Friday, August 13, 2021

Living Bridges on Nature Friday

 

all photos from Bing photo source

Each day when I log onto my desk top, beautiful photos pop up by Bing. This one amazed me.
I had no idea these bridges existed.


Living Bridges in India that cross over water,  made of living roots from live trees. 
Below they used Banyan Tree roots.
this is in the wettest place on the planet, with 40 FEET of water a year.
I found this amazing.
these bridges can hold an entire herd of elephants.

Nature at its finest with help from Humans. WOW
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19 comments:

Ginny Hartzler said...

We saw a show about this once, and how the people had made it. Would YOU walk across one? This photo has not been on my Bing desktop yet.

Tigger's Mum said...

Fantastic. At 15 years to grow they are not for people who don't want to wade through the stream next week, but they make excellent use of local resources.

CheerfulMonk said...

Impressive!

Hootin Anni said...

Wow.

Ann said...

Wow, these are really cool. They really don't look like they are all that sturdy though.

eileeninmd said...

Wow, the natural bridges are beautiful. The first one is my favorite.
Take care, have a great day!

Yamini MacLean said...

Hari Om
For those who thought 'not sturdy' - Banyan roots are incredibly strong and woven like this only increases that by distributing any load put upon it. These natural bridges of all types are simply beautiful and a fine example of mankind WITH nature instead of riding roughshod against it! YAM xx

Mevely317 said...

Ah-mazing! At first I was aghast, nervous those elephants might someday go crashing down into the river ... but no, you clearly wrote LIVING roots.

Thank you for providing these links. I, too, get the new wallpaper morning, but when I go click on it to find out "where?" ... nothing. Pfft.

My Mind's Eye said...

I had no idea about the living bridges either Sandra.
Thank you for sharing on Nature Friday
Hugs Cecilia

DeniseinVA said...

I have never seen anything like these, they are incredible! Thanks for sharing these extraordinary pictures.

photowannabe said...

Nature and mankind doing well together.
Hoping I can do as well being with my friend today. Its hot and sultry and their house is being painted on the outside..so again no sitting outside for us today!! Sigh...

DawnTreader said...

That really looks like a very clever idea! :o

Ruth Hiebert said...

Very interesting.

The Adventures of the LLB Gang said...

Wow! How pretty the bridges are!

I would love to travel the world taking pictures for Bing!

Debby@Just Breathe said...

Thank you for sharing. That is really amazing and beautiful.

Beatrice P. Boyd said...

These bridges seem to be a good example of recycling too because of using what is already there, the tree roots. Enjoy your break, Sandra, and hope all goes well for Bob.

~Lavender Dreamer~ said...

These are so neat. Take care and I'll keep you both in my prayers! Hugs...to you both too!

LC said...

An intriguing glimpse of humans' ability to adapt to their environment! We are marvelous! May all go well with weather and health challenges!

Chatty Crone said...

I loved those bridges - the first one was just beautiful!