tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758260237492518252026-10-15T11:52:10.077+03:00<center>H.I.A.T. - Hey, I abandoned that!</center>Johnny Dohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082510122757746266noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-375826023749251825.post-86685098832765031252020-10-06T21:29:00.003+03:002020-10-06T21:29:28.519+03:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="491" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7aSaSQQ_bxA" width="591" youtube-src-id="7aSaSQQ_bxA"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.thehiat.org/</div>Johnny Dohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082510122757746266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-375826023749251825.post-51496934619276850582013-01-17T23:30:00.002+02:002013-01-19T16:13:14.677+02:00<b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Due to the absence of posts in the past few months, some of you (the HIAT readers) asked me if I engaged into the ironic deed of abandoning the blog. Well, not that I ran out of places and thing to write about, but I got tired of posting the photos that are already out there, on the internet. Because of that, I struggled a bit and finally got myself a nice DSLR to go out and capture them myself, maybe even some of those that have not been captured before. This is one of the first sets I made with the new camera. I&#39;m still learning the art of using a good camera, as I mainly worked with phone or cheap cameras until now, so don&#39;t expect to be amazed by the level of professionalism just yet.</span></b><br> <b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">This was a test run which I did from my car. It was 30 minutes to sunset and the area is full of dogs, scrap metal thieves and other dangers so I didn&#39;t go inside any of these structures. If any of my old readers are still among my present readers, you will probably recognize this area, which was posted twice before when I visited it with Alex. If not, here they are:</span></b><br> <br> <h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="background-color: #141414; color: #e69138; font-family: &#39;Courier New&#39;, Courier, FreeMono, monospace; font-size: 24px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"> <a href="http://www.thehiat.org/2011/06/communist-industrial-ruins.html" style="color: #e69138; text-decoration: initial;">Communist industrial ruins</a></h3> <div> <br></div> <div> <h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="background-color: #141414; color: #e69138; font-family: &#39;Courier New&#39;, Courier, FreeMono, monospace; font-size: 24px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"> <a href="http://www.thehiat.org/2011/04/industrial-leftovers-of-communism-in.html" style="color: #e69138; text-decoration: initial;">The industrial leftovers of communism in Romania</a></h3> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjGXA_YFQtDAmIJEhc86zFdrNnz3tMW2cyMghdUuxYmwCG3IKI_64lAMAaw1nu4oefQmTrcytMCLY2q2gq9d18NAaCbN7dnjkNoWYtm15YAF3zBq-bv9dJZEEslqLA0ic9deSsUPiNoFE/s1600/DSC_0601.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjGXA_YFQtDAmIJEhc86zFdrNnz3tMW2cyMghdUuxYmwCG3IKI_64lAMAaw1nu4oefQmTrcytMCLY2q2gq9d18NAaCbN7dnjkNoWYtm15YAF3zBq-bv9dJZEEslqLA0ic9deSsUPiNoFE/s640/DSC_0601.JPG" width="640"></a></div> <br> <a href="http://thehiat.blogspot.com/2013/01/driving-through-decay.html#more">More decay please [+]</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.thehiat.org/</div>Johnny Dohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082510122757746266noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-375826023749251825.post-58378174165960505622012-09-08T14:03:00.000+03:002012-09-08T14:03:01.503+03:00<span style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>Haven&#39;t posted shipwrecks until now, for the main reason that people are pretty aware of their existence. They always fascinated me though, what&#39;s better than a huge steel machinery, left to rust and disintegrate at the hands of nature? </b></span><br> <span style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>Also fascinating is the fact that many shipwrecks even redefined history, cultures and media (the Titanic for example).</b></span><br> <span style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>Being that I live in a port city, which once based it&#39;s industry on the Danube, growing up I&#39;ve seen a lot of shipwrecks, some of which were in a state of decay, similar to some of the photos in this post. They were not left there due to an accident, like a rock or iceberg collision, but simply because they became &quot;useless&quot; once the industry went downhill, and they were just left there to rust. Most of them were sold at some point, as scrap metal, and there aren&#39;t many left these days.</b></span><br> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMFk897nYndUif-8iU_4iwkJwuDntkUHoNxG1xkwjwb6QtYmKTnV692275NtYKyxYdJotRq8gRUxQGXHdeIObeXirQsWx8Cmmul74jYhVsEiQSLLb57QeWnn-SYnRnv7KwMBZ4qDfzcrmh/s1600/shipwrecks+of+the+world+(18).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMFk897nYndUif-8iU_4iwkJwuDntkUHoNxG1xkwjwb6QtYmKTnV692275NtYKyxYdJotRq8gRUxQGXHdeIObeXirQsWx8Cmmul74jYhVsEiQSLLb57QeWnn-SYnRnv7KwMBZ4qDfzcrmh/s640/shipwrecks+of+the+world+(18).jpg" width="640"></a></div><a href="http://thehiat.blogspot.com/2012/09/shipwrecks-of-world.html#more">More decay please [+]</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.thehiat.org/</div>Mr. Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15563653523129892465noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-375826023749251825.post-87685543232140607932012-07-29T10:20:00.003+03:002012-07-29T12:53:46.040+03:00<div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>Being that I&#39;m not into football and other such sports that involve balls and stadiums, these places were never significant to me. For me, a stadium, mainly a soccer or football stadium, is that place where people dressed in shorts and T-shirts, run around in circles with the purpose of touching a ball. That is not my kind of fun. But recently, I found some pictures on <a href="http://www.skyscrapercity.com/" target="_blank">SkyscraperCity</a> that really caught my attention. I&#39;m of course talking about a collection of abandonments, abandoned stadium to be more exact, just like the title suggests.</b></div><div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>The following stadiums have nobody to run around in circles for the purpose of touching a ball anymore. They are ghostly and dusty. Weird how some things need to be abandoned in order for me to like them.</b></div><div style="color: #f6b26b;"><br> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #f6b26b; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8PL0DXQs3Vib3Hg5ySOR42WL2ri-JD3t6QH31HBl3PUB-hlAuxwL0OoMpMJZ7EwVOkQhLM0iyAI3NvZUAvjaaupCoGzLULCpnXrbXf9WExI_RXjAUno39BRsq6dGQjHQ2s3AkEY4C1j4i/s1600/Bush+Stadium%252C+Indianapolis+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8PL0DXQs3Vib3Hg5ySOR42WL2ri-JD3t6QH31HBl3PUB-hlAuxwL0OoMpMJZ7EwVOkQhLM0iyAI3NvZUAvjaaupCoGzLULCpnXrbXf9WExI_RXjAUno39BRsq6dGQjHQ2s3AkEY4C1j4i/s640/Bush+Stadium%252C+Indianapolis+3.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div style="color: #f6b26b;"><br> </div><a href="http://thehiat.blogspot.com/2012/07/abandoned-stadiums.html#more">More decay please [+]</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.thehiat.org/</div>Johnny Dohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082510122757746266noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-375826023749251825.post-48958204216240410452012-07-28T10:06:00.000+03:002012-07-28T10:06:00.254+03:00<div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>I haven&#39;t posted on this matter for quite a while, and abandoned cars are one of my favorite subject when it comes to urbex. This is a very old car junkyard, untouched for over 30 years, which can be found in the region of Kaufdorf, Switzerland. The junkyard holds around 500 cars, most of them ranging from 1930s and 1960s models. Indeed these are the classics. This is worse than a graveyard, to classic car lovers such as myself.</b></div><b style="color: #f6b26b;">The owner was a car dealer who didn&#39;t want these cars to be torn by pieces, so he parked them side by side on his lot. When he passed the business to his son, the cars were left there, abandoned, forever.</b><br> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfaGxcX-NmGFOqf4AgckVPSLyXDlpyotHfIyX88nnfmrtf5oE0nYI5Zonv6yYKX9_l6irA-bjOaPUmfT0auRQtFKBythtKgWnJYTc-BBIR3stNHFJXFN_ONwDlyjowBoAsk2-etlM7_13N/s1600/old+abandoned+cars+in+decay+%281%29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfaGxcX-NmGFOqf4AgckVPSLyXDlpyotHfIyX88nnfmrtf5oE0nYI5Zonv6yYKX9_l6irA-bjOaPUmfT0auRQtFKBythtKgWnJYTc-BBIR3stNHFJXFN_ONwDlyjowBoAsk2-etlM7_13N/s640/old+abandoned+cars+in+decay+%281%29.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br> <a href="http://thehiat.blogspot.com/2012/07/old-abandoned-cars-in-switzerland.html#more">More decay please [+]</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.thehiat.org/</div>Johnny Dohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082510122757746266noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-375826023749251825.post-48870353004771432302012-07-26T10:31:00.000+03:002012-07-26T10:31:00.416+03:00<div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>Russia seems to host the largest amount of abandoned things, from factories, mines or apartment blocks, to cars or planes. Same is the case with this beauty, an Antonov An-8 plane, which was lost in Russia, few kilometers north of Saint Petersburg.</b></div><b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">It&#39;s a beautiful model and it&#39;s decaying. I&#39;m sure that being in a forest is not helping it decay less.</span></b><br> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr3wD0Pq8sHGqRvmDbM08Zbi18RY2uvFtsKl1k837qecKxiZpSOrl_JrNQH0LMGHr9oHpaqs3ZC5tWMLiHaOnt4qFKMgz3IMYtyoSb-zu4ycTd7m-FrmOAVPODlgCmb6CmgAD6oacJ8J77/s1600/abandoned+airplane+%281%29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr3wD0Pq8sHGqRvmDbM08Zbi18RY2uvFtsKl1k837qecKxiZpSOrl_JrNQH0LMGHr9oHpaqs3ZC5tWMLiHaOnt4qFKMgz3IMYtyoSb-zu4ycTd7m-FrmOAVPODlgCmb6CmgAD6oacJ8J77/s640/abandoned+airplane+%281%29.jpg" width="640"></a></div><a href="http://thehiat.blogspot.com/2012/07/abandoned-airplane-in-russia.html#more">More decay please [+]</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.thehiat.org/</div>Johnny Dohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082510122757746266noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-375826023749251825.post-18152305745962276862012-07-24T18:57:00.001+03:002012-07-24T19:01:36.208+03:00<div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>The &quot;Crimean Atomic Energy Station&quot; (Ukrainian КримськаАЕС, Russian КрымскаяАЭС) is a nuclear power plant that was never completed, situated in the Republic of Crimea, Ukraine. It was intended to create energy for the whole area, but construction was terminated earlier than planned.</b></div><div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>Construction works on the nuclear plant were started back in 1976, when Crimea was part of the Soviet Union. The construction progress was very slow, lasting for more than 10 years. Shortly after the <a href="http://www.thehiat.org/2011/06/chernobyl-exhibition.html" target="_blank">Chernobyl disaster</a>, there was an inspection at the plant, which resulted in it being closed down, even before it got a chance to server it&#39;s purpose.