Root Bound by wysiwig

Photography • Architecture • posted on Jan 22, 2012

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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)

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JuliSonne

2:12AM | Sun, 22 January 2012

The nature going strange ways. Unique!!

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blinkings

2:32AM | Sun, 22 January 2012

I bet Lara Croft must be in there somewhere!

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durleybeachbum

3:43AM | Sun, 22 January 2012

That's a relief! Wonderful.

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Feliciti

6:05AM | Sun, 22 January 2012

impressive nature!!

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dakotabluemoon

6:44AM | Sun, 22 January 2012

Wow that is amazing superb capture.

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ia-du-lin

7:30AM | Sun, 22 January 2012

impressive image, great ruins/tree shot

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Jean_C

7:32AM | Sun, 22 January 2012

Great love story between two trees, lol! Excellent capture.

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thecytron

9:31AM | Sun, 22 January 2012

Wooooooooooow! Some big tree?

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watapki66

9:32AM | Sun, 22 January 2012

Incredible shot!

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Faemike55

10:31AM | Sun, 22 January 2012

fantastic capture! I think the trees/roots add a old charm to the area

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X-PaX

10:57AM | Sun, 22 January 2012

Very nice capture and very interesting information. Thank you for sharing.

MrsLubner

11:20AM | Sun, 22 January 2012

It is so perfect as it is. A marriage of nature and humans. Outstanding shot.

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myrrhluz

3:48PM | Sun, 22 January 2012

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!

whaleman

4:22PM | Sun, 22 January 2012

What a great shot and story! It looks like the tree is getting ready to just walk away from its arduous task!

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