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50 Times Nature Won The Battle Against Civilization (New Pics)
We humans often build roads and bridges, canals and ports, even entire cities at the expense of the environment. But nature isn't planning on giving up. On the contrary, it is determined to persevere, showing just how fragile our creations are.
Maybe you remember our earlier list on Mother Nature reclaiming its territories, maybe not, but time passes and bricks continue to crumble, so Bored Panda decided to refresh your memory on the topic.
We put together a new batch of photos to show that nature is a force to be reckoned with and that ultimately, the world belongs to it. As much as we would like to think otherwise.
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#1
Tree That Grew From The Inside Of An Abandoned Chimney
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#2
The Gate Keeper At The Abandoned Putzar Castle In Germany
#3
Found This Beautiful Tree Growing Inside An Abandoned Silo While I Was Exploring
#4
This Chinese Fishing Village Was Abandon In The 1990s. Nature Has All But Reclaimed It (Houtouwan, China)
#5
Old Shiva Temple Firmly Embraced By The Sacred Bodhi Tree In Bangladesh
#6
This Tree Grew Inside The Stop Sign
#7
Railroad Tracks In The Forest (Taiwan)
#8
This Vine Climbed Up A Chair To Silence My Wind Chime
#9
Boat Wreck Reclaimed By Nature And Turned Into An Island
#10
Abandoned Synagogue
#11
Abandoned Castle In Ireland
#12
Real Grass Growing Through The Fake Grass
#13
A Friend Found This Out Hiking And Posted It On FB, Thought It Was Pretty Cool
I'm assuming the fabric and padding created a moist coarse surface for the moss to exploit.
Julia Atkinson 5 years ago
It's a sad reflection on our society that even muppets can be murdered and dumped in the woods. Netflix docuseries coming soon
#14
The Roots Grow According To The Pavement Pattern
#15
An Agave Growing Massive In This Long-Abandoned Greenhouse
#16
Found A Tree Growing Through A Stone Wall
Julia Atkinson 5 years ago
Tree: "I'll just squeeze through here..." * inhales, tucks branches in*
#17
Tree Growing Around A Hiking Sign
#18
130,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Skull Encased In Stalagmites, Found In A Sinkhole In A Cave In Italy
#19
Abandoned Bridge In New Zealand
Linus Nilsson 5 years ago (edited)
I like the thought behind this. People obviously needed to cross at this place urgently enough to build a bridge. And then they didn't.
#20
This Tree Has Grown Round The Railing
#21
Ghostly Overgrown Villa In Germany
William Faulk 5 years ago
It's sad, that most of these places are in Germany, or somewhere in that area.
#23
This Oak Tree Growing Through A Railing
#24
Becoming One With Nature
#25
Nature Wins Again. Found This While Hiking In Boothbay, Maine
Serial pacifist 5 years ago
It looks like the tree is about to chew up and swallow the tombstone of mister Alfred Caswell.
#26
This Overgrown Boat We Saw. Nature Ship "Ms Heimliche Liebe"
#27
This Abandoned Greenhouse
Julia Atkinson 5 years ago (edited)
Legend has it that if you visit this place at midnight on June 21st you will see the ghost of Mr Robert Lloyd proposing marriage to the ghost of Miss Violet Carstairs on her 21st birthday. Tragically, six weeks later they both died in a freak pruning accident
#28
This Plant Has Been Trying To Stealthily Steal My Broom For Months
#29
Mossy Initiation Path In The Quinta Da Regaleira, Portugal
kristy sickles 5 years ago (edited)
Honest question...What would have been the purpose for building this?
#30
Radioactive Cars From The Fukushima Disaster Slowly Being Eaten By Nature
#31
House Abandoned And Retaken By The Desert In California
#32
Quasi-Legible Moss Growing In The Letters Of This Fallen Tombstone
#33
A Piano Left To Nature
#34
Fern Growing Under A Circular Roof Hole
#35
Abandoned Roller Coaster Being Taken Over By Nature
#36
Nature Took Over. 1965 vs. 2012
#37
Ivy Overtaking A Car
#38
Abandoned Place Reclaimed By Nature
#39
MS World Discoverer Was A German Expedition Cruise Ship. It Hit A Uncharted Reef In The Sandfly Passage, Solomon Islands, 29 April, 2000
#40
Abandoned Tank
#41
Took My Dad To See If His First Car Was Still Where He Left It When Its Engine Seized - 40 Years Ago. It Was
#42
A Tree Somehow Growing In A Mexico City's Pedestrian Bridge
#43
This Blanket Has Been Sitting Since October. A Species Of Creeping Ivy Started Growing Through It, But Only Thriving Where The Black Bands Of Color Are
#44
While My Sister Was On A Long Business Trip An Outdoor Plant Grew Indoors Through A Locked Window
#45
This Tree Swallowing A Trespassing Sign
#46
Apartment Complex In Keelung, Taiwan Slowly Overtaken By Trees
#47
Tree That Grew Through And Around A Wagon Wheel
#48
This Gate Has Been Open For So Long That A Bush Has Grown Around It
#49
Abandoned Paper Mill With Nature Starting To Take Over
#50
Hotel In Southern Europe
#51
Waterway Underneath An Old Spanish Arms Factory Being Overtaken By Nature: Like A Scene From LoTR
Elli Rahim 5 years ago
If you wait till nightfall, in the moonlight, the Elven runes appear. Speak Friend and enter.
