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Photos: Reclaimed by Nature

Photos: Reclaimed by Nature

Published by Daniella Wilson

VCG via Getty Abandoned oil tanks are covered by flourishing ivy plants in Huai an, Jiangsu province, China, seen on May 9, 2023. Artem Priakhin / SOPA Images / LightRocket / Getty A discarded sneaker, covered in thick layers of green moss, rests on a fallen tree branch in a public park on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, Russia, on April 8, 2026. CFoto / Sipa USA / Reuters Young trees sprout up within the unfinished Evergrande Cultural Tourism City project in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu province, China on September 5, 2024. The project was originally planned as a world-class fairy-tale themed park—a competitor to Shanghai Disneyland—meant to open in 2021. Christoph Hardt / IMAGO / Panama Pictures / Reuters Thick ivy covers a streetlight in Frechen, Germany, seen on July 26, 2024. Saeed Khan / AFP / Getty An aerial view of the abandoned MS World Discoverer cruise ship, stranded in shallow water in Roderick Bay in the Solomon Islands, seen on on April 20, 2024. The ship struck a rock during a cruise in …

I reclaimed 35 GB on my Pixel 9 without deleting a single photo

I reclaimed 35 GB on my Pixel 9 without deleting a single photo

Published by skeptic

I noticed that my Pixel 9 was using 91 GB out of its 128 GB total. That’s a little over 70%, so I figured I’d dive in and figure out what I could delete, without having to do the time-honored “delete all my photos” dance that we’ve been using since phones had cameras. Sometimes, you’ll get a “storage almost full” warning when you’re about to shoot a video, download a system update, or even install a new app. It can be frustrating. It’s generally not your photos, though: it’s all that hidden junk. Here are a few targeted steps to use on your own Pixel (you can do similar things on most other flavors of Android, too) without touching a single precious memory. Related 7 Ways to Free Up Storage Space on Google Photos Need to reduce the amount of space you’re using in Google Photos? Here are ways to reclaim storage space. Check what’s actually eating your storage A little detective work First up, head into Settings > Storage to see the biggest offenders. …

Abandoned UK village being reclaimed by nature is ‘vast, wild and fascinating’ | UK | News

Abandoned UK village being reclaimed by nature is ‘vast, wild and fascinating’ | UK | News

Published by Sam Flores

A remote phone box near the lost village (Image: Eryl Crump) In the far western reaches of the UK is a small village home to around 2,000 people. Other than being surrounded by outstanding natural beauty on all sides, it appears at first glance to be fairly unremerkable and no different from hundreds of other villages around the country.  But where this village differs from almost all others is that this is not its original location. In fact, it was moved here wholesale from a location a little to the east around a century ago. The ruins of its original site, including cottages and even a villa, can still be seen and one explorer has gone as far as describing the site as a “Welsh Angkor Wat”. Read more: I asked experts what to do if someone parks on my drive — all gave same answer Read more: Heart surgeon settles debate on whether red wine is good for you Ruins of Plas Talysarn, a Victorian villa that was abandoned as an adjacent quarry expande …