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Urban sprawl is pushing into coastal vegetation where a large plot has been cleared down to bare red laterite soil. Mature trees have been topped and left standing, stripped of canopy but rooted in place. Yellow elder (Tecoma stans) blooms in the foreground. A sugar palm (Borassus flabellifer) rises behind it. This wildland-urban interface is under visible pressure, the elevated position and a glimpse of sea through remaining trees pointing to development steadily eroding one of southern Thailand's most biodiverse island landscapes. Wide angle handheld, static horizontal. Location: Ko Lanta, Krabi Province, Thailand.