#52
Reclamation In Overdrive, New Orleans
#53
Jet Graveyard
Oskar vanZandt 5 years ago
I find it interesting that these "graveyards" even exist... I guess it's not worthwhile recycling the materials otherwise it would have been done already.
#54
This Abandoned Railroad In Hemlock Forest Taiwan
#55
Old Hotel Room (Europe, 2012)
#56
WW2 Bomber Being Swallowed Up By Jungle Undergrowth. Photos By Bruce Mcpherson
Robert Thomas 5 years ago
I AM AN ABSOLUTE FAN OF THESE PLANES IT LOOKS SO COOL AND ITS FIRE POWER IS INCREDIBLE
#57
Cactus Growing Out Of A Water Pipe
#58
This Ruined Church With A Tree Growing In The Middle
#59
A Tree Growing In An Abandoned Mansion
#60
Abandoned And Overgrown College In Gali, Abkhazia
Paul Budhram 5 years ago
Georgia the country I believe if you were wondering what "Abkhazia" was
#61
Abandoned Intersection Near Ottawa
#62
Abandoned Soviet Monument In Krasnodar, Russia
Kathryn Baylis 5 years ago
This, and what it symbolized, can rot for all I care. The old Soviet system was oppressive, repressive, soul-sucking, and dangerous for anyone who didn’t toe their very narrow line. Let it die out.
#63
This House Belongs To The Trees Now
#64
This Tree Grew Inside An Old Silo And Finally Made It To The Top
#65
Mushrooms Growing Out Of A Scooter Seat
#66
Abandoned Cars In The Ardennes
#67
Nature Takes Everything Back Eventually
Linus Nilsson 5 years ago (edited)
*insert joke of communal transport never being on time here*
#68
Abandoned Poolhouse Overgrown By Plants
#69
This Tree That Has Absorbed Its Bench Over The Years
#70
My Great Aunts House Slowly Being Reclaimed By Nature Taken On My Trip To Mexico Last Year
#71
Abandoned Cottage In England
Oskar vanZandt 5 years ago
Some nice collectibles to be had in there! That oil lamp would come up a treat with some TLC...
#72
Mother Nature Always Wins
Linus Nilsson 5 years ago
Ok, now it's just being childish. It had a perfectly nice pot to grow in
#73
This Is Insane
#74
Just Some Grass Growing On A Lawnmower
#75
This Weed Growing Inside My Patio Fell Over Then Continued Growing Upwards
#76
Unabandoned Train Station
Oskar vanZandt 5 years ago
I think the UK government made a mistake closing minor railway routes in the UK... now they want to put in HS2: high speed rail network to connect northern urban centers with London. that will cost many billions of pounds and will destroy a multitude of both inhabited (by human beings) and natural areas.
#77
Alcatraz Island
#78
A Vine Grew Up My Basketball Hoop
#79
This Cool Gravestone That Nature's Reclaimed
#80
Tree Growing Around A Letterbox
#81
The Way How The Tree Roots Grow Follows The Gaps Between Bricks
Myrtle Yoma 5 years ago (edited)
The tree roots are beautiful; the title is bothering me more than it should
#82
The New World Mall, In Bangkok, Was Closed In 1997 After It Was Found To Have Breached Building Regulations
#83
Due To The Quarantine, Nature Is Starting To Reclaim The Stairwells At The University Where I Work
#84
Low Mileage Driver
#85
Sidewalk In São Paulo, Brazil, Completely Ruined By Roots That Grew Over Time
#86
Abandoned Railroad Tracks In Forest
#87
Abandoned Wagakawa Hydro Power Plant, Japan
#88
Trees Growing Through This Car
Oskar vanZandt 5 years ago (edited)
That car was a beauty a long, long time ago... Car's ghost singing "A long, long time ago I can still remember how that music used to make me smile/And I knew if I had my chance/That I could make those people dance/And maybe they'd be happy for a while..." (Thank you Mr D. McLean for those poignant lyrics)
#89
This Tree Growing Through A Fence
#90
Gates Only Unlock On One Side, Causing That Half The Path To Grow Wild
Kathryn Baylis 5 years ago
Cool, but why? What’s the point of a gate for a two-lane pathway that only locks on one side?
