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04-03-2016, 10:25 AM
Ghostly photos show abandoned town being reclaimed by desert sand
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In Melbourne, Australia, an old home filled with sand is allowing visitors to travel to an eery corner of Africa without leaving the country.
The installation is the work of Australian photographer*Emma McEvoy (http://emmamcevoy.com/), who is using the space to show images taken during a trip to*Kolmanskop, a town in Nambia that has been relinquished to the desertA favourite (http://photography.nationalgeographic.com.au/photography/photo-of-the-day/namibia-pomona-kolmanskop-sands/) of photographers, the once wealthy German mining town is said to have been*abandoned in the mid-1950s (http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-02-24/how-sands-time-have-almost-swallowed-german-ghost-town-namibian-desert), its ornate houses and ballrooms giving way to sand that curves around doors and walls.
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In Melbourne, Australia, an old home filled with sand is allowing visitors to travel to an eery corner of Africa without leaving the country.
The installation is the work of Australian photographer*Emma McEvoy (http://emmamcevoy.com/), who is using the space to show images taken during a trip to*Kolmanskop, a town in Nambia that has been relinquished to the desertA favourite (http://photography.nationalgeographic.com.au/photography/photo-of-the-day/namibia-pomona-kolmanskop-sands/) of photographers, the once wealthy German mining town is said to have been*abandoned in the mid-1950s (http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-02-24/how-sands-time-have-almost-swallowed-german-ghost-town-namibian-desert), its ornate houses and ballrooms giving way to sand that curves around doors and walls.
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