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Photography

Crewleader

(17,005 posts) Wed Nov 19, 2014, 06:07 AM Nov 2014

Photo of the Day

November 19, 2014

Flight of Locusts

Photograph by Michele Martinelli, National Geographic Your Shot

A dense swarm of locusts obscures a view of fields in Madagascar. Most destructive in sustenance farming regions of Africa, locust swarms devastate crops and can cause major agricultural damage, as well as famine and starvation

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Photo of the Day (Original Post) Crewleader Nov 2014 OP

My dear Crewleader! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2014 #1

I thought the same Peggy Crewleader Nov 2014 #2

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,630 posts)

1. My dear Crewleader!

Reply to Crewleader (Original post)

Wed Nov 19, 2014, 12:14 PM

Nov 2014

How can something so destructive be so fascinating, and almost beautiful?

But there is always beauty to be seen.

Thank you for this provocative and fascinating photo...

Crewleader

(17,005 posts)

2. I thought the same Peggy

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 19, 2014, 01:31 PM

Nov 2014

And the people of Africa have so much to contend with to survive.

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