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In a high-paced moving world, we tend to forget how strong and resilient mother nature really is. We have compiled a list of stunning photographs, which showcase the strength found in vitality. Seeping through the cracks of cold, industrial spaces, the juxtaposition between a man-made structure and the symbolism of life prove to be both beautiful and ironic. Nature seems to beat out some of its strongest competitors, such as Hong Kong’s cityscape, a sidewalk, where nothing but lifeless concrete reigns, and even the radioactive city of Pripyat in the Ukraine.
Bicycle Stuck In A Tree On Vashon Island, Washington
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Abandoned Inner City Railway In Paris
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The Old Piano Tree, California
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Abandoned Shopping Mall Taken Over By Fish In Bangkok
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Old Abandoned Mill In Sorrento, Italy
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Trees Infiltrating Concrete In Hong Kong
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Vintage Automobile Graveyard, Belgium
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Abandoned Mining Town, Namibia
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Abandoned 160-Year-Old Railway In Paris
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102-Year-Old Abandoned Ship In Sydney, Australia
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Tree Roots Overcoming Brick Sidewalk
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Abandoned Mansion Near Kilgarvan, Ireland
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Abandoned Train Station In Abkhazia, Georgia
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I.M. Cooling Tower, Belgium
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Abandoned Fishermen’s Town In Kamchatka, Russia
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Angkor, Cambodia
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Abandoned Hotel Room
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The Radioactive Ghost City Of Pripyat, Ukraine
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Manhattan rain
Molveno | funk_design
Location: Lago di Molveno, Trentino, Italy
Ocean waves by ryanpernofski
Golden path © 2015 by Kevin Nance
(Sarasota)
wangshiyuan garden网师园, suzhou, jiangsu province by 影像视觉杨
In these GIFs made for Expedia by NeoMam and Thisisrender, seven architectural wonders are reconstructed into their original form, allowing us to see how the ruins visible today developed from the initial structures in all their glory.
Identified from the top:
The Parthenon Athens, Greece / 432 BC
Luxor Temple Luxor, Egypt / 1380 BC
Nohoch Mul Pyramid (Coba) Quintana Roo, Mexico / 100 BC-100 AD
Temple of Jupiter Pompeii, Italy / 200 BC
Milecastle 39 (Part of Hadrian’s Wall) Northumberland, England / 100 AD
The Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacán Teotihuacan, Mexico / 200 CE
Area Sacra di Largo Argentina—Temple B Rome, Italy / 101 BC
zauberhaft by Oer-Wout
The wonderful gothic art deco American Radiator Building, New York
1. Netherlands
2. Japan
3. California
4. Ireland
5. Japan
6. West Sussex
7. Ukraine
8. Spain
9. Japan
10. Portugal