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The Darvaza gas crater in Turkmenistan at dusk. The result of a Soviet-era oil drilling accident, it is sometimes nicknamed the "Door to Hell" or "Gates to Hell".
Darvaza, Turkmenistan - April 24, 2024: A woman wearing angel wings stands around the Darvaza gas crater at dusk. The result of a Soviet-era oil drilling accident, it is sometimes nicknamed the "Door to Hell" or "Gates to Hell".
The Darvaza gas crater in Turkmenistan at dusk. The result of a Soviet-era oil drilling accident, it is sometimes nicknamed the "Door to Hell" or "Gates to Hell".
The Darvaza gas crater in Turkmenistan at dusk. The result of a Soviet-era oil drilling accident, it is sometimes nicknamed the "Door to Hell" or "Gates to Hell".
Tourists around the Darvaza gas crater in Turkmenistan at night. The result of a Soviet-era oil drilling accident, it is sometimes nicknamed the "Door to Hell" or "Gates to Hell".
Darvaza, Turkmenistan - April 24, 2024: The Darvaza gas crater in Turkmenistan at dusk. The result of a Soviet-era oil drilling accident, it is sometimes nicknamed the "Door to Hell" or "Gates to Hell".
The Darvaza gas crater in Turkmenistan at sunrise. The result of a Soviet-era oil drilling accident, it is sometimes nicknamed the "Door to Hell" or "Gates to Hell".
Darvaza, Turkmenistan - April 24, 2024: Tourists around the Darvaza gas crater in Turkmenistan at night. The result of a Soviet-era oil drilling accident, it is sometimes nicknamed the "Door to Hell" or "Gates to Hell".
Darvaza, Turkmenistan - April 24, 2024: Tourists around the Darvaza gas crater in Turkmenistan at night. The result of a Soviet-era oil drilling accident, it is sometimes nicknamed the "Door to Hell" or "Gates to Hell".
Darvaza, Turkmenistan - April 24, 2024: The Darvaza gas crater in Turkmenistan at dusk. The result of a Soviet-era oil drilling accident, it is sometimes nicknamed the "Door to Hell" or "Gates to Hell".
Darvaza, Turkmenistan - April 24, 2024: The Darvaza gas crater in Turkmenistan at dusk. The result of a Soviet-era oil drilling accident, it is sometimes nicknamed the "Door to Hell" or "Gates to Hell".
Darvaza, Turkmenistan - April 24, 2024: The Darvaza gas crater in Turkmenistan at dusk. The result of a Soviet-era oil drilling accident, it is sometimes nicknamed the "Door to Hell" or "Gates to Hell".
Darvaza, Turkmenistan - April 24, 2024: Tourists around the Darvaza gas crater in Turkmenistan. The result of a Soviet-era oil drilling accident, it is sometimes nicknamed the "Door to Hell" or "Gates to Hell".
La naturaleza encontró defensa en juzgados, pueblos originarios y activistas. La justicia ambiental ya no es marginal: es urgente y necesaria.
#ecocidio #derechosindigenas #sosocéanos #accióncolectiva
Shown heading down the Clyde on route to Falmouth. The Australis spent five or six years as a storage tanker at Finnart. Her departure is the result of the imminent closure of the Grangemouth refinery. Whilst the Grangemouth refinery is privately owned, it will mean Scotland will in future have to rely on imports because politicians - in both Holyrood and Westminster - failed to act to save the last oil refinery facility in Scotland. Yet another example of politicians stupidity and short-sightedness!
www.michaelleek.co.uk
Shown heading down Loch Long on route to Falmouth. The Australis spent five or six years as a storage tanker at Finnart. Her departure is the result of the pending closure of the Grangemouth refinery. Whilst the Grangemouth refinery is privately owned, it will mean Scotland will in future have to rely on imports because politicians - in both Holyrood and Westminster - failed to act to save the last oil refinery facility in Scotland. Yet another example of politicians stupidity and short-sightedness!
www.michaeleek.co.uk
Yes, another trip back with the repaired time machine. (over time, capacitors begin to leak and vacuum tubes fail. Some of these parts are getting difficult to find these days!)
I've been in Southern California over the years and the beaches near LA are very scenic. (until the recent forest fires, that is). Just imagine how much that air reeked of hydrocarbons back when this photo was captured. I strongly suspect that a certain amount of underground oil also seeped out in the waters of the Pacific Ocean.
Artist’s Statement:
This work captures a fleeting moment of raw elemental power—a sunrise over Aberdeen Harbour, where the industrial and the sublime converge in a spectacle of light and tension. The composition is dominated by an explosion of fiery hues—reds, oranges, and yellows radiate outward in an almost violent assertion of the sun’s presence, illuminating the busy quayside below. The vessels, symbols of the relentless oil industry, lie in wait, their steel hulls absorbing the dawn’s energy as they prepare for the day’s labours.
The brushstrokes, bold and urgent, mirror the artist’s race against time, a desperate attempt to seize the transient brilliance before it dissolves into the measured rhythm of daylight. The radiating strokes do not merely depict light; they convey a restless energy, an anxious turbulence that underlies the moment—the sun’s primal force meeting human industry in a delicate, uneasy balance. This is not a peaceful dawn, but a confrontation between natural grandeur and human enterprise, a moment both beautiful and unsettling in its intensity.
