New Island
New Island is the most southwesterly island of the Falklands Islands. Like the rest of the Falklands, New Island does not have any native trees.
Interestingly, although the Falklands are usually very windy, the islands have a narrow temperature range. The Falklands are about as close to the South Pole as London is to the North Pole, but the climate is temperate year-round. It rarely snows, and when it does, it rarely sticks.
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webbie
love this..makes me want too lean back and watch the grass move in the wind.
John Douglas replied
thansk glad it came across – that’s just what I did
Susan Grissom
lovely, not what I imagined the Falklands to be like
John Douglas replied
ots of the islands that comprise the Falklands have only one or two families/people living on them, quite beautiful to see rolling grassy hills and clear clean colours, a treat
webbie
well too artist who thanks alive LOL…
John Douglas replied
good to be alive and thankful for it :)
webbie
Amen..God blessed us with his love of color and nature..I tell people in yak chat God maded the rainbow I just borrow his colors.
John Douglas replied
that’s a nice way to see things
Silvia Manuela
I can feel the sense of freedom
John Douglas replied
thanks silvia – I could have stayed here a long time – favourite landscapes are grassy plains like this and big dramatics – both give great joy
pinkyjain
So beautiful, looks so free & clean, love the cloud cover in the distance
John Douglas replied
thanks . yes, I wanted to be able fly here, and almost felt like I could. What all life should be like, ideally
H M Bascom
How unusual – no trees. A most interesting description. I did not know this about this island. Fantastic shot. It is expansive., yet the eye is drawn into that corridor just left of center and into the mist far away. John this is a beautiful piece of photography.
H M Bascom
I just have to add this comment as well: You have taken what most would see as a barren, uninteresting land and shown us what a beautiful, wind swept vista this place is. How fortunate that you were there to see it yourself. And how kind of you to show it to us who may never get the chance.
John Douglas replied
Thansk very much Helen, am glad it came across. I love “empty” places like this. I think you capture this sense very well in your urbanscapes also, one reason I love them so much, as well as the amazing social statements you make with them.
Marion Cullen
This just speaks to me of indefinite vastness and freedom, space to be oneself in.
John Douglas replied
Thanks, that was same for me – I love spaces like this.
avalyn
What a wonderful evocative stretch of wind and sky. Want to run here… delicious!
John Douglas replied
yes it’s a lovely place makes me want to run through or fly backwards and forwards over!
Michael Beers
Thank you
John Douglas replied
:)