Under all that was

Overhead view of a pale white butterfly lying still on the surface of a shallow pond, surrounded by reeds, algae, bubbles, and decaying plant matter.

Under all that was. 2019.

From above, the lake turns into something closer to a chalk drawing than a place on a map. The little scrub island feels like it is being slowly erased, ring by ring, as mineral traces spread out around it.

The land records every season as a faint line of colour. Seen from ground level this was just a scrappy patch of salt and weeds. From the air it becomes a quiet orbit, a reminder of how much history sits just under the surface.

24 mm • f/6.3 • 1/1250 sec • ISO 100

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