Dead Forest
Stary Smokovec - Slovakia. -------------------------- Disaster on High Tatras Mountains
On November 19, 2004, the most beautiful mountains in Slovakia were hit by an unprecedented storm. The forests in the High Tatras National Park mountain range were obliterated after powerful windstorm blew over Slovakia resulting in damages of billions of Slovak crowns. The devastation was horrendous as trees were blown away like straws by the gusts of wind reaching at times a speed of up to 173 km/ hour.
The windstorm completely destroyed 13 000 hectars of forest, which comes up to a third of the total of the High Tatras National Park 46000 hectars.
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mirella35 30/04/2008 0:16
Beautiful the tree in the middle: it is Hope.archiek 24/04/2008 5:07
Very beautiful photo. nice to see that the forest is starting to regrow. Drop back every year to document the succession from this to a new forest. -archieLudek Sagi Lukac 21/04/2008 21:44
very nice !Sagi :-)
Mark Billiau. 21/04/2008 21:25
Hi Piotr,Great shot of some very fine scenery, altough half of the wood is destroyed.
It must have been very dramatic that day in november 2004.
Regards,
Mark
Alexandru Valentin Iedu 21/04/2008 21:17
Beautiful Panorama ... wonderful scene !!!best regards,
Alex