No longer able to protect the castle, Lisbon surrounded it with red plastic barricades…
Category: hubris
what’s the penalty if you jump?
It’s blindingly hot, 107 degrees outside… but inside, with the air conditioning blasting, it’s nice and cozy by the fire.
nimby’s…
Preserving Ruins at Pompeii (including the famous franken-vessel).
A street in Pompeii. Most of the walls are basalt. And creeping around in the background, Vesuvius.
Recycling container in Pompeii
Plaque outside the Pompeii sports complex. It says the stadium was built for “perpetual use.” This seems a bit presumptuous.
No longer able to protect the castle, the city of Naples surrounded it with cement barricades and fencing…
Support beams at Square Tower.
There is something quixotic (oxymoronic?) about preserving ruins. Especially sandstone ruins, patched with clay and mud, and built below large sandstone cliffs. Everything is moving. Everything is collapsing. The mesa is a great sand-filled wave, cresting in slow motion. And if you sit still, you can watch it roll.
Below are some other attempts used by the park to stop entropy. A chain to hold back a giant rock and liquid nails.