</b></div><b style="color: #f6b26b;">This is how a new nuclear power plant was left behind, with equipment and everything. Some parts of the equipment and nuclear reactors were reused, however, at other nuclear plants in Ukraine.</b><br> <b style="color: #f6b26b;">The nuclear power station building is also featured in the Guiness  book of records as the most expensive reactor construction in history. The city of </b><b style="color: #f6b26b;">Shchelkino, that was created to host the workers, lost half of it&#39;s inhabitants when construction on the plant stopped.</b><br> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyrX7_Iw-Tt2DOuAGPUHkllh27lEoyHLaTun6y6RVduC1Deok-6FAHyy1_pVUSKHpDGSBO7RRxga01-OiWnz0U4VceTUvLZjr8dvh8T-LL1ZlSswLwMbzIqzmGFclM71ZxyUqH2R92_l5O/s1600/Shchelkino,+Crimean+atomic+power+station+%2816%29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyrX7_Iw-Tt2DOuAGPUHkllh27lEoyHLaTun6y6RVduC1Deok-6FAHyy1_pVUSKHpDGSBO7RRxga01-OiWnz0U4VceTUvLZjr8dvh8T-LL1ZlSswLwMbzIqzmGFclM71ZxyUqH2R92_l5O/s640/Shchelkino,+Crimean+atomic+power+station+%2816%29.jpg" width="640"></a></div><b style="color: #f6b26b;"></b><br> <a href="http://thehiat.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-unfinished-nuclear-plant.html#more">More decay please [+]</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.thehiat.org/</div>Johnny Dohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082510122757746266noreply@blogger.com1Crimea, Ukraine44.952117 34.10241700000005944.0307565 32.018687000000057 45.8734775 36.186147000000062tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-375826023749251825.post-56072763986126456522012-07-12T22:57:00.001+03:002012-07-12T22:57:20.230+03:00<div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>I just finished my university studies and got my bachelor degree last month, so I figured I&#39;d show you guys some educational abandonments. Universities are an option, for young students that just got out of high school, and want to learn more about a particular field. </b></div><div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>For different reasons, some of these universities and colleges got abandoned, and students cannot learn useful information there anymore. Some of these abandoned educational facilities, were the best option for students in the area, who now have to either go to another university or college that is probably far away, even in another city, or just opt for those new born online universities (which I wouldn&#39;t recommend, but how am I to decide what&#39;s good for you). Going to another city to continue your studies can be a tiring process, it surely was for me. Taking that into consideration, I&#39;m not even sure why I am planning to continue with my maters&#39;s degree in another country, but I am.</b></div><div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>Now, let&#39;s just enjoy the decay and hope that the students in these areas will have the chance to study in these buildings, if they ever get reopened.</b></div><div style="color: #f6b26b;"><br> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #f6b26b; float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghUH9hFUTLvX5P36_hKBBAUB3g5qyKvE4jGauPLrsqi1eaKdOA7HBshbCQzSOdY4Hv1n7RtgaDvBY2bCAzhacWs6Sj54RdH9j4L0DufU75-RUMfUbCUp3pcJutnNy9ozbJH6wvQEZvDRvn/s1600/260174090_21d6438e8e_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghUH9hFUTLvX5P36_hKBBAUB3g5qyKvE4jGauPLrsqi1eaKdOA7HBshbCQzSOdY4Hv1n7RtgaDvBY2bCAzhacWs6Sj54RdH9j4L0DufU75-RUMfUbCUp3pcJutnNy9ozbJH6wvQEZvDRvn/s640/260174090_21d6438e8e_o.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="name" id="yui_3_5_0_3_1342115074889_4464"><b class="username" id="yui_3_5_0_3_1342115074889_4467">By <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bsidez/">Jeroen van Vliet [bsidez]</a></b></span></td></tr> </tbody></table><a href="http://thehiat.blogspot.com/2012/07/abandoned-universities-and-colleges.html#more">More decay please [+]</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.thehiat.org/</div>Johnny Dohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082510122757746266noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-375826023749251825.post-5613406377828420472012-07-07T21:36:00.001+03:002012-07-13T18:33:44.914+03:00<div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>These textures are some of my favorites, gathered from Michael Chase&#39;s work. His posts are one of the reasons that make me visit Tumblr almost daily.</b></div><div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>Michael Chase is a photographer that tries to expose the beauty behind decay, especially decayed surfaces. He says on his blog that:</b></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>The idea of impermanence is a central theme in my work. I use color, texture, and composition to highlight the subject of decay. The main objective of my work is to draw attention to the passing of time and immediacy of separation. I also want to show the viewer that beauty can be found in unlikely places. </b></blockquote><div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>Indeed, his work is awesome and I think he is doing exactly what he&#39;s trying to do, showing that beauty exists in unlikely places. </b></div><b style="color: #f6b26b;">So here are some of my favorites. He has a lot of metal textures and wall textures, which I approve of. Visit his <a href="http://areaofinterest.com/" target="_blank">blog</a> for more, way more.