Recently I found two different web sites about abandoned places. The photos are very compelling, giving you a sense of lives past, belongings left behind.
Gunkanjima - Views of an Abandoned Island: A little-known island off the coast of Japan that was basically a mining town. Abandoned in 1974.
Elena's Motorcyle Ride through Chernobyl: Chernobyl is of course well-known, but this photo journal is just amazing. There are so many stories of people's lives, and what they had to abandon.
If you have some time to be thoughtful and introspective, these sites are well worth looking at.
Sunday, May 23, 2004
Monday, May 17, 2004
The Plague
The plague of cicadas is upon us. The eerie sound can be heard in the morning. I think the sound has been used in very old science finction movies.
The cicadas have been living underground for 17 years, probably sucking sap from tree roots (or so I am told). They come out of little holes in the ground, crawl up a tree, and lose their old shell. After their wings expand and dry out, they are ready to mate, lay eggs, and be eaten. The must be quite tasty (at least my dog seems to think so).
See The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology's Periodical Cicada Page for more information.
The cicadas have been living underground for 17 years, probably sucking sap from tree roots (or so I am told). They come out of little holes in the ground, crawl up a tree, and lose their old shell. After their wings expand and dry out, they are ready to mate, lay eggs, and be eaten. The must be quite tasty (at least my dog seems to think so).
See The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology's Periodical Cicada Page for more information.
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