I’ve been thinking about towns submerged by reservoirs. I don’t know why that suddenly came to mind or why it fascinated me without prompting. It’s one of those things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is also a topic that interests many other people apparently. They’ve written all sorts of definitive lists of underwater ghost towns. I won’t replicate those definitive works. One can review them<\/a> later if interested<\/a>. It’s a surprisingly common phenomenon. People need water. Towns are flooded. I’ll simply provide a few examples spread across the globe that I’ve explored via satellite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let’s get the obvious one out of the way first, an instance of scale so incredibly audacious that it cannot escape without mentioning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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