</b><br> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6v8YKM9uYlJKydLRZOvh6A00k3ZQnaIa4yLubfj8UT1Qw7BUZS6KcqJAp3t9rWAn5eHYDFx-HwALoKR0M7T6fMseJaaM5kYy_IkK3rfmJvseQsafzP_ggxetxVv5t0vOolVOV1Au3fBO/s1600/grunge+textures+%2817%29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6v8YKM9uYlJKydLRZOvh6A00k3ZQnaIa4yLubfj8UT1Qw7BUZS6KcqJAp3t9rWAn5eHYDFx-HwALoKR0M7T6fMseJaaM5kYy_IkK3rfmJvseQsafzP_ggxetxVv5t0vOolVOV1Au3fBO/s640/grunge+textures+%2817%29.jpg" width="640"></a></div><a href="http://thehiat.blogspot.com/2012/07/textures-of-decay.html#more">More decay please [+]</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.thehiat.org/</div>Johnny Dohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082510122757746266noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-375826023749251825.post-71837598689799409982012-07-05T21:57:00.002+03:002012-07-13T18:37:33.484+03:00<b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">In the previous post, I presented </span><a href="http://www.thehiat.org/2012/07/assans-mill.html" style="color: #f6b26b;" target="_blank">Assan&#39;s Mill</a><span style="color: #f6b26b;"> to you. The photos from that post, taken by </span><a href="http://reptilianul.blogspot.ro/" style="color: #f6b26b;" target="_blank">Reptilianul </a><span style="color: #f6b26b;">were taken in 2009. The photos in this post are made in june 2012, right after the latest fire. As I mentioned in the previous post, Assan&#39;s Mill is a frequent destination for urban explorers, graffiti artists, hobos ... and arsonists. </span></b><br> <b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">The mill was set on fire (by nature or people?) several times before, and the latest fire lasted for 28 hours before firemen could put it out, on june 7th, 2012. The last fire before that was on the night of may 13th 2008 and required the work of 80 firemen. The good thing is that there were never any victims due to these fires.</span></b><br> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd-t7z2qQ2JKl6Pf__1LJgXICyGdiF2noVeC2yKADjT-pzo7woPvnQ_KaO7I1Ancj3P87f0g3S2UMTZ91jYFDCz9Di34JXJXBjGhqHHi7GWCvNlQIPIzHH53S78fprBczOcbKzixfFYibh/s1600/Assan&#39;s+Mill+%281%29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd-t7z2qQ2JKl6Pf__1LJgXICyGdiF2noVeC2yKADjT-pzo7woPvnQ_KaO7I1Ancj3P87f0g3S2UMTZ91jYFDCz9Di34JXJXBjGhqHHi7GWCvNlQIPIzHH53S78fprBczOcbKzixfFYibh/s640/Assan&#39;s+Mill+%281%29.jpg" width="358"></a></div><br> <a href="http://thehiat.blogspot.com/2012/07/assans-mill-in-2012.html#more">More decay please [+]</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.thehiat.org/</div>Johnny Dohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082510122757746266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-375826023749251825.post-50307703376442763572012-07-03T20:49:00.003+03:002012-07-13T18:41:24.599+03:00<div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>This mill is pretty popular and a frequent destination for local explorers, graffiti artists, hobos, and arsonists. It was the first steam mill in Romania, built in 1853 by two merchants, Gheorghe Assan and Ioan Martinovici. Even though it&#39;s considered a historical monument and it has a heritage value for the industrial heritage, the mill is going through an advanced state of decay, which is made even worse by the homeless scavengers that sell every piece of metal they can find here. The property is 5 hectares (12.3 acres) wide.</b></div><div style="color: #f6b26b;"><br> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhKhjQjGXVObj4qtV4f9asjFdjnUU_PH5bfN7o76ac63k15QDabn_z4UsqKUCu7iUjiTudjkhlS8gs5rroF-frT6qynuIsXsfLKcACIhGYx-7t3IOWKzd1EdGZJw7MSXjmbE9YNcA-50bY/s1600/AAAA0039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhKhjQjGXVObj4qtV4f9asjFdjnUU_PH5bfN7o76ac63k15QDabn_z4UsqKUCu7iUjiTudjkhlS8gs5rroF-frT6qynuIsXsfLKcACIhGYx-7t3IOWKzd1EdGZJw7MSXjmbE9YNcA-50bY/s640/AAAA0039.JPG" width="640"></a></div><div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b></b></div><a href="http://thehiat.blogspot.com/2012/07/assans-mill.html#more">More decay please [+]</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.thehiat.org/</div>Johnny Dohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082510122757746266noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-375826023749251825.post-19541109757462955322012-06-30T21:57:00.001+03:002012-07-13T19:20:38.945+03:00<b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">This is the somewhat abandoned Krarkov tank repair plant, that used to repair around 60 units and 55 engines monthly, before the collapse of the Soviet Union. Krarkov (or Khrarkiv) in Ukraine, hosted one of the best tank units factories in the 1930&#39;s. This plant was designed for repairs, and now it&#39;s not very active anymore, but still going, although it looks like it&#39;s perfectly abandoned. Now it just looks like a very neat scrap yard, full of abandoned tanks and military equipment. The fact that the plant doesn&#39;t have any more work to do, means the tanks are not being used, therefore no wars are active, which is a good thing. That doesn&#39;t make it less sad that these tanks are left there abandoned. Wasted money.</span></b><br> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzTfT3cSokcw0qvMudwWnZ11l00cSiDP0SIWtCAVmNLB1hrZiRUH3VqL-j_vsFrM_VPxks8GqQB9GxUqWqH3T5HD3TGU8oNYYY70a4zrm1m5-P_Uvhnoe1RaorWwzgPZREo0IyZuNUSDJ/s1600/000079df_big.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzTfT3cSokcw0qvMudwWnZ11l00cSiDP0SIWtCAVmNLB1hrZiRUH3VqL-j_vsFrM_VPxks8GqQB9GxUqWqH3T5HD3TGU8oNYYY70a4zrm1m5-P_Uvhnoe1RaorWwzgPZREo0IyZuNUSDJ/s640/000079df_big.jpeg" width="640"></a></div><br> <a href="http://thehiat.blogspot.com/2012/06/kharkov-armoured-repair-factory.html#more">More decay please [+]</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.thehiat.org/</div>Johnny Dohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082510122757746266noreply@blogger.com1Dzerzhyns'kyi district, Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine49.9935 36.23038300000007449.9435825 36.176904000000071 50.0434175 36.283862000000077tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-375826023749251825.post-8940616149341694452012-06-27T14:29:00.001+03:002012-07-13T19:25:58.016+03:00<div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>This abandoned factory in Russia, makes a perfect scenery for <a href="http://www.thehiat.org/2010/11/abandonment-in-games-stalker-1.html" target="_blank">S.T.A.L.K.E.R.