Earth Day in Sunrise Florida
By John Potter
I wanted to celebrate Earth Day with something a little weird and artsy. This is a panoramic photo I shot at the Sunrise, Florida Earth Day Celebration. I hope you enjoy it and have a great Earth Day.
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New Article for EcoHearth.com
By John Potter
This is my first of many articles written for EcoHearth.com. I hope you enjoy it.
Ecological Preparation for Natural Disasters
If you’ve experienced a natural disaster, you know firsthand about the accompanying loss of life and property. But natural disasters also take their toll on the environment in ways both apparent and insidious.
Widely strewn garbage and wreckage often change the look and feel of a place after a natural disaster. Sometimes even the most familiar places are rendered unrecognizable. With hurricanes and tornadoes, there is also defoliation. And in the case of flood, tsunami, volcanic eruption and earthquake, the ground itself can be redistributed—modifying the actual topography.
In almost all extreme natural-disaster situations, possessions and the materials from which homes are made are flung far and wide. Suddenly the way a person has lived becomes very public in a strange way. Many possessions will never be found and any non-biodegradable items may lie unnoticed for years, profoundly affecting the ecology of an area.
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New Panoramic Photographs
By John Potter
New panoramic photos include the one above from Hugh Taylor Birch State Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. I also shot the following photo of this really big banyan tree there.
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