19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Guardians of time

From time immemorial, people suppressed the pressure of aggressive weeds and took care of cultivated plants. Some of them that have been growing in my region for several centuries. Plane trees, or Oriental plane trees. They grow in the courtyard of the Khazrat Imam mosque next to the Dorusiadat memorial complex (Seat of power), the construction of which began in 1380 in the city of Shakhrisabz. In the same years plane trees were planted. It seems that this is the paw of an unknown huge monster. Here it moves. And it will go in search of its own kind. But a moment passes, and you understand: this is just an old tree. And in this important aspect, it serves as another example of the inexhaustible forces of nature.

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Date Taken: 11.2021
Date Uploaded: 11.2021
Photo Location: Karshi, Uzbekistan
Camera: FinePix S5800 S800
Copyright: © Ravil Ikhsanov