</a> based movies or games. The location is very eerie, and if you played S.T.A.L.K.E.R. or if you watched the movie Stalker 1979 you will see why this place fits like a shoe.</b></div><div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>Also, the explorer that took these photos had quite an adventure. He had to run away from guard dogs and climb the buildings to get away, but he successfully managed to capture the best out of this place. I recommend visiting his blog, at the end of this post.</b></div><div style="color: #f6b26b;"><br> </div><div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjCvAx_GrpmQhjnzEtCv8BY5akCf6rGwrbaGQHEaDAfwckx_G00XY1RnTNdWa8uiuZyhFHAbeajohHiJP3fjYfTpkLqtLyaIPG2NQOiNZ17A6s1S-GjUnqst4ooZ7-bHPT6C9QiHrkgSL/s1600/0_7c026_dd6f26cd_orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjCvAx_GrpmQhjnzEtCv8BY5akCf6rGwrbaGQHEaDAfwckx_G00XY1RnTNdWa8uiuZyhFHAbeajohHiJP3fjYfTpkLqtLyaIPG2NQOiNZ17A6s1S-GjUnqst4ooZ7-bHPT6C9QiHrkgSL/s640/0_7c026_dd6f26cd_orig.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br> <a href="http://thehiat.blogspot.com/2012/06/abandoned-plant-in-russia.html#more">More decay please [+]</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.thehiat.org/</div>Johnny Dohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082510122757746266noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-375826023749251825.post-62494341172774266862012-06-23T18:56:00.002+03:002012-07-14T19:43:02.729+03:00<div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>The <span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Nikulinskaya mine is the largest mine in the Moscow mine field. It was abandoned in the early 2000&#39;s and today it&#39;s just another abandoned mine. The entrance to the mine is flooded so nobody can get in. Any other parts of the site, like the office buildings for example, have been scavenged, and even things that had a minor value were stolen. Also, grass has now started to grow indoor.</span></span></b></div><div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"><br> </span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzhCr9UFC29IBLhwnG-vZzm0F6T71FeY9MZU430MUV6Zx0-pUCa-F4mNyJyca8GPgymz4FwKSbeLJkDaWSBw24xOlYcqwAHP0ypo1LcT4dTWvTOo48W3Si0yQ93ZFur8b_8NmM8Rwj78DJ/s1600/Nikulinskaya+mine+%283%29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzhCr9UFC29IBLhwnG-vZzm0F6T71FeY9MZU430MUV6Zx0-pUCa-F4mNyJyca8GPgymz4FwKSbeLJkDaWSBw24xOlYcqwAHP0ypo1LcT4dTWvTOo48W3Si0yQ93ZFur8b_8NmM8Rwj78DJ/s640/Nikulinskaya+mine+%283%29.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span></span></b></div><a href="http://thehiat.blogspot.com/2012/06/nikulinskaya-mine.html#more">More decay please [+]</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.thehiat.org/</div>Johnny Dohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082510122757746266noreply@blogger.com0Vologda Oblast, Russia60.2655 41.59270000000003658.69805 35.373650000000033 61.832950000000004 47.811750000000039tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-375826023749251825.post-38622229149070788202012-06-20T19:48:00.002+03:002012-07-14T19:45:31.585+03:00<div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>This depot, in Bucharest, was used for hosting trams and buses, until 1965, when the main tram route was canceled.</b></div><div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b><br> </b></div><div style="color: #999999;"><b>Author: Reptilianul</b></div><div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b><span style="color: #999999;">Site: </span><a href="http://reptilianul.blogspot.ro/2012/06/fosta-autobaza-serban-voda.html" style="color: #666666;" target="_blank">reptilianul.blogspot.ro</a></b></div><div style="color: #f6b26b;"><br> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpRv0vMWlxC77qiouyUU41riOSW7Zy0MH37sh0-4kE7gtp-b-uZmKp0kHTwKky6jmLJhKpefiOMfis-aY1RsNNJFP9c-KseNggh_ReOURlVbROMro-ShKVtGZZgQHADJyzd0Mvs0x3l3NN/s1600/pano3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpRv0vMWlxC77qiouyUU41riOSW7Zy0MH37sh0-4kE7gtp-b-uZmKp0kHTwKky6jmLJhKpefiOMfis-aY1RsNNJFP9c-KseNggh_ReOURlVbROMro-ShKVtGZZgQHADJyzd0Mvs0x3l3NN/s640/pano3.jpg" width="640"></a></div><a href="http://thehiat.blogspot.com/2012/06/abandoned-depot.html#more">More decay please [+]</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.thehiat.org/</div>Johnny Dohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082510122757746266noreply@blogger.com0Calea Şerban Vodă, Bucharest, Romania44.4097172 26.09814870000002444.4041062 26.093589200000025 44.415328200000005 26.102708200000023tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-375826023749251825.post-79813995944373337422012-06-15T20:57:00.004+03:002012-06-16T17:11:17.774+03:00<div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>According to the author of the photographs, this is the Morozov coal mine, but I wasn&#39;t able to find more about it, maybe the translation is not good. Mining here dates from 1962 but recently stopped due to power outages and power companies failing to pay debts. All the excavated earth was carried through pipelines, and gradually created this huge quarry.</b><br> <b>The excavator in the first picture is one of the hugest things you ever seen. Sadly, now, it&#39;s just another pile of rusted metal, but a glorious pile of rusted metal because of it&#39;s impressive size. It looks like a monster crane, compared to the other machines abandoned in the same area. It could make someone rich just by selling it as scrap metal (don&#39;t get any ideas government people).