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17:53 | 03-07-2010 | Architecture, Geography, Lifeform | 2 Comments
опять родимые пятна цивилизации:
Gunkanjima – every urban explorer’s dream. A deserted island of concrete ruins slowly crumbling away off the West coast of Japan.
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Gunkanjima – literally ‘Battleship Island’ – is the nickname for Hashima Island, named so because it has an uncanny resemblance to a military warship. Once just a small reef, the discovery of coal in 1810 led to the installation of mining facilities and eventually gave rise to a population, all densely packed into a self-contained metropolis.
а дальше — все предсказуемо:
But by 1974, the dream was gone. Petroleum came in place of coal, the mines were shut down and the now jobless workers were forced to leave. In a matter of days the island was deserted – everything left exactly as it was, to slumber eternally in the same position like a broken clock face.
зато красивые фотографии.
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