There are so many cities, towns and villages around the world sacrificed to the gods of hydroelectric power & industry that one could compile a whole alternate atlas of lost watery worlds
[Chiapas, Mexico; Curon Venosta, Italy; Potosi, Venezuela; Bathu Temples, India]
[Chiapas, Mexico; Curon Venosta, Italy; Potosi, Venezuela; Bathu Temples, India]
On this subject, there's a whole chapter to be written on the Three Gorges Dam — it displaced 1.4 m people, dismantled and submerged 13 cities, 140 towns and 1,350 villages, as well as 1,300 archaeological sites. Its slogan was “Forsake the small home. Support the big home.”
Photo credits:
1. Ren de Jess/ Silvia Camporesi/ JunCTionS/ hp37
2. Romano Cagnoni/ Tamas Dezso/ Eduardo Alcântara/ Grethe Ulgjell
3. dronestagram/ Acid Drones/ Getty Images/ Imir Kamberi
4. Zhang Xiao/ Getty Images
1. Ren de Jess/ Silvia Camporesi/ JunCTionS/ hp37
2. Romano Cagnoni/ Tamas Dezso/ Eduardo Alcântara/ Grethe Ulgjell
3. dronestagram/ Acid Drones/ Getty Images/ Imir Kamberi
4. Zhang Xiao/ Getty Images