AUSSIEMANDIUS - CONTAINED
(BEST VIEWED LARGE)
Before the Fall twenty million containers made 200 million journeys every year.
Logistics by Lego.
Afterwards, millions of the metal boxes were washed overboard from the thousands of drifting, crewless ships. Countless more floated off the decks of the vessels that sank. Depending on their loads and how well they were sealed they floated awash or submerged. A vast, drifting armada that followed the tides and great ocean currents.
No longer a hazard to navigation, for there was no one left to navigate.
The flotsam of a global civilization. Still mobile, still transporting the world's goods.
Storm and tide washed many ashore.
Where they would wait forever for the cranes, trains and trucks that would never come.
Contained.
After the Fall.
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Containers lost overboard do constitute a growing pollution and navigation problem.
On land they rust away until loaded again, scrapped or co-opted for other purposes. This big 'ol brute is used for storage in a local park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Some clever clogs have designed fit-outs for them so they can be used as portable housing for emergency disaster relief and longer term humanitarian aid, as well as for commercial residences where mobile workforces cluster around construction or mining projects.
The picture, taken on a bright, sunny day, was all about light, shadows, colour and texture. No surprises there!
AUSSIEMANDIUS - CONTAINED
(BEST VIEWED LARGE)
Before the Fall twenty million containers made 200 million journeys every year.
Logistics by Lego.
Afterwards, millions of the metal boxes were washed overboard from the thousands of drifting, crewless ships. Countless more floated off the decks of the vessels that sank. Depending on their loads and how well they were sealed they floated awash or submerged. A vast, drifting armada that followed the tides and great ocean currents.
No longer a hazard to navigation, for there was no one left to navigate.
The flotsam of a global civilization. Still mobile, still transporting the world's goods.
Storm and tide washed many ashore.
Where they would wait forever for the cranes, trains and trucks that would never come.
Contained.
After the Fall.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Containers lost overboard do constitute a growing pollution and navigation problem.
On land they rust away until loaded again, scrapped or co-opted for other purposes. This big 'ol brute is used for storage in a local park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Some clever clogs have designed fit-outs for them so they can be used as portable housing for emergency disaster relief and longer term humanitarian aid, as well as for commercial residences where mobile workforces cluster around construction or mining projects.
The picture, taken on a bright, sunny day, was all about light, shadows, colour and texture. No surprises there!