This fascinating series of photographs shows what happens when humankind abandons its structures. They have an eerie beauty, modelled, moulded and affected by weather, and the natural world around them.
It is an interesting idea, in an idle way, to wonder how long it would take for most or all of humanity’s structures to be overtaken by the natural planet should we all somehow suddenly disappear. We reckon within a couple of hundred years you almost wouldn’t know we’d been here at all. For those afflicted by human hubris, that’s a sobering thought.
Our favourite is the Hotel in Columbia. Yours?
Abandoned Blade Mill, France
Abandoned city of Keelung, Taiwan
Abandoned dome houses in Southwest Florida
Abandoned 1886 mil in Sorrento, Italy
Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Christ of the Abyss at San Fruttuoso, Italy
Abandoned train depot, Częstochowa, Poland
El Hotel del Salto, Colombia
Fishing hut on a lake in Germany
Holland Island, Chesapeake Bay, USA
Kolmanskop. Namib Desert, Namibia
Military rocket factory, Russia
Maunsell Sea Forts, Redsands, Thames Estuary, England
Sunken yacht, Antarctica
The remains of the SS Ayrfield in Homebush Bay, Sydney, Australia
Car graveyard, Chatillon, Belgium
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Yes, I like the hotel in Colombia too. Even uninhabitable, it makes me want to stay there.
Did you by any chance also see this complex? Some of these are so ancient I don’t know whether to root for the jungle or the temples.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3249024/Disappearing-world-Pictured-crumbling-village-temples-reclaimed-Myanmar-jungle-reached-boat.html
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Amazing – thanks for the link! No, I hadn’t seen that before, and yes, I understand your point.
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Have you ever heard of Centralia, Pennsylvania? A mine fire started there in 1962. It is still burning. Today there are fewer than a dozen residents who refuse to leave, despite state efforts to relocate them. Here is a link to one of the best websites about the nearly-abandoned town. Check out especially the series of photos of the graffiti-covered remains of old Route 61. http://www.centraliapa.org/
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No, I was not aware, thanks for the link!
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