A flock of pelicans congregate on the shore of Lake Manyas (Manyas Gölü in Turkish), where decreasing water levels caused by severe drought are threatening the habitats of migratory birds, #Turkey

Photograph: Ekrem Sahin/Anadolu/Getty Images

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September 24, 1983, 42 years + 1 week ago today: From the bank, it all looked so peaceful. Golden sun-drops swirled innocently over foam-flecked blue and soft breezes stirred the pines. The initial fifteen or twenty yards to the gravel bar was almost anticlimactic. The current was strong, but the water was barely ankle-deep.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Maine #nature #lakes #forest #rivers #adventure #AppalachianTrail

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