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03-30-2011, 03:58 PM
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Re: Ship Graveyard Nouadhibou, Mauritania
One of the largest ship graveyard : the bay of Nouadhibou:  The city of Nouadhibou (Arabic: نواذيبو) is the second largest city in Mauritania and serves as the country's commercial center.It is famous for being the location of one of the largest ship graveyard in the world. Hundreds of rusting ships can be seen all around, in the water, and on beaches.  One of the most commonly read explanation for that situation is that Mauritanian harbor officers were taking bribes and allowing ships to be discarded in the harbor and around the bay.  This phenomenon started in the 80's after the nationalization of the Mauritanian fishing industry, numerous uneconomical ships were simply abandoned there. I'm guessing that foreign ship owners later found very convenient to get rid of their old vessels in the bay.  My feeling balances between anger and amazement by the sight of those rusted skeletons Amazement for the dreamy vision, anger for the ecological and social disaster.         |
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03-31-2011, 07:50 AM
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Re: Ship Graveyard Nouadhibou, Mauritania
not the red sea but here's another one i found a while back http://www.documentingreality.com/fo...rbaijan-45455/ |
