The not so often seen views of detroit
 

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

shame really...

Some deeply depressing images there.

thats amazing, nice find :thumb:

As above

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!

Wow! Like a huge horror or apocalyptic movie set! :eek:

An "urban explorers" dream city! :thumb:

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)

The pollution pics are pretty fierce! :eek:

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!!! :mad: :rolleyes: :mad:

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

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

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

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

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

capitalism takes no prisoners

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.

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

No dead bodies to worry about, just imense poverty

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

Thought provoking images, thanks for sharing.

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!

On the other hand, they do have Eminem. :thumb:

http://photos.streamphoto.ru/c/b/a/5...9a5ed47abc.jpg

Looks like Gateshead. :D

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!

The pollution in China was very disturbing :(

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

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very good find . looks earie as fook that place