{"id":51605,"date":"2015-06-24T06:56:33","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T12:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/24\/mysterious-forest-is-mysterious.html"},"modified":"2015-06-24T06:56:33","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T12:56:33","slug":"mysterious-forest-is-mysterious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/24\/mysterious-forest-is-mysterious.html","title":{"rendered":"Mysterious forest is mysterious"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because of how the folk around this forest harvested wood for charcoal, the trees here have an eerie, elongated look. Throw in mist and moss and all you need are some supernatural critters wandering about to make for a fine fantasy set piece.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2015\/06\/foggy-basque-forests-oskar-zapirain\/?mc_cid=dccce7910c&#038;mc_eid=ce9e1166be'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/r5E_3njyvAxaRiErlW1iS5xt7nDES-grlhK-CiQ34cGTcW75urHF-1M5_hUV1Er-HIu4k0vmFzFy-FQAVSvpvIPOxtGM5m3AWK8eNp7Yg3SietR3eD4=w506-h303' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2015\/06\/foggy-basque-forests-oskar-zapirain\/?mc_cid=dccce7910c&#038;mc_eid=ce9e1166be'>Foggy Forests of Ancient Trees Pruned for Charcoal in Basque Country Photographed by Oskar Zapirain<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nOskar Zapirain&#8217;s photographs capture eerie forests cast in thick fog, hazy light descending upon the foliage in the same green shade that blankets the floor in moss. Zapirain has been attracted to this landscape for years because of the homogenous light as well as the way it forces the\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/aidjT1wFQcp'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because of how the folk around this forest harvested wood for charcoal, the trees here have an eerie, elongated look. Throw in mist and moss and all you need are some supernatural critters wandering about to make for a fine fantasy set piece. 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