</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br> </div><br> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSEaXXwgWTn1LFte2nS0v_p87eE0gue2WFJ87KoJwdgoNNbQ8dTWi9deexmxGl7phVq4m9x7Srdt3izfe1LNnoG_YVNheeRxW-HspH6x-FgNvp7iUCKXvErWSGwBVnz3OeUC2FuOD___uo/s1600/Quarry-40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSEaXXwgWTn1LFte2nS0v_p87eE0gue2WFJ87KoJwdgoNNbQ8dTWi9deexmxGl7phVq4m9x7Srdt3izfe1LNnoG_YVNheeRxW-HspH6x-FgNvp7iUCKXvErWSGwBVnz3OeUC2FuOD___uo/s640/Quarry-40.jpg" width="640"></a><br> <a href="http://thehiat.blogspot.com/2012/06/huge-machine-abandoned-in-russia.html#more">More decay please [+]</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.thehiat.org/</div>Johnny Dohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082510122757746266noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-375826023749251825.post-20338479884654553952012-06-08T17:08:00.005+03:002012-07-14T20:05:09.757+03:00<div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>Prypiat, the fascinating abandoned city we all know by now, is not only being visited by tourists and urban explorers. Graffiti artists roamed it&#39;s streets numerous times, trying to convey the impact that the disaster had on this city, once inhabited by families with happy children with no worries, which had their lives turned upside-down when the disaster occurred. The artists show us the fear and sadness they, and the kids that had to leave home forever, felt.</b></div><br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFvKZlsRL9j1Evt455xBJUsUdvsoCEqEb3M3FV5I3dnxeRoSO3Yjb7OeIEnskzNlWpxyiWiDQ-HqixNzceD7ghE7qXxxjh3fzbXHOjVJ5oboSypI1y_xz25hyphenhyphenAMxxc_Q86qJRsU6Emfpf/s1600/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFvKZlsRL9j1Evt455xBJUsUdvsoCEqEb3M3FV5I3dnxeRoSO3Yjb7OeIEnskzNlWpxyiWiDQ-HqixNzceD7ghE7qXxxjh3fzbXHOjVJ5oboSypI1y_xz25hyphenhyphenAMxxc_Q86qJRsU6Emfpf/s640/11.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br> <a href="http://thehiat.blogspot.com/2012/06/creepy-graffiti-in-prypiat.html#more">More decay please [+]</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.thehiat.org/</div>Johnny Dohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082510122757746266noreply@blogger.com3Pryp'yat', Kiev Oblast, Ukraine51.4055556 30.0569444000000251.3829001 29.998732900000022 51.4282111 30.115155900000019tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-375826023749251825.post-9304029780061228842012-06-07T23:47:00.005+03:002012-07-14T20:18:30.584+03:00<div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>These monuments were built by several sculptors and architects in the 60s and 70s to commemorate sites where WWII battles took place or where concentration camps stood. In the 80s they were a major tourist attraction, but after the Republic dissolved they became just a pile of forgotten monuments. The structures once represented strength, but now they are slowly decaying and fading. Despite the fact that they were neglected lately, you can still feel what the artists tried to expose.</b></div><div style="color: #f6b26b;"><br> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #f6b26b; float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAXnDDq2sdRM5plwutA-iTJS4ZY20MRZj_3dDrY5OS1WFYxkTOG-Udhipb5t6-HvO42O7pyG6mob8Vnedc7PcKNZoKd0Nb6EFLijMPgXxSCna9QNOQQAIGBfPNqkUJYhU49RH82E8nhG_X/s1600/Spomenik_01%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAXnDDq2sdRM5plwutA-iTJS4ZY20MRZj_3dDrY5OS1WFYxkTOG-Udhipb5t6-HvO42O7pyG6mob8Vnedc7PcKNZoKd0Nb6EFLijMPgXxSCna9QNOQQAIGBfPNqkUJYhU49RH82E8nhG_X/s640/Spomenik_01%25281%2529.jpg" width="640"></a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Podgarić</b></td></tr> </tbody></table><a href="http://thehiat.blogspot.com/2012/06/abandoned-monuments-in-yugoslavia.html#more">More decay please [+]</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.thehiat.org/</div>Johnny Dohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082510122757746266noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-375826023749251825.post-31271582894746484272012-04-29T18:23:00.003+03:002012-07-14T20:52:08.763+03:00<div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>These are some factories on Progresului St. in Bucharest. They are almost entirely demolished, but still attract several explorers. This particular explore didn&#39;t involve me sadly, but I need to expose this location further, to my readers.</b></div><div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>I&#39;ll try and convince the author to take me to this place one day. Maybe I can capture even more of this place. </b></div><div style="color: #e69138;"><b><br> </b></div><div style="color: #999999;"><b>Source: <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://gamezplayi.wordpress.com/2012/04/14/industrie-demolata-strada-progresului/" target="_blank">Explorer reporting in!</a></span></b></div><br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhen8xCKdWQVJ0z8zSaev3s6ECftH-ayniO5Viz9i-zrk8CSifUK8SwzzPzi59YVbdRyo4FjVEgbLV2C-IMDHuSXsYAocc_8ZDdtPT6SY5aQYQEHzsiisAlCK1qKIuDrf3NlOng3cz0Ai1t/s1600/img_6448.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhen8xCKdWQVJ0z8zSaev3s6ECftH-ayniO5Viz9i-zrk8CSifUK8SwzzPzi59YVbdRyo4FjVEgbLV2C-IMDHuSXsYAocc_8ZDdtPT6SY5aQYQEHzsiisAlCK1qKIuDrf3NlOng3cz0Ai1t/s640/img_6448.jpg" width="640"></a></div><a href="http://thehiat.blogspot.com/2012/04/demolished-industry.html#more">More decay please [+]</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.thehiat.org/</div>Johnny Dohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082510122757746266noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-375826023749251825.post-12588494314343586902012-04-27T18:55:00.006+03:002012-07-14T20:53:41.052+03:00<div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>I heard of these forts about 2 years ago, but until recently, I couldn&#39;t remember how they were called.