Netherlands, Egmond aan Zee.
The history of these kitchen gardens in the Dutch dunes goes back to the 16th century. It is not easy to grow vegetables on dunesand. Image made with kite and camera (attached to the kite line). © Tom Kisjes

Zeedorpenlandschappen zijn tussen 1500 en 1900 ontstaan als gevolg van het agrarisch gebruik van de kalkrijke duinen door de bewoners van de nederzettingen tussen Bergen aan Zee en Den Haag. Zeedorpenlandschappen komen voor ten noorden en ten zuiden van Egmond aan Zee, bij Castricum, Wijk aan Zee, IJmuiden, Zandvoort en Katwijk. De duinen werden door vee begraasd en soms ten dele benut voor het verbouwen van groenten.
Na 1900 veranderde het oude gebruik. De duinen werden niet meer hoofdzakelijk als landbouwgebied gebruikt, maar op geschikte plaatsen legden inwoners van de dorpen complexen van moestuintjes aan, die werden uitgegraven tot op het grondwater. In het overige deel van het duin verdween het agrarisch gebruik.
In Egmond aan Zee hebben de moestuinders zich verenigd in Duinlandjesvereniging De Noord.
In dit landschap komen een aantal in Nederland zeldzame plantensoorten voor. © Tom Kisjes

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Image of Ameland, an island in the Dutch Wadden Sea. Taken on the eastern part of the island at the North Sea side during the annual Pentecost meeting with friends. This eastern end of the island is a nature reserve called Het Oerd. Just visible, the next Wadden isle Schiermonnikoog. Stitched Panorama

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Netherlands, the Island Texel.
Eierland Lighthouse, near the village De Cocksdorp, is situated on the northernmost tip of the island. The lighthouse -designed by Quirinus Harder- was built on top of a 20-metre high sand dune and was lit on 1 November 1864. At that time, the distance from the lighthouse to the sea was 3 kilometres!
During the Georgian Uprising on Texel (april 1945) the lighthouse suffered heavy damage. It was repaired by constructing a new wall around it and a new upper-level construction. In this process the lighthouse lost two of its original nine storeys.
Eierland lighthouse is accessible for visitors up to the sixth floor.

Image made with kite and camera. This image "by accident" was made before lift-off.

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The Netherlands
Specimens of common mullein (koningskaars-Verbascum thapsus) on the southern slope of a coastal dune, photographed from above. This species is a hairy biennial (tweejarige) plant that can grow to 2 m tall or more. In bloom, its small, yellow flowers are densely grouped on a tall stem, which grows from a large rosette of leaves.
Common in the Dutch coastal dunes. Image made with kite and camera (attached to the kite's line). © Tom Kisjes

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The Netherlands-Zuid-Kennemerland National Park
The park is owned and managed collectively by Vereniging Natuurmonumenten (Natural Monuments Association), Staatsbosbeheer (State Forestry), PWN (Water Supply Company North Holland), Province of Noord-Holland, IVN, and surrounding municipalities and private owners.
The image shows Cremer lake, situated in a part of the park named Duin en Kruidberg. This artificial lake was dug out by order of former estate owner J.T. Cremer, who sold the sand and provided the lake with fish, a.o. carp. In 2012 current owner Natural Monuments Association caught and moved the fish population, made the lake more shallow and thus created a more suitable habitat for aquatic plants, aquatic insects and amphibians. In the background IJmuiden, with its port and Tata Steel. Image made with kite and camera (attached to the kite's line). © Tom Kisjes

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