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Erebus
 Post subject: Re: Landscapes
PostPosted: 09 Nov 2011, 23:26 
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jackson wrote:
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Urban:

1. Abandoned places (rust covered industrial facilites, military objects, abandoned factories and mental hospitals - doing urbexing for some time).


Yes, I'm very much into urban decay type landscapes too.



what about Urban Exploration? :)


Doing this for some time. Gonna' post some pics from my trips tomorrow.

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Likewise, deep in the mind of modern woman is the same hunter-gatherer calculator, too recently evolved to have changed much: strive to acquire a provider husband who will invest food and care in your children; strive to find a lover who can give those children first-class genes. Only if she is very lucky will they both be the same man . . . Men are to be exploited as providers of parental care, wealth and genes." - Matt Ridley "The Red Queen"

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 Post subject: Re: Landscapes
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I walked through a "haunted" abandonded children's hospital once. Unfortunately didn't own a camera at the time.
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I walked through a "haunted" abandonded children's hospital once. Unfortunately didn't own a camera at the time.


One of my favourite abandoned places is the old mental hospital 20 kilometres or so from my place of living. A couple of pics. Been there two times so far. Very creepy place with lovely atmosphere of total rust and decay.

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"He saw towers and walls in nighted depths under the sea, and vortices of space where wisps of black mist floated before thin shimmerings of cold purple haze. - H. P Lovecraft "The Haunter of the Dark".

"There has been no genetic change since we were hunter-gatherers, but deep in the mind of modern man is a simple hunter-gatherer rule: strive to acquire power and use it to lure women who will bear heirs; strive to acquire wealth and use it to buy affairs with other men’s wives who will bear bastards . . . Wealth and power are means to women; women are means to genetic eternity.

Likewise, deep in the mind of modern woman is the same hunter-gatherer calculator, too recently evolved to have changed much: strive to acquire a provider husband who will invest food and care in your children; strive to find a lover who can give those children first-class genes. Only if she is very lucky will they both be the same man . . . Men are to be exploited as providers of parental care, wealth and genes." - Matt Ridley "The Red Queen"

"Humor won’t save you; it doesn’t really do anything at all. You can look at life ironically for years, maybe decades; there are people who seem to go through most of their lives seeing the funny side, but in the end, life always breaks your heart. Doesn’t matter how brave you are, how reserved, or how much you’ve developed a sense of humor, you still end up with your heart broken. That’s when you stop laughing. In the end there’s just the cold, the silence and the loneliness. In the end, there’s only death." - Houellebecq

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http://vimeo.com/22439234


Absolutely hypnotic and jaw-droppingly beautiful. I am planning to visit Tenerife pretty soon and I want to climb Pico del Teide desperately. This is your film or made by your friend?

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Pico del Teide

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"He saw towers and walls in nighted depths under the sea, and vortices of space where wisps of black mist floated before thin shimmerings of cold purple haze. - H. P Lovecraft "The Haunter of the Dark".

"There has been no genetic change since we were hunter-gatherers, but deep in the mind of modern man is a simple hunter-gatherer rule: strive to acquire power and use it to lure women who will bear heirs; strive to acquire wealth and use it to buy affairs with other men’s wives who will bear bastards . . . Wealth and power are means to women; women are means to genetic eternity.

Likewise, deep in the mind of modern woman is the same hunter-gatherer calculator, too recently evolved to have changed much: strive to acquire a provider husband who will invest food and care in your children; strive to find a lover who can give those children first-class genes. Only if she is very lucky will they both be the same man . . . Men are to be exploited as providers of parental care, wealth and genes." - Matt Ridley "The Red Queen"

"Humor won’t save you; it doesn’t really do anything at all. You can look at life ironically for years, maybe decades; there are people who seem to go through most of their lives seeing the funny side, but in the end, life always breaks your heart. Doesn’t matter how brave you are, how reserved, or how much you’ve developed a sense of humor, you still end up with your heart broken. That’s when you stop laughing. In the end there’s just the cold, the silence and the loneliness. In the end, there’s only death." - Houellebecq

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Oh, I wish I could do things like that. It was made by veteran nature photographer/filmmaker Terje Sørgjerd. This guy is my hero. In the description of his last video, he says he sold most of his belongings in order to spend the next two years filming. :worship:

On the topic of abandoned places, guess where this is...

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Pripyat - Gamma Radiation City

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pripyat_%28city%29

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"He saw towers and walls in nighted depths under the sea, and vortices of space where wisps of black mist floated before thin shimmerings of cold purple haze. - H. P Lovecraft "The Haunter of the Dark".

"There has been no genetic change since we were hunter-gatherers, but deep in the mind of modern man is a simple hunter-gatherer rule: strive to acquire power and use it to lure women who will bear heirs; strive to acquire wealth and use it to buy affairs with other men’s wives who will bear bastards . . . Wealth and power are means to women; women are means to genetic eternity.