</b></div><div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>I consider them fascinating mostly because they are abandoned, but almost unreachable. The kind of explore I will probably never have the opportunity to do. The internet has plenty of pics and info on the forts, and almost every urbex addict knows of their existence by now, but that didn&#39;t stop me from showing them to you once more.</b></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="color: #e69138;">The </span><b style="color: #f6b26b;">Maunsell Forts</b><span style="color: #e69138;"> were small fortified towers built in the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Estuary" style="color: #f6b26b;" title="Thames Estuary">Thames</a><span style="color: #e69138;"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Mersey" style="color: #f6b26b;" title="River Mersey">Mersey</a><span style="color: #e69138;"> estuaries during the </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_World_War" style="color: #f6b26b;" title="Second World War">Second World War</a><span style="color: #e69138;"> to help defend the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" style="color: #f6b26b;" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a><span style="color: #e69138;">. They were named after their designer, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Maunsell" style="color: #f6b26b;" title="Guy Maunsell">Guy Maunsell</a><span style="color: #e69138;">. The forts were decommissioned in the late 1950s and later used for other activities. One became the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand" style="color: #f6b26b;" title="Principality of Sealand">Principality of Sealand</a><span style="color: #e69138;">; boats visit the remaining forts occasionally, and a consortium called Project Redsands is planning to conserve the fort situated at </span><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Redsand&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" style="color: #f6b26b;" title="Redsand (page does not exist)">Redsand</a><span style="color: #e69138;">.</span><b><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: #e69138;"> </span></span></b></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM20LIXPe0vhM5HjyRnWMB9ZlZAZqb9W2gse71b9_NNwPQLqeXH3iwIhib13lPV_ObZcCipuicp9RmwjtOLeMwdyxy1nrN8yv7-_ilzZmiCtB2uvz2kyoHt3iaSuNx6mb87jCShfKhiM5G/s1600/Screen-shot-2011-02-04-at-20.58.22.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM20LIXPe0vhM5HjyRnWMB9ZlZAZqb9W2gse71b9_NNwPQLqeXH3iwIhib13lPV_ObZcCipuicp9RmwjtOLeMwdyxy1nrN8yv7-_ilzZmiCtB2uvz2kyoHt3iaSuNx6mb87jCShfKhiM5G/s640/Screen-shot-2011-02-04-at-20.58.22.png" width="640"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzW_mGx70ILN_ntQVRBHGabetEcy4qD47eR4pkVgB9z22RT5CUEAG0VyXERDpZ4KJg2-W66rp-WOkOHQVFEA3TjcQCpauA_Sd12DdmuLlrX8Yf-61-7AqKBz1JDUyMFMT71BFMvhLsGcXc/s1600/KnockJohn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><a href="http://thehiat.blogspot.com/2012/04/rusty-maunsell-forts.html#more">More decay please [+]</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.thehiat.org/</div>Johnny Dohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082510122757746266noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-375826023749251825.post-59632320357719645112012-03-25T13:42:00.003+03:002012-07-14T20:54:43.326+03:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #f6b26b; text-align: center;"><b></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #f6b26b; text-align: center;"><b></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #f6b26b; text-align: center;"><b></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #f6b26b; text-align: center;"><b></b></div><div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>The Sanzhi UFO houses, or the Sanzhi pod houses, or the Sanzhi Pod city were a set of abandoned buildings that were shaped like pods, situated in the Sanzhi District, Taiwan.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #f6b26b; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlRlj_6QptdhWBgMw4LmfitK4AleTSTcYfELtNNlfb7RC-5C-YYwDBjSZCLnY9UthEDN3hnEFnTWftjQDAqpQ0eo0-yHDthCHXl00z4UxDzLYhyphenhyphenDGaBIHzawfS67ykffIBgblE-EfOcCej/s1600/Sanzhi+UFO+houses+%25283%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlRlj_6QptdhWBgMw4LmfitK4AleTSTcYfELtNNlfb7RC-5C-YYwDBjSZCLnY9UthEDN3hnEFnTWftjQDAqpQ0eo0-yHDthCHXl00z4UxDzLYhyphenhyphenDGaBIHzawfS67ykffIBgblE-EfOcCej/s640/Sanzhi+UFO+houses+%25283%2529.jpg" width="640"></a></b></div><a href="http://thehiat.blogspot.com/2012/03/sanzhi-ufo-houses.html#more">More decay please [+]</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.thehiat.org/</div>Johnny Dohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082510122757746266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-375826023749251825.post-25602965417533799432012-03-24T00:21:00.002+02:002012-07-14T20:55:27.552+03:00<div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>Along with <a href="http://www.thehiat.org/2012/02/prypiat-famous-ghost-town.html" target="_blank">Prypiat</a>, this location, meaning this tower in particular, is one of the most famous abandoned places on the internet. </b></div><b style="color: #f6b26b;">While Prypiat is fascinating the internet through the fact that it&#39;s a medium sized city, it&#39;s soviet and it&#39;s abandoned, Shime coal mine got it&#39;s fame through it&#39;s unique structure. It&#39;s one of those famous internet memes everyone know about. The internet made it a meme because they say it&#39;s the perfect zombie fortress, and I don&#39;t challenge that idea. It looks pretty zombie safe.</b><br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEMQLLwyVQ_lzjGkWFKQHBRyZosW_O7Du3xAb_NK-g7ModUa-CBmxLNxrgDmMJRq1pFNx9A-GizGQfBaLIQKWMN0B9d-LeEfBwGVjB54Hsq3B1Dcxj_9HFdp1cZ601EZ_-3snh-GFDqi9v/s1600/Winding_tower_of_Shime_coal_mine_and_inclines_shaft.