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We have just returned from a visit to the Etosha National Park, extremely hot, very dry and desolate. Large parts of Namibia are experiencing extreme draught after two bad rainy seasons and unfortunately Etosha has not been spared.
Brindled Gnu carcass next to the road to Okondeka, Etosha National Park, Namibia.
A Northern 142 pacer runs through the industrial desolation at South Bank, Teeside. Working 2D46 15:30 Saltburn to Darlington. 7th June 2017.
A view that sums up the uniqueness of Dungeness, rare for such a desolate location in the South East of England
Great Yarmouth, 24th October 2004.
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I think that the open-cast coal mine at Sandaoling in China is the place where I have seen the biggest evidence (by far) of man's impact on the landscape. The depth and extent of the workings past (largely) and present are vast. The adjectives desolate, barren and brutal spring to mind.
Here a 'JS class 2-8-2 hauls out a loaded train, while a sister loco is propelling a take of empties down to the loading point.
Singair, Manikganj, Bangladesh.
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An ancient temple of Bagan stands proud in the hot mid-day sun of the Bagan Plains, Myanmar (Burma).
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I used to wait for hours to see him move,
Convinced that he could breathe. One dreadful day
They hid him from me as a punishment:
Sometimes the desolation of that loss
Comes back to me and I must go upstairs
To see him in the sawdust, so to speak,
Safe and returned to his idolater.
So wrote John Betjeman of his teddy bear, Archibald. Mine inevitably became Rupert, after the cartoon bear in the Daily Express whose Annual was always my favourite Christmas present. I was told that my mother placed him at the end of my cot, where I would see him when I woke up. It is recorded that I said "Ta", then trod on my long nightie and fell flat on my face as I ran with outstretched arms to embrace him. If I could stand, and enunciate a structurally simple word, I would guess either Christmas 1952 or my 1953 birthday. Originally he had glass eyes on short lengths of stiff wire inserted directly into his head. I have a faint memory of them. My mother, fearing that I might "put my eye out" with the wires, replaced them with these beady sewn-on buttons. There was a short period of adjustment to Rupert's changed appearance, but I soon accepted it. My sister, two years my junior, was also given a bear. She called it Willum, probably derived from a television puppet called Pussycat Willum. He seemed over-stuffed and hard, but was newer and may simply have needed "cuddling in". I regret to record that in later years I thought it would be amusing to insert a banger between his head and body, which caused a big scorch mark. I think that was the end of him. My sister may still harbour a slight grudge.
This is the back side of the long-deserted asbestos quary in Amiantos - (Troodos area). The picture was taken from the Persefoni nature trail. The front side has already been replanted. It will take decades to heal the damage!
This inclement weather view of Demondrille shows the current desolate state of what was once a busy railway junction.
To the right is the line to Cowra and Blayney, which itself boasted 2 further branch lines. Today the line is out of use, with significant community pressure to restore this link which has been dormant for over 10 years.
The signal box has also seen no use for a similar period of time, since CTC signalling was introduced over 10 years ago over the entire Main South Line by ARTC.
6029 is running an empty carriage transfer to Goulburn from Junee as 6S70.
2018-08-31 NSW Rail Museum 6029 Demondrille 6S70
Desolation:
A state of complete emptiness or destruction: the stony desolation of the desert.
This photo was taken by an Asahi Pentax 6 X 7 medium format film camera and Super-Multi-Coated Takumar/6X7 1:4.5/75mm lens with a Pentax 67 82ø Y48(Y2) SMC filter using Fuji Neopan Acros 100 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.
Light engine class 20's 20142 and 20007 pass the desolate site of Kingsbury station now only used by Network Rail maintenance crews.
With fading light the pair pass on their way to Derby R.T.C. from Eastleigh . 26-01-21.
20142 entered service on 21-05-1966 numbered D8142.
20007 entered service on 19-09-1957 numbered D8007.
Kingsbury station closed 04-03-1968.