Cool pics of urban exploring, abandoned machines and stuff

[DannyScene]

S5PJV said:

dudleybloke said:

Abandoned Thai shopping mall becomes aquarium.



http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/07/an-abandoned...

That's freaky. They don't look the heathiest of fish. i guess lack of food.
Also i imagine they're no good for eating, else they'd have been netted out by now by the locals.

I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure they won't eat koi in certain countries out that way

The fish were put there to control the amount of mosquitos that were spawning in the water, something like 3000 fish were dumped in although I'm not sure how long ago that was done
I think they all look pale due to lack of sunlight, I have often wondered how much food there is to sustain a population that size assuming they have cleaned up all of the mosquitos, obviously some of the fish will spawn and most of the young will be eaten but that wouldn't be enough food to feed all of those fish, maybe people go feed them

They were cleared out a few years ago now anyway if I remember correctly

Edited by DannyScene on Monday 26th October 11:59

[tobinen]

An interesting article on the Beeb today: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34575019

[DannyScene]

tobinen said:

An interesting article on the Beeb today: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34575019

Cool locations but the editing on the photos is laughable, those pictures are about as far removed from the originals as is humanly possible, One of the main reasons I stopped posting on urban exploring forums was everyones sudden over use of HDR and how crap it makes all of the pictures look, there is more than enough drama in these places without cartooning the images up

(Yes my photos above appear flat compared to those on the link but mine are straight from the camera(personal preference I guess))

[anonymous-user]

Rougham Hall where the clock is always at 1.05am courtesy of the Luftwaffe in 1940

[wolfracesonic]

^ should have stopped at 1.09 or 1.11 or 1.10 or..........ok

[Bluedot]

Apologies if posted or seen before but this is on the BBC website today:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34575019

[ManFromDelmonte]

Bluedot said:

Apologies if posted or seen before but this is on the BBC website today:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34575019

Another interesting set of pictures ruined by heavy over-processing, what is it with UrbExers and HDR?

[WilsonWilson]

Photos (26) of former Swiss bunkers.

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/technology/thousand...

Most were made to look like ordinary non-military buildings.

[rxtx]

Bobrick said:

A disused Sulphur mine I visited last Christmas on White Island, New Zealand.

I've only just seen this, saw the photos and thought "that's White Island, I've stood there"

[anonymous-user]

ManFromDelmonte said:

Bluedot said:

Apologies if posted or seen before but this is on the BBC website today:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34575019

Another interesting set of pictures ruined by heavy over-processing, what is it with UrbExers and HDR?

I blame the instagram selfie generation.

Still, a great set of pictures though.

[Kenty]

rxtx said:

Bobrick said:

A disused Sulphur mine I visited last Christmas on White Island, New Zealand.

I've only just seen this, saw the photos and thought "that's White Island, I've stood there"

Exactly the same here, it is a great trip!

[rxtx]

Kenty said:

Exactly the same here, it is a great trip!

It is, even more interesting trying to climb up the jetty with what I later learned was a fractured elbow sustained after falling into a stream near Mt Cook

This is at the other end of the country, the old Norwegian whaling base on Stewart Island,

[TheRainMaker]

Posted these in the random picture thread, but some of you might like them here

The tower is alive and watching

Guernsey Observation Tower. by The Rain Maker, on Flickr

Inside Tower by The Rain Maker, on Flickr

[M3John]

TheRainMaker said:

Posted these in the random picture thread, but some of you might like them here

The tower is alive and watching

Guernsey Observation Tower. by The Rain Maker, on Flickr

[Hugh Jarse]

Friends recent visit to Estonia.

[Fastdruid]

Rather appropriate, URL is pretty self-explanatory.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3809684/Ph...

[Blown2CV]

Fastdruid said:

Rather appropriate, URL is pretty self-explanatory.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3809684/Ph...

half made cars left to rust... i bet they've rusted slower than their completed contemporaries being driven around!!

[Gilhooligan]

Ventured out to a favourite haunt of mine at the weekend. Neidpath tunnel, Peebles. Unlike a lot of abandoned railway tunnels, this one isn't boarded up by the health and safety police.

[Driller]

Very nice. Long exposure with a torch at the end?

[northwest monkey]

Driller said:

Very nice. Long exposure with a torch at the end?

I'm guessing wire wool...