Likewise, deep in the mind of modern woman is the same hunter-gatherer calculator, too recently evolved to have changed much: strive to acquire a provider husband who will invest food and care in your children; strive to find a lover who can give those children first-class genes. Only if she is very lucky will they both be the same man . . . Men are to be exploited as providers of parental care, wealth and genes." - Matt Ridley "The Red Queen"

"Humor won’t save you; it doesn’t really do anything at all. You can look at life ironically for years, maybe decades; there are people who seem to go through most of their lives seeing the funny side, but in the end, life always breaks your heart. Doesn’t matter how brave you are, how reserved, or how much you’ve developed a sense of humor, you still end up with your heart broken. That’s when you stop laughing. In the end there’s just the cold, the silence and the loneliness. In the end, there’s only death." - Houellebecq

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So after losing/finishing my job at the end of November I decided to took some of my savings, left my home and went to Tenerife (Canary Islands) for one week. Being the person who enjoys travelling (visited around 30 foreign countries since my childhood) I found impossible to spent one year without travelling. My main goal was to climb the third highest volcano in the world Pico del Teide. So I went to Tenerife and spent some quality time there. My mood changed as I changed environement. I was peaceful, calm, relaxed and happy. Visited Santa Cruz, Puerto de la Cruz, Los Gigantes, Garachico, Teide National Park, Adeje, Los Cristianos, etc. Saw dolphins, orcas, dragon trees, seas of lava, majestic volcanic cliffs, Teide crater, etc. My next goal is to visit Lanzarote.

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"There has been no genetic change since we were hunter-gatherers, but deep in the mind of modern man is a simple hunter-gatherer rule: strive to acquire power and use it to lure women who will bear heirs; strive to acquire wealth and use it to buy affairs with other men’s wives who will bear bastards . . . Wealth and power are means to women; women are means to genetic eternity.

Likewise, deep in the mind of modern woman is the same hunter-gatherer calculator, too recently evolved to have changed much: strive to acquire a provider husband who will invest food and care in your children; strive to find a lover who can give those children first-class genes. Only if she is very lucky will they both be the same man . . . Men are to be exploited as providers of parental care, wealth and genes." - Matt Ridley "The Red Queen"

"Humor won’t save you; it doesn’t really do anything at all. You can look at life ironically for years, maybe decades; there are people who seem to go through most of their lives seeing the funny side, but in the end, life always breaks your heart. Doesn’t matter how brave you are, how reserved, or how much you’ve developed a sense of humor, you still end up with your heart broken. That’s when you stop laughing. In the end there’s just the cold, the silence and the loneliness. In the end, there’s only death." - Houellebecq

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subnormal wrote:
I walked through a "haunted" abandonded children's hospital once. Unfortunately didn't own a camera at the time.


I lived near a prominent UE landmark, an abandoned mental hospital, at the time of its demise in 2005 i did not have the means to get there even though it was literally 15 minutes away by wheels. kinda a shame.
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Bumping old thread.

Some volcanic images from Lanzarote taken with my camera.

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"He saw towers and walls in nighted depths under the sea, and vortices of space where wisps of black mist floated before thin shimmerings of cold purple haze. - H. P Lovecraft "The Haunter of the Dark".

"There has been no genetic change since we were hunter-gatherers, but deep in the mind of modern man is a simple hunter-gatherer rule: strive to acquire power and use it to lure women who will bear heirs; strive to acquire wealth and use it to buy affairs with other men’s wives who will bear bastards . . . Wealth and power are means to women; women are means to genetic eternity.

Likewise, deep in the mind of modern woman is the same hunter-gatherer calculator, too recently evolved to have changed much: strive to acquire a provider husband who will invest food and care in your children; strive to find a lover who can give those children first-class genes. Only if she is very lucky will they both be the same man . . . Men are to be exploited as providers of parental care, wealth and genes." - Matt Ridley "The Red Queen"

"Humor won’t save you; it doesn’t really do anything at all. You can look at life ironically for years, maybe decades; there are people who seem to go through most of their lives seeing the funny side, but in the end, life always breaks your heart. Doesn’t matter how brave you are, how reserved, or how much you’ve developed a sense of humor, you still end up with your heart broken. That’s when you stop laughing. In the end there’s just the cold, the silence and the loneliness. In the end, there’s only death." - Houellebecq

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This one quite moves me. I'm not sure why. Is it because it's so melancholy? Would you guys even describe it as such?

The silhouette of the little girl tells me that the place used to be bright. And now it's pure decay.

Now I'm sad. You owe me a strawberry milkshake, Small Pink Blob.
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Something to listen to whilst browsing.
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I often do not take pictures of the places I frequent. The images remain in my head alone.
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