Close outdoor photograph of a thick tree trunk with a large branch forking to the right, its bark rough and grey-brown with a small hollow and a tiny orange-and-black insect or nest opening near the branch junction. A vertical green metal pole stands in the foreground on the right. Blurred green foliage and sunlit leaves fill the background. No people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close outdoor photograph of a thick tree trunk with a large branch forking to the right, its bark rough and grey-brown with a small hollow and a tiny orange-and-black insect or nest opening near the branch junction. A vertical green metal pole stands in the foreground on the right. Blurred green foliage and sunlit leaves fill the background. No people are visible.

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