#91
The Inside Of A Castle Near Where I Live, Ireland
Kathryn Baylis 5 years ago
Wonder about the family that lived there. Whatever happened to them, and when and why did they abandon their home?
#92
Abandoned Altar In The Woods
#93
This Car Was Left On My Grandparents’ Property When They Bought It
#94
Abandoned Hospital In Khovrino, Moscow
#95
This Tree That Grew Over A Parking Sign Over The Years
Oskar vanZandt 5 years ago
Some trees like Sycamores- which I think this may be- grow very quickly...
#96
Stumbled Upon This While Surveying In Upstate New York
Kathryn Baylis 5 years ago (edited)
Wonder what kind of building it was, back when it was still alive, and if good or bad things happened there.
#97
The Royal Alexandra Nursing Home In Paisley, Scotland
Oskar vanZandt 5 years ago
I had some weeds/miniature trees removed that had taken root in the shared gutter between mine and my neighbour's property... it doesn't take long!
#98
A Vine Grew Around This Beer Bottle Left Out Overnight After A Party
#99
This Car Has Grass Growing Through The Hood
#100
There's A Plant Growing Inside The McDonald's Drive Through Order Screen
#101
Pool Being Swallowed By Ivy Inside The Abandoned Days Inn Hotel In PA
#102
Abandoned Water Park In Florida
Oskar vanZandt 5 years ago
Think we'll be seeing more abandoned amusement facilities as a result of the COVID-19 as travel/leisure businesses go bust.
#103
The Way This Weed Grew In The Past 2 Years. Walked By It Every Morning Since It Was A Baby Weed. This Goes To Show You, The Power Of Nature In A Small Sense
Elli Rahim 5 years ago
Then we should clear the paths for these arboreal giants whose ancestors were there before the sidewalks.
#104
Weeds Were Growing Out Of My Dad's Car
#105
I Found A Road Being Reclaimed By Nature
#106
A Fascinating Look At How This Tree Grew Around An Old Fire Hydrant
#107
Photo I Took Of The Water Slides
#108
Abandoned President Heads
#109
Something Started Growing Under Our Wall
#110
Abandoned Drive-In Theatre
Oskar vanZandt 5 years ago
I went to a Drive-In a few times as a teenager... Home video killed them and small independent cinemas. Now with the effect of COVID-19, even large cinema conglomerates are at risk of closure.
#111
Invasive Plant Growing Up Through My Driveway
Samantha Lomb 5 years ago
Japanese knot weed? hat stuff tanks property values cause it is almost impossible to kill and destroys paving and foundations
#112
This Tree That Grew Through A Fence
#113
Abandoned Polar Bear Enclosure. Vancouver, BC
Kathryn Baylis 5 years ago
Good. Polar bears and all other wild animals should be left in the wild—-left alone there. Any that are rescued and can’t be released back should live in sanctuaries specifically designed for them to live as wild as possible, yet still be kept safe, secure, well cared for, appreciated, protected, and most of all loved.
#114
Abandoned Ford Bronco In The Woods
#115
Abandoned Machinery, Romania
Linus Nilsson 5 years ago
At the rate things are being built around here, this might as well be a normal construction
#116
Plants Growing On My Old Chair
WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago
And than there are people, planting expensive plants, mulching, composting, weeding, watering and the plant dies.
#117
This Abandoned Shoe I Found Deep In The Forest
#118
There Is A Chair Near My Local Train Station Which Is So Old That There Is Moss Growing On It
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Hooked 5 years ago
Wholesome post. Sigh......now I want to travel everywhere to see these with my own eyes !
William Faulk 5 years ago
Me too! (as long as i dont have to go into that creepy tricell hospital.
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Radek Suski 5 years ago
Best evidence that climate change isn't going to kill the planet. It might kill us, but the planet will survive
Freya the Wanderer 5 years ago
A lot of these could have been stills from "Life After People."
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Hooked 5 years ago
Wholesome post. Sigh......now I want to travel everywhere to see these with my own eyes !
William Faulk 5 years ago
Me too! (as long as i dont have to go into that creepy tricell hospital.
Load More Replies... Radek Suski 5 years ago
Best evidence that climate change isn't going to kill the planet. It might kill us, but the planet will survive
Freya the Wanderer 5 years ago
A lot of these could have been stills from "Life After People."
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