Marken, view into the lowland from the Dike by Hedepo

Photography • Landscape • posted on Mar 15, 2008

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Marken, view into the lowland from the Dike Marken is a small island surrounded by a dike, the lowlands are below the water level of the surrounding IJsselmeer. In the fields you can spot a few Geese. Without taking photo’s, you can make the walk along this dike in approx. 2 hours, we are now heading for the light-house! By-the-way, typical Dutch, you can take the bike and can go much faster round the Island!! The Marken peninsula is situated 20 km. north of Amsterdam in The Waterland region of Holland . This beautiful fishing village painted in full traditional colours offers you a fascinating insight into Dutch history, dating back to the 12th century. The wooden houses and architecture that form Marken are packed tightly together on earth mounds. Previous flooding of the area due to dike failures has forced the inhabitants of Marken to construct huge earth mounds in the bid to build on higher ground. The dike that attaches Marken to the mainland was finally finished in 1957. The Island Marken was before 1932 in the “ZuiderSea”. A dike (the “afsluitdijk”; 20 miles long) was constructed and in 1932 the Zuidersea was turned into the IJssellake which turned over the years from saltwater into freshwater. The whole eco-system had to change as well. Have a very nice weekend And thanks for you time viewing!! Henk

Comments (19)

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witch_1612

3:58PM | Sat, 15 March 2008

Wonderful Work!!!

BorisB

4:00PM | Sat, 15 March 2008

Great scene with endless depth!!

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JaneEden

4:21PM | Sat, 15 March 2008

Amazing scene and very detailed with lovely colour tones, hugs Jane xx

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GiMi53

4:27PM | Sat, 15 March 2008

And one more typical Dutch scenery... a very well composed image, Henk !

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babuci

4:59PM | Sat, 15 March 2008

Like a water leadf us to the buildings with some more trees. Very enjoyable series.

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busi2ness

5:09PM | Sat, 15 March 2008

Very well composed and a beautiful landscape. Very pleasing soft effect.

MrsLubner

6:11PM | Sat, 15 March 2008

I know how bad it is here when the river overflows and floods everything around here. Houses under water to the roofline is many places in the lower lands. I can't imagine what would happen here if there was one of those storms and there was even a tiny breach in the dike. Excellent long view.

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