Where No Humans Go

I posted a few days ago about the ship that nature reclaimed as a floating forest. These photos below were taken of places abandoned by humans and now nest in the landscape of the world. From amusement parks to factories to temples, these places were once centers of human life, now silent except for the flapping of wings and the seemingly harsh click of a shutter. Eerily tranquil is how I would describe them:
Nara Dreamland, Japan (steampunkopera.files.wordpress.com)
Kolmanskop, Namib Desert (photography.nationalgeographic.com)
Ankgor Wat, Cambodia (theglobalpanorama.com) 
Sunken Yacht, Antartica (ruschili.35photo.ru)

The Maunsell Sea Forts, England (fivelightsdown.squarespace.com)
 Czestochwa, Poland's Abandoned Train Depot (nedhardy.com)

Holland Island, Chesapeake Bay (baldeaglebluff)
 Bodiam Castle, East Sussex, England (commons.wikimedia.org)

 Russian Military Missile Factory (lana-sator.livejournal.com)
Cooling Tower of an Abandoned Power Plant (flickr.com)
Keelung, Taiwan (flickr.com)

El Hotel Del Salto, Colombia (alveart)
via myscienceacademy.org

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Anonymous said…
The Kolmanskop, Namib Desert photo reminds me of the Idan Raichel Project's video for "Chalomot Shel Acheirim" . :)
January 29, 2014 at 2:10 PM
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