Satellite Pictures for a different Perspective of Earth

Astronauts regularly proclaim that the view of the earth from space endeared them with a different almost sublimely mystical perspective of earth. From a great height, both the fragility and interconnectedness of the world is exposed. Cynically or even prosaically this may be termed a kumbaya experience, but I concur with those space travellers in being overwhelmed by man’s insignificance in a cosmic scale.

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Desolate and abandoned Iceland

Unlike the Iceland of the picture cards this is vastly different but still with its sublime almost eerie beauty.

Even in its desolation its abandoned houses and equipment seductively display their rusting and decaying bellies as if they were still of some use to mankind. While gloomy skies and dank foreboding surroundings cast a pall of dispair over the sombre visage, these solitary sentinals stand guard over a deserted island.

The main picture above is a US Navy DC3 that ran out of fuel and landed safely on the south coast of Iceland.
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