Rust roest is a Dutch expression which means ´idleness rusts the mind´. Literally translated it would be: rest rusts.

© 2008 Ilse Koning - all rights reserved

This photo is taken in the Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park, a monument of industrial cultural heritage. This is a massive industrial wasteland, measuring 200 hectares, which has been transformed into a multifunctional park.

Former industrial facilities have been converted to a variety of different uses. The former factory buildings have been converted to accommodate cultural and corporate functions; an old gasholder has become a diving centre; the former ore storage bunkers have been turned into alpine climbing gardens, and an extinct blast furnace has been developed into a panoramic tower.

In my opinion a great project where industrial heritage is saved for the future. For photographers it is a Walhalla as well: so many beautiful structures, buildings and lovely ´paintings´ of rust and flaked paint. Rust roest, literally.

Every day in June 08, we walked past a metal retaining wall on part of the beach at Wildwood, New Jersey and each time I photographed part of it. This is one of that series of photographs which show what colours and beauty there can be in a rusting piece of metal.

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Avon Valley Railway is a heritage railway which runs along a 3 mile stretch of the Bristol - Bath cycle track.

Volunteers (with a lot more patience than I'd ever have) restore steam trains in their spare time, and during the school holidays they operate rides up and down the track.

Here's one of the engines in it's pre restored state. Wire wool anyone?

Chain

Rusty, crusty gate with wonderful patina and rust.

July 2010, Creemore ON.

A rusted cable on the side of the East Cape Lighthouse

This morning's topic for Our Daily Challenge is 'Rust & Rot.' I had to laugh at myself for joyfully thinking, "Oh good, I know where that rusting bulldozer is!" It still works. My landlord uses it. Its down at the bottom of the field that Wiki Kitty and I walk most days together.

Game: Rust

Photo: The Real_Gabe

4K ingame screenshot from the PC game Rust.

Not enhanced!

Rusted exhaust fan from a brickworks factory

From the rusted wall one hundred feet square

came all landscapes dark and fair.

Rust & Shadow..

2012 Ferienfahrt Europapark Rust

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Strange rust on an old pier

At Keys Desert Queen Ranch, Joshua Tree National Park California

If you use these textures in your work, please credit me with a link back.

Leave a link or a small sample of your work in my comments, thank you!

rust, automotive, car

Rust eating away metal pillar.

Still Beautiful

This is an old hydroelectric turbine.

Rust.

Rust Bucket!

Rocks by Rail, Cottesmore, UK

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This chain keeps the ugly orange trash can from . . . being stolen from the park? The chain is beautiful, though--so I'm glad they're worried about such things.

I have no idea what this is but I like the look of it. Art in the old market.

rust.

Seems an lot of it on our Alexanders this spring. A lot more than usual, the Romans found not be eating it for their veggies in this condition!