A photograph of a weathered sandstone temple gateway in an Angkor-style ruin, overgrown by tall trees whose trunks and roots rise over the crumbling upper tower. Carved relief panels frame a dark doorway with a small rope barrier and a small sign in front. Green moss and lichen cover the stones, and no people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a weathered sandstone temple gateway in an Angkor-style ruin, overgrown by tall trees whose trunks and roots rise over the crumbling upper tower. Carved relief panels frame a dark doorway with a small rope barrier and a small sign in front. Green moss and lichen cover the stones, and no people are visible.

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A photograph of a large strangler fig tree whose massive grey roots and trunk have grown over and around a weathered sandstone temple ruin. Thick buttress roots wrap and pull apart moss-covered stone walls and doorways, with a cracked lintel and dark recessed openings beneath. Tall trees and dense green foliage fill the background, and a worn stone stele stands at the lower left on the grass. No people are visible.

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A photograph of an overgrown Angkor-style temple ruin in Cambodia. A large tree with thick, aerial roots grows against a weathered sandstone wall on the left, its branches spreading over the path. Moss-covered stone blocks and carved doorways line a sandy path that leads toward further ruined structures on the right, under dense green canopy. No people are visible.

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A photograph of a massive strangler fig tree growing over the weathered sandstone walls of an ancient temple ruin. Its thick, pale, twisting trunk and aerial roots wrap around and spill down over moss-covered stone blocks, with doorway openings visible at the base. The bright white sky and green foliage frame the tree at the top. No people are visible in the scene.

A photograph of a ruined stone temple at an Angkor-style site, overgrown with moss and green patina. A massive tree with thick, buttress-like roots and pale grey trunk grows directly through and over the crumbling sandstone structure, its roots wrapping the walls and spilling across the sandy ground. Doorways and window openings are dark and empty, and carved decorative panels remain on the left wall. Scattered fallen stones lie in the foreground on the earth. No people are visible, and no a person candidate appears in the scene.

Weathered sandstone temple ruins of Angkor-style architecture overgrown with tall trees whose trunks and roots grow over and through the stonework. Carved bas-relief decoration and moss-stained blocks are visible on the walls and towers under bright daylight and a pale sky. No people are present.

A photograph of a weathered sandstone temple wall in dense jungle at an Angkor-style ruin. Massive fig tree roots and buttress-like trunks wrap around the wall and drape over two carved balustrade windows with turned stone colonnettes. Lichen and moss cover the grey blocks, and ferns and foliage crowd the base. No people are visible.

A tall, slender tree with a thick grey trunk and sprawling buttress roots rises from crumbling sandstone temple ruins. Carved stone walls and towers, partly covered in moss and vegetation, surround the trunk. Several visitors stand near a rope barrier at the base of the tree, including a man in a white t-shirt with a necklace, a person in a red-and-white striped shirt, a person in a light top, and others in dark and light clothing on the right. Green canopy and bright sky fill the upper frame.