mart360

Got sent these links the other day

Some superb photography

Detroit after the bubble burst

Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre Photography - The Ruins of Detroit

Pollution in China

Amazing Pictures, Pollution in China | ChinaHush

(Some graphic images in this one)

Mart

pimmo2000

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shame really...

FlightMan

Some deeply depressing images there.

paulwrxboro

thats amazing, nice find

The Dogs B******s

As above

Myles

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Once magnificent buildings left to crumble. Some stunning interiors as well as exteriors. Such workmanship shall never be seen again, because we are now being presented with 'monstrous carbuncles' penned by pretentious architects for egomaniacs. When I say this I am thinking of places like Doha, Qatar. Bloody awful buildings, one trying to outdo the next, whose sum total is gawdy brickwork trying to wow the masses.

A rambling personal comment, but I know what I mean!

SirFozzalot

Wow! Like a huge horror or apocalyptic movie set!

An "urban explorers" dream city!

Hard to believe this is a city in the US, more like something you would expect to find in a remote part of Russia! (reminds me of Pripyat)

SirFozzalot

The pollution pics are pretty fierce!

This stuff annoys me though.....there are countries doing this to the planet and I'm made to feel guilty for leaving my TV on standby!!!

Myles

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I personally think the pics of Pripyat are as close to being in a nightmare when you are awake. Truly terrifying pictures.

SirFozzalot

Agreed. There's something about that place that makes me keep on looking at the pictures though.

Myles

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abandonedplaces: Ukraine, Pripyat. 2009
Why did I look again, no sleep tonight!

SirFozzalot

Amazing....A lot of pics I hadn't seen there.

Steve vRS

You are quite right. I work in the chemical industry and the efforts we go to in the UK to ensure that nothing leaves our sites is incredible. Then production is moved by companies to China as the costs are lower.

I can't be too hypocritical though, and neither can most people, as everyone likes cheap consumer goods.

Steve

hodgy0_2

capitalism takes no prisoners

Markus

The pictures of Detroit don't overly shock me as it is well known for being very run down and deprived, well, at least on this side of the water it is. It is a shame though as it was a vibrant place with fantastic architecture which is now just crumbling away.

Clarebabes

What do you mean by "graphic images"? Just wondering whether to click it or not!

Funkii Munkii

No dead bodies to worry about, just imense poverty

Leslie

I find both sets of pictures upsetting. The first set is disappointing to see such waste, and the second set are so revealing about the attitude of the government towards the peoples' welfare.

Les

+Doc+

Thought provoking images, thanks for sharing.

Clarebabes

OK, I looked. That's horrible. All that pollution! What are we doing about it? We are continuing to cause those comapnies to pollute due to wanting cheap goods. The reason China can sell products so cheaply is because of not having the same rules as us. It just seems so unfair!

stilover

On the other hand, they do have Eminem.

mickywrx

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Looks like Gateshead.

GC8WRX

There are some buildings in there that are in cod 4, i used to snipe from the bulding with the empty swimming pool on the map called block!

It looked exactly the same, even down to the sharp drop to the deep end and the diving boards!

Lee247

The pollution in China was very disturbing

Makes a mockery of us turning off lights, tv etc, to save the earth.

WRX_Dazza

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GHOST TOWN - KiddofSpeed - Chernobyl Pictures - Kidofspeed - Elena

M444GY

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very good find . looks earie as **** that place