Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
Bokor Hill Station, Cambodia
Bokor Hill Station was built in 1921 by the French colonial administration in Cambodia (or, as it was then called, Indochina). It had a grand hotel, casino, post office, shops, a church, and luxurious apartments. It was a resort town to escape from heat and humidity. Nine hundred people died within nine months trying to construct this mountain town. In 1946, the French abandoned it during the First Indochine War, and eventually it was taken over by the Khmer Rouge.
Pics courtesy of Cheryn Flanagan: http://everywheremag.com/articles/977
J. Bennett Fitts: No Lifeguard on Duty
J. Bennett Fitts takes some great photos. My fave is called No Lifeguard on Duty, about abandoned pools in Los Angeles. http://www.jbennettfitts.com/work.php?series=lifeguard
Salton Sea: Sea on Decline
According to the parks.ca.gov: the Salton Sea is one of the world's largest inland seas and lowest spots on earth at -227 below sea level. Plus, there's a lack of outflow, and the increasing salinity means there are fewer and fewer species that can survive there. To learn more about the Salton Sea, google it. Pics thanks fo Al Kalin, except the bottom one.
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