Did you know that there are places where nature is reclaiming land that humans once took? It’s true! Roads and bridges, canals and ports, and even entire towns are frequently constructed at the expense of the environment. Nature, on the other hand, has no intention of giving up.
These 50 photos show how Mother Nature is gradually winning back her territory. Sometimes it happens slowly, over many years; other times, it’s a more sudden transformation. But one thing is for sure: nature always wins in the end.
Scroll down to enjoy these photos and be inspired by the amazing power of our planet.
1. Abandoned Castle In Ireland
2. Real Grass Growing Through The Fake Grass
3. A Friend Found This Out Hiking And Posted It On FB, I Thought It Was Pretty Cool
4. The Roots Grow According To The Pavement Pattern
5. An Agave Growing Massive In This Long-Abandoned Greenhouse
6. Found A Tree Growing Through A Stone Wall
7. Tree Growing Around A Hiking Sign
8. 130,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Skull Encased In Stalagmites, Found In A Sinkhole In A Cave In Italy
9. Abandoned Bridge In New Zealand
10. This Tree Has Grown Round The Railing
11. Ghostly Overgrown Villa In Germany
12. Old Abandoned Tracks
13. This Oak Tree Growing Through A Railing
14. Becoming One With Nature
15. Nature Wins Again. Found This While Hiking In Boothbay, Maine
16. This Overgrown Boat We Saw. Nature Ship u0022Ms Heimliche Liebeu0022
17. This Abandoned Greenhouse
18. This Plant Has Been Trying To Stealthily Steal My Broom For Months
19. Mossy Initiation Path In The Quinta Da Regaleira, Portugal
20. Radioactive Cars From The Fukushima Disaster Slowly Being Eaten By Nature
21. House Abandoned And Retaken By The Desert In California
22. Quasi-Legible Moss Growing In The Letters Of This Fallen Tombstone
23. A Piano Left To Nature
24. Fern Growing Under A Circular Roof Hole
25. Abandoned Roller Coaster Being Taken Over By Nature
26. Nature Took Over. 1965 vs. 2012
27. Ivy Overtaking A Car
28. Abandoned Place Reclaimed By Nature
29. MS World Discoverer Was A German Expedition Cruise Ship. It Hit A Uncharted Reef In The Sandfly Passage, Solomon Islands, 29 April 2000
30. Abandoned Tank
31. Took My Dad To See If His First Car Was Still Where He Left It When Its Engine Seized – 40 Years Ago. It Was
32. A Tree Somehow Growing In Mexico City’s Pedestrian Bridge
33. This Blanket Has Been Sitting Since October. A Species Of Creeping Ivy Started Growing Through It, But Only Thriving Where The Black Bands Of Color Are
34. While My Sister Was On A Long Business Trip An Outdoor Plant Grew Indoors Through A Locked Window
35. This Tree Swallowing A Trespassing Sign
36. Apartment Complex In Keelung, Taiwan Slowly Overtaken By Trees
37. Tree That Grew Through And Around A Wagon Wheel
38. This Gate Has Been Open For So Long That A Bush Has Grown Around It
39. Abandoned Paper Mill With Nature Starting To Take Over
40. Hotel In Southern Europe
41. Tree That Grew From The Inside Of An Abandoned Chimney
42. The Gate Keeper At The Abandoned Putzar Castle In Germany
43. Found This Beautiful Tree Growing Inside An Abandoned Silo
44. This Chinese Fishing Village Was Abandon In The 1990s. Nature Has All But Reclaimed It (Houtouwan, China)
45. Old Shiva Temple Firmly Embraced By The Sacred Bodhi Tree In Bangladesh
46. This Tree Grew Inside The Stop Sign
47. Railroad Tracks In The Forest (Taiwan)
48. This Vine Climbed Up A Chair To Silence My Wind Chime
49. Boat Wreck Reclaimed By Nature And Turned Into An Island
50. Abandoned Synagogue
Mother Nature is a powerful force, as these 50 photos show. Despite our best efforts to tame and control her, she always manages to find a way to remind us who’s boss.
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