The Eerily Beautiful Way Nature Reclaims What We Abandon

[Kazimiera]

The Eerily Beautiful Way Nature Reclaims What We Abandon

We talk about ‘saving the planet’ but what we really mean is saving ourselves. The planet was here before us and will be just fine without us. Mother Nature is a powerful force, strong enough to undo all the “progress” that makes us feel invincible. It won’t be quick, but it will be beautiful. Here’s proof.

La Petite Ceinture Railway, Paris

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Photographer Pierre Folks spent three years documenting the slow decay of this once popular stretch of Parisian railway, abandoned since 1934.

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North Brother Island, NYC

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Home to a hospital, housing for WWII veterans, and a rehab center for teens at different times throughout its history, North Brother Island once looked like a well-manicured college campus. Abandoned for the past 50 years, it's slowly returning to the wild.

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Chernobyl Power Plant

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After the nuclear disaster in 1986, Chernobyl was abandoned for obvious reasons. The lack of human activity gave the surrounding forest an opportunity to reclaim its rightful place. In these aerial images taken in the 1990s (top) and 2013 (bottom) you can see how trees have moved into engulf the former city.


A string of decaying shipwrecks near the Bermuda Triangle

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Ferris Wheel

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This barn has become more tree than building.

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Playground

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Abandoned Train Tracks, Berlin

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The trains moved out, and this tree moved right in.


Bobsled track from the 1984 Winter Olympics track in Sarajevo

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Ghost Train

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'Tent of Tomorrow' from the '64 World's Fair pavilion in Flushing Meadows, NY

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Abandoned roller coaster in Hubei Province, China

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This old building is no match for a determined tree.

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Old ​log ride at Dogpatch, Northwest Arkansas

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Source: http://news.distractify.com/beth-buczynski/nature-reclaims-what-we-abandon/

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Bridge to Nowhere

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Motorcycle

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Legend has it that this bike was found in Sri Lanka, after a 3 decade long war. Apparently, it was a terrorist's motor bike, found like this by government forces after they had been evicted.


​Częstochowa’s Abandoned Train Depot in Poland

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Atlanta School Bathroom

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Valley of the Mills, Italy

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Irish castle near the village of Kilgarvan

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Church

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Buried cars swallowed by grass in Taiwain

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Plaza Hotel, Germany

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Abandoned in the 1990s, this once bustling hotel has succumbed to creeping moss and plucky seedlings.


​Angkor Wat Temple, Cambodia

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Wonderland amusement park on the outskirts of Beijing

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This park was built, but never opened.


Water park, Japan

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El Hotel del Salto, Colombia

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Feral House

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Remnants of a roller coaster at ​Nara Dreamland, Japan

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Trees roam the streets in the abandoned city of Keelung, Taiwan

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Houses in Detroit

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It's no secret that the Motor City has fallen on hard times. These crazy time lapse images show nature's slow reclamation of an abandoned city block.


Source: http://news.distractify.com/beth-buczynski/nature-reclaims-what-we-abandon/

[Linet]

Wow :rose:
I like them all but some are truly magneficent....http://yoursmiles.org/tsmile/spring/t117013.gif