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Volume
Lochnagar Crater.
Created by 27,000 kilograms of detonated explosives
in the Somme Battlefields, France.
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Somme Battlefields
Word-of-Day-Challenge-Tear
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tear
a hole or split in something caused by it
having been pulled apart forcefully.
This hole in the ground,
known as Lochnagar Crater,
was created after British soldiers
detonated 27,000 tons of explosives
under German lines during
World War I.
The force created a tear in the ground
measuring 220 feet (67 metres) diameter
and 450 feet (137 metres) across
Debris from the explosion rose
about 4,000 feet into the air.
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Word of the Day Challenge: Tear
FOWChallenge-Surreal
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surreal
a situation or experience that is surreal
is very strange and difficult to understand,
like something from a dream
I am choosing my visit to the
Western Front Battle Fields in 2017,
for this post.
Seeing all the cemeteries we visited
and the names of the missing in action was
a reality check, if not surreal.
I created this photo for a
‘ghost’ challenge some time ago.
Every time I look at my Western Front photos,
it brings back memories of those now
tranquil French and Belgium fields,
where death once ruled and they were
covered with bloody bodies.
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Fandango’s One Word Challenge: Surreal
SUNDAY-STILLS-PC-A-Dogs-Life
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A dog’s life.
Playing…
Eating…
…and eating again.
After expending all that energy,
it’s time for a sleep,
before starting all over again.
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SUNDAY STILLS PHOTO: A-Dogs-Life
Cee’s-FOTD-Challenge19-0425-ANZAC-DAY
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On
ANZAC DAY
I felt it appropriate to feature
Flanders Field poppies.
It wasn’t until my visit to the Western Front in 2017
that I realised how prolific these poppies are.
Like wildflowers turning fields of battle red.
Found on
the Somme Battlefields
of France.
SUNDAY-STILLS-PC-Spirit
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ANZAC Spirit
(Australian & New Zealand Army Corps)
During my 2017 visit
to the World War I
Western Front Battlefields,
…I often saw this, but…
…so serene.
