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Thursday, April 10, 2014

AMAZING HOW ABANDONED WAR HELMETS AND WEAPONS BECAME EMMESHED WITH TREE TRUNKS IN RUSSIA

Reminiscent of images from the documentary "Life After People", which shows how in a world without people nature would immediately begin to take over every bit of space in no time.   
 
Daily Mail - A remarkable series of photos taken in a Russian forest have been making the rounds on social media sites, showing what happens over time to instruments of carnage discarded in the woods.   The striking images depict rifles, artillery shells, grenades and sapper shovels embedded in tree trunks - essentially swallowed up by the natural surroundings.
 
Some of the most powerful images in the sequence show slender trees growing through gaping holes in Soviet Army helmets.  The shape and condition of the protective gear suggest that the helmets belonged to Red Army servicemen during World War II.   Given that each of the hard-hats is damaged, their owners most likely had met a violent end.  While little is known about the exact location where the images were taken, it is likely that the helmets came to rest on young saplings during a battle.   Over time, the maturing trees widened the bullet holes, and the helmets essentially became impaled.  
 
According to some estimates, the Soviet Union lost some 20million people, both military and civilians, over the course of four years between 1941 and 1945. At least 14million of the casualties were soldiers and officers.
 
The poignant photos capturing the rusted out vestiges of World War II overwhelmed by trees drive home the message that in the end, after all the medals are handed out to heroes and all the peace treaties are signed, the only true victor is nature. 
 
Read more and see pictures
 
 
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More links to photos of abandoned sites on this blog
 
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