Saturday, July 23, 2011

Hölderlin: Der Neckar (By the Waters of Synthetica)


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Sammlung von Treibgut im östlichen Teil der ostfriesischen Nordseeinsel Juist (Niedersachsen, Deutschland) [Collection of floating debris in the eastern part of the East Frisian North Sea island of Juist (Lower Saxony, Germany)]
: photo by 4028mdk09, 25 September 2010



Und ihrer Gottesbilder auch dich begräbt,

..Denn lang schon einsam stehst du, o Stolz der Welt,

....Die nicht mehr ist.



And their statues of gods; for long now you have stood lonely, O pride of the world that is no more.


Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843): from Der Neckar [The Neckar], 1800



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Treibgut auf dem Neckar [Floating debris on the River Neckar]
: photo by 4028mdk09, 7 March 2010

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Rubbish floating on the River Lea, London
: photo by Iridescenti, 20 September 2007

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Gesammelter Müll nach Sturm, fertig zum Abtransport, fotografiert auf der ostfriesischen Nordseeinsel Juist (Niedersachsen, Deutschland) [
Garbage collected after a storm, ready for shipment, photographed on the East Frisian North Sea island of Juist (Lower Saxony, Germany)]: photo by 4028mdk09, 5 October 2009

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Plastic pollution, Gallipoli
: photo by Nevit, 2007

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Marine debris, St. John's Point, County Down, Northern Ireland
: photo by Ardfern, 5 October 2009

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Pollution: a Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) has built a nest using plastic garbage: photo by Thue, 28 May 2005

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Flotsam collected on beaches on Tern Island in French Frigate Shoals over one month: items collected were 288 miscellaneous plastic pieces, 13 fishing floats, 33 plastic bottles, two toys, 1 lightstick, 34 bottle caps, 1 lighter, 2 balls, 5 shoes, 3 fluorescent bulbs, 3 regular lightbulbs, 19 glass bottles, 1 metal flask, two baskets, 21 pieces of rope, one large (3 square foot) net ball and one large piece of styrofoam
: photo by Duncan Wright, U.S Fish & Wildlife Service, June 2006

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Marine debris on beach of Henderson, Pitcairn Islands
: photo by American, April 2001

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Marine debris on the beach of Green island, Kure Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
: photo by Keeley Belva, 23 July 2007 (NOAA)

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Brown Boobies (Sula leucogaster) sitting on marine debris, Green Island, Kure Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
: photo by Dr. Dwayne Meadows, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service; image by Telim tor, 2009