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A comment on Norway: photographs taken of the same places separated by long periods of time. Parent comment

Re:Norway: photographs taken of the same places separated by... by evgen on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @06:25AM (#10505816)
Interesting. The bit that I found most noticeable in the then/now comparison was that people in the past really did not like trees :)

Every bit of human habitation was surrounded by open areas denuded of trees. It actually looked unpleasant and sterile to see the lack of trees near everything man-made. Roads, fields, home...no trees anywhere in the vicinity.

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Re:Norway: photographs taken of the same places separated by... by WalterBright on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @11:50AM (#10507799)
> Every bit of human habitation was surrounded by open areas denuded of trees.

I theorize that is due to the nearby trees all being used for firewood.

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Re:Norway: photographs taken of the same places separated by... by tormeh on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @09:35AM (#10506773)
A lot of the difference in vegetation is due to climate change. I'm Norwegian and born in the beginning of October, which was first snow at the time. Now it never snows in October. You have to wait late November or early December. That sort of thing makes a lot of difference to plants.
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