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEMQLLwyVQ_lzjGkWFKQHBRyZosW_O7Du3xAb_NK-g7ModUa-CBmxLNxrgDmMJRq1pFNx9A-GizGQfBaLIQKWMN0B9d-LeEfBwGVjB54Hsq3B1Dcxj_9HFdp1cZ601EZ_-3snh-GFDqi9v/s640/Winding_tower_of_Shime_coal_mine_and_inclines_shaft.jpg" width="640"></a></div><a href="http://thehiat.blogspot.com/2012/03/shime-coal-mine.html#more">More decay please [+]</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.thehiat.org/</div>Johnny Dohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082510122757746266noreply@blogger.com2Shime, Kasuya District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan33.5914727 130.4797429999999833.5665822 130.45037 33.616363199999995 130.50911599999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-375826023749251825.post-66698444212804781102012-02-28T23:58:00.002+02:002012-07-14T20:56:43.997+03:00<div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>Pyramiden is an <a href="http://www.thehiat.org/2010/12/kadykchan-another-communist-leftover.html" target="_blank">abandoned Russian settlement</a> and coal mining community on the archipelago of Svalbard, Norway. Sweden founded if in 1919 and sold it to the Soviet Union in 1927. It&#39;s name comes from the pyramid-shaped mountains near the town. The town once had 1.000 residents, but in 1998 it was abandoned by Arktikugol Trust, the Russian state company who owned it, meaning that another <a href="http://www.thehiat.org/search/label/Ghost%20Towns" target="_blank">ghost town</a> was born. The town was abandoned in a hurry and things remain largely as they were in 1998. The residents were given just hours to pack their bags and leave. </b></div><br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggygf-OGVh39Tt6NJlEKh8Of3HMXSkKeXkuhDr3IqvpyuF3vhB0dZDsF16U3TOHft4FZ9XstbVjCtmS89Gl2lgwRG-Li82fgY_CGf2sOA3ptTanoGvXLlD2DBmVlhvFOHiC5xYs1gS3qU6/s1600/photo-14051-24-06-08-07-30-53.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggygf-OGVh39Tt6NJlEKh8Of3HMXSkKeXkuhDr3IqvpyuF3vhB0dZDsF16U3TOHft4FZ9XstbVjCtmS89Gl2lgwRG-Li82fgY_CGf2sOA3ptTanoGvXLlD2DBmVlhvFOHiC5xYs1gS3qU6/s640/photo-14051-24-06-08-07-30-53.jpg" width="640"></a></div><a href="http://thehiat.blogspot.com/2012/02/arctic-ghost-town-pyramiden.html#more">More decay please [+]</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.thehiat.org/</div>Johnny Dohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082510122757746266noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-375826023749251825.post-11882377495446701962012-02-28T02:22:00.001+02:002012-07-14T20:57:44.868+03:00<div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>Usually, a <a href="http://www.thehiat.org/search/label/Ghost%20Towns" target="_blank">ghost town</a> is considered to be that human settlement, which after years of being inhabited, is eventually abandoned by people due to different causes, such as disasters or economic downturns. But how can an ultra modern city be turned into a ghost town right after it was built? Well, the answers finds itself in China, in the city of Ordos, where Kangbashi, one of the newest and most modern neighborhoods is absolutely empty.</b></div><div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b><br> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #f6b26b; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUGau2tPBSJNcQxu-ig53q6AlaaIw8rcz1Nivi6raUwE9rS3g2WRSrvFALgAGNIXd_qiEdAus6slUK0Lyq-tLuCH-GcE5zxYHuv8PHV0uKFgcQY5nJZmgtqmk9mVsxW1WBGLhYc3y08srF/s1600/9b2438e9a1642f87a9848d679e2137fc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUGau2tPBSJNcQxu-ig53q6AlaaIw8rcz1Nivi6raUwE9rS3g2WRSrvFALgAGNIXd_qiEdAus6slUK0Lyq-tLuCH-GcE5zxYHuv8PHV0uKFgcQY5nJZmgtqmk9mVsxW1WBGLhYc3y08srF/s640/9b2438e9a1642f87a9848d679e2137fc.jpg" width="640"></a><b></b></div><a href="http://thehiat.blogspot.com/2012/02/modern-ghost-town-of-kangbashi.html#more">More decay please [+]</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.thehiat.org/</div>Johnny Dohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082510122757746266noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-375826023749251825.post-8761240891963122852012-02-27T01:58:00.003+02:002012-07-14T20:59:06.813+03:00<div style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>On April 26th, 1986 an explosion in the reactor number four at the <a href="http://www.thehiat.org/2011/06/chernobyl-exhibition.html" target="_blank">Chernobyl</a> nuclear power plant would permanently change the face of Ukraine and Eastern Europe. Chernobyl remains in the collective memory of mankind as the worst nuclear disaster in the history of nuclear energy production. Maybe the man made disaster with the most impact on mankind. Radiation resulting from the explosion caused thousands of deaths in Ukraine, Russia and neighboring countries, but long-term effects of this catastrophe are more serious: the spread of cancer diseases, children born with birth defects, irradiation of agricultural land and more. All these form a sum of effects caused by a single event, which in turn generates more negative effects.</b></div><br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_WQq1uAKu-WLI-FfL3hXjCl8O6t1gmrgAgItsx5Rpo8vZUkquBBTHvm5pSRmTOwSQxUkbQhVUt88AHLYu9UVoviUrnMbFLpZGkD3yWvoEf3iDV0N_7cR_D_jIdhZ-n0Jbm3HpftjVUm7o/s1600/pripyat-today.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_WQq1uAKu-WLI-FfL3hXjCl8O6t1gmrgAgItsx5Rpo8vZUkquBBTHvm5pSRmTOwSQxUkbQhVUt88AHLYu9UVoviUrnMbFLpZGkD3yWvoEf3iDV0N_7cR_D_jIdhZ-n0Jbm3HpftjVUm7o/s640/pripyat-today.jpg" width="640"></a></div><a href="http://thehiat.blogspot.com/2012/02/prypiat-famous-ghost-town.html#more">More decay please [+]</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.thehiat.org/</div>Johnny Dohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082510122757746266noreply@blogger.com8