife, I'm sure. Thanks for posting this.

Angelsinger

7:51PM | Thu, 31 August 2006

Love this shot, Jocko! I remember your last swamp picture, I really enjoyed that and the accompanying story. :) It's mind boggling to realize that I'm looking at a huge expanse of mud... my goodness! Thanks again for the photo!

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RodolfoCiminelli

7:53PM | Thu, 31 August 2006

Excellent and testimonial picture Jock...!!! If we don't take care of the earth that is the only thing that we have, in few years it will finish all form of life inexorably, including us.

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skiwillgee

8:00PM | Thu, 31 August 2006

@ 2Loose2Trek Things don't bode too well for humans either if it continues. Nice follow up Jock. I think you see more than others.

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Biffowitz

8:16PM | Thu, 31 August 2006

The tv may not always help you out jocko. I recently watched a 60 minutes episode, that had a segment on how the white house censors scientific reports as to not alarm us citizens. This kind of stuff doesn't always get out on the airwaves I'm sure! Thanks for clueing us in jocko!

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jocko500

8:49PM | Thu, 31 August 2006

that would be 388800 arce of land a day or is I right that 607 square miles a day lol yesitis3 what can I say Texas is 163696 sqare miles so it would take 27 days to cut down a forest the size of Texas. I not that good in math but please do the math I could be wroung here. But look like the news paper made a error on it math to me

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Digimon

9:01PM | Thu, 31 August 2006

Whoaw!! What a dramatic image Jocko!!

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CarolSassy

9:16PM | Thu, 31 August 2006

I remember the other picture Jock! I still think it looks cool, even if it is mostly mud now! Fantastic shot! (:

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Richardphotos

9:17PM | Thu, 31 August 2006

well, I probably did not remember correctly or they had a typo. I was eating and reading the same time. I looked for the news story online but could not find it.

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jocko500

9:19PM | Thu, 31 August 2006

oh the white things you see is white birds[cranes I think you call them ]

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kimariehere

9:26PM | Thu, 31 August 2006

yes global warming is killing our world we must all try NOW to do something about it or life as we know it for our kids and grandchildren will be so differant eco systems are changing animals are dying ... polar ice caps are melting and oceans rise up ... much to think about ... makesme sad ... FANTASIC Shot Jock .. wonderful to see ... a bit sad though...

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jocko500

9:29PM | Thu, 31 August 2006

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/eye/deforestation/effect.html

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annie5

9:35PM | Thu, 31 August 2006

What a dramatic scene Jocko! I hope it's better now..thanks for this capture :)

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webdancer

9:50PM | Thu, 31 August 2006

Kind of scarey! Excellent shot!

Hopalong

10:59PM | Thu, 31 August 2006

Look, it's just like hurricanes. The solution is so simple: elect the right people to Congress and they will pass a law against this sort of thing ever happening again. I mean these fellas already bring the sun up every day. WHY AREN'T DROUGHTS AGAINST FEDERAL LAW, tell me that. Send in the FBI, and have all these meteorologists arrested. And if that doesn't work SEND THE MARINES and bomb the living daylights out of them! No one screws with the good old US of A and gets away with it!

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sharky_

1:12AM | Fri, 01 September 2006

This image scares me if its a result of global warming. I've been in enough heat to tell you its hot. This is a very interesting capture. Excellent capture my friend. Aloha

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DennisReed

1:32AM | Fri, 01 September 2006

I got to think with all that mud, this place must stink! Cool pic Jock! It would not take much from each of us to cut back on our energy consumption, which in turn would have a substantial reversal to the Global Warming issue.

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jif3d

1:47AM | Fri, 01 September 2006

What a difference between the pix ! we have been in a drought here in OZ for years ! but funny enough, it has just been raining for 4 days ! maybe the swamp will get some water soon as well, lets hope so...Cheers

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Gor111

2:17AM | Fri, 01 September 2006

Fascinating area here! I agree with sharky this photography is scaring me too! Global warming will or is already bringing terrible situations to our earth! Worldwide!!! Excellent shot!!!

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marybelgium

3:27AM | Fri, 01 September 2006

excellent dramatic and fascinating view !

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B_PEACOCK

7:09AM | Fri, 01 September 2006

Wow I remember that always having water in it everytime we went thru to my auntie's house .Nice shot Jock

stephenmichael332

8:27AM | Fri, 01 September 2006

thats just sad

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Svarg

9:02AM | Fri, 01 September 2006

Still, chopping down the rainfirest Does have an effect on the atmosphere, as well as the weather. But just think how this swamp looked a year ago. Certainly not dry! Great shot Jock!

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rainbows

9:10AM | Fri, 01 September 2006

Super shot, Jock. I love your colours. Yes, we should all look after our beautiful planet better than we do.... Di.

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TomDart

9:36AM | Fri, 01 September 2006

Thanks, jock. And to think the cut so many of the cypress trees years ago...

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Denger

10:41AM | Fri, 01 September 2006

The geological record shows cycles of global warming/cooling which predate the advent of homo sapiens and our recent industrialization by millions, if not billions of years. Sure, deforestation in the Amazon rain forest may be a factor, but so is volcanic eruption, which can spew far more poisonous matter into the atmosphere than all the factories and internal combustion engines combined. The conspiracy theorists and the tree-huggers would have you believe otherwise, but the rocks don't lie: visit Pompeii sometime...

Valerie-Ducom

11:14AM | Fri, 01 September 2006

wowwwwwwwww, wonderful picture and excellent composition color and contrast!!!Good day and hugs ;)

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