Zagora: panoramas before and after site clearing

by Irma Havlicek
Powerhouse Museum Online Producer

I showed some photos in an earlier post about the site clearing we did in order to enable the geophysical work to be done.

Here are some before and after panoramas, taken by Hugh Thomas, which give a better idea of the scale of site clearing that was done in the first week of the project.

Before:

Panorama of the north-eastern part of Zagora before clearing
Panorama of the north-eastern part of Zagora before clearing; © AAIA; photo by Hugh Thomas

After:

Panorama of the north-eastern part of Zagora after clearing
Panorama of the north-eastern part of Zagora after clearing; © AAIA; photo by Hugh Thomas

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2 thoughts on “Zagora: panoramas before and after site clearing”

    • Yes – a number 1! But with all the rain we had last week, there is already quite a lot of regrowth – and the colour is changing from yellow to green. I’ve been photographing the transformation and plan to get some photos up down the track.

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