I present to you some nice views as seen in the local peat bogs, "local" being Twente, The Netherlands, near the German border. These peat bogs are still alive, meaning that peat is still being

The title is the literal translation of the Dutch Armenveen, which is a part of the Haaksbergerveen in the east of The Netherlands. The peat bogs were owned collectively by groups of farmers, who mined

The tree stumps you see in the photos are birches that didn't survive the rising water level in the peat bog: Olympus Stylus 1s, 120mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/125s Olympus Stylus 1s, 75mm, ISO100, f8, 1/250s