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A once popular resort town was flooded by water in 1985. After all of this time, the water has receded, leaving a ghost town in its wake. The photographs are striking.

EPECUEN, Argentina — A strange ghost town that spent a quarter century under water is coming up for air again in the Argentine farmlands southwest of Buenos Aires.

Epecuen was once a bustling little lakeside resort, where 1,500 people served 20,000 tourists a season. During Argentina's golden age, the same trains that carried grain to the outside world brought visitors from the capital to relax in Epecuen's saltwater baths and spas.

Then a particularly heavy rainstorm followed a series of wet winters, and the lake overflowed its banks on Nov. 10, 1985. Water burst through a retaining wall and spilled into the lakeside streets. People fled with what they could, and within days their homes were submerged under nearly 33 feet of corrosive saltwater.

Now the water has mostly receded, exposing what looks like a scene from a movie about the end of the world. The town hasn't been rebuilt, but it has become a tourist destination again, for people willing to drive at least six hours from Buenos Aires to get here, along 340 miles of narrow country roads. Read the full story.

Check out more images of the town as it is today at the source. NBC News

NBC News posted this a couple of weeks ago, but the photos were great. I thought, "Eh, why not."

 

[Angelus Errare]

damn

 

[Kickz]

Stunning

 

[Al-ibn Kermit]

Bring on Fallout 4. But really I loved the fact that the one 80 year old guy still lives there and greets any visitors. Wal-Mart aint got shit on that.

 

[akilshohen]

Imagine if this happens to that one island nation that's supposed to be wiped away by global warming.

 

[Deleted member 22576]

Looks like the set of monsters 2 after he's done selling out with Godzilla.

 

[Madness]

Damn that's crazy. Imagine some places that are at risk of climate change becoming like this. Look what happened to that car.

 

[HooYaH]

I can see a movie based on this in a couple of years.

 

[Nicktendo86]

Imagine if this happens to that one island nation that's supposed to be wiped away by global warming.

The Maldives?

 

[BeerSnob]

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!

 

[Nicktendo86]

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!

You could say that again.

 

[Team Filler]

̡͎̺̳̗̈ͯͬ̂̉͋͡P̫̹̣̪̼͚̼̰͈̏̓͗͗͜h̤͍̠̙̥̮ͥ͌ͪ͟'̦̒́̓ͯ̔̑́ͅn̢͈̼̺̣̈͛̍͗͢͠g̵̱̯͉̟͔̯̙ͮ̃̅̔ͫ̓̉̚͘ͅl̥͖̖̟̿ͫ̅͘ų̩͓͚̼̫̥̘ͩ̈͑́ͣ̏ͯ̏͜ͅi̙̘̥̬̤̜͑ͬ͊̒͋̅̾̋̓̀͜ ͊҉̨̯͕̰ͅm̢̢͓̜ͦͣ́̒̀g̪̘͐ͩ̆̀̑͛̐͂̓l͚͔ͫͬͫ̓̎̅w͗ͪͧ̾̿ͦͦͥ́҉̱͕̩̣͖͇̭'̧͖̩͉̝̾n̹̩̯̥͙͙͉ͫ͋̀̔͟͟a̻͈̮̱͍͊̽͡f̆̓̎ͭ́ͮ͛͏̶͇̻̭̤̪̟̰̦ḣ̳̦̟̱̏̅͐̌͂̑̕ ̨̻̦̼̔̓̇́̎̾͂C͖̲̐͑͋͑̉̾ẗ̴̘͉͙͕̤͙̙̏͑͂̾̒ͮ͡h̷͔̭̱̯̯̭̯̦̝̋̊̓̆ͭͮ̕u̸̯̙̣̩̼ͭ̏ͭ̋̓͑̿l͖͎͚͖̩̖̳̙͂̒̐͒h̸͓̓͌̋u͉̥̹̞̲̼̥̖̍ͣ̍ͤ̋ͫ͌͝͠ ̵̯̣̮̲̙͙̞̩͋͑̇R̎͛͂̾͏̜̱̦̤ͅ'͑̍ͣͭ̍͛҉͇̫̫͖̺͈̙̙͚ḷ̙̻͋͑̎y̴͚̝̍̅͂ͫ͠e̼͕͚͔̥̯̩͔̎͑̀̊ͯ̚͞h̵̻͒̏̃ͥ͋̎͒̕͞ ̩͆̌ͫ͜ŵ̗̲̪̘̠̆̃͋̌g̡̛̟̠̻̪̤ͪ̎̔aͭ͆̿ͣ̓̎͒ͬ͛͝͏̴̳̳̟h̢̺̖̹͔́̾ͩ̂'̴̸̳͉̱͇̼͚̊̈́̂͗͒ͫͨ͠n̵͖͔͎̳͇̰͌̄̚͘a̝̲͔͋̃́̔͆̈̓́͡g͎͓̋̒̿͛l̍ͬͤ͆͌҉͓̖͙̩̬͙̲͕̀͢ ̴̨̘ͫ́ͦ̆̌͜f̑́̅͆͏҉͉͓̥͔̼̲ͅḥ̡̪͉̰̪͇̻̬̮͛ͫ͟t̢͖̗̱̦͂̓͑̒̉͐ͩ̚͡a̵͈͖̻̙͙ͭ́̅ͮ͒͊̿̀g̷̷̼̜̜̥̺͚͖͔̯ͩ̌ͨ̈́̌ͧ͘n̨͉͖̞͈̭̬̖̒ͣ.̶͍̤̼͇̟͉̱̍͆ͮͨ̌̒̾̑ͦ̕͟
̡̬̋ͪ̂ͨ͋͋͋͠P̘̟̳̰̖͚̃ͪ̀͟h̢̰͖̏̀'̷̙͖̲̝͕̾ͤ͆́͐͟͟n̶͚͍͇͇͉ͪͯ͐̓̀͜gͨͩ͐҉̛͉̫̙ͅl̛͚̱̹̯̦̍̈́͞ú͍̙͙̯̮̩̪͢ĩ͚̺̱̲̱̻ͧ̿ͣ͊ͤ ̡̹͆ͮ̽ͯͭ̌̎̒̆ṁ̵̙͚̖͍̹̳͕͚ͧ̚͞g̵̱͚̻̼͎̘̞̻̀ͣͅl̛̤̮̬̯ͯ̀̈́̅̀w̘̤̭̗͐ͧ͂̔̋͘'̴̷͈͓͆ͭͯ͐̾͘nͩ̊̕͏҉͚̞̲̘̳a̴͙͇̐̓͟f̦͔̯̰̹̗̬͛̍̌ͧ̊̍ͤ̇͞hͥ͂̿̊͏͖̖̦ͅ ͇̗̺̤͍̝͚̥̙ͣͧ͗̎̉̓̔̉ͤ͜͠C̷̨̹͍̪̔̃̾͛ͅţ̷̴͓̝͇̖ͧ͊̓ͣͣ͂h͍͉͇̳̖̹̣̝͛͐̇͂͑͜ȕͫ̎̓ͬͤͯ҉̴͕̲͙̖͟ͅͅlͦ͛ͩͯ̈́ͥ̿̚͏̥̩̩̮͇̪̦͉͍h̨̦̻̜̱̘̦̣͌̀̔ͧ̍̀͢u̖͚̫̤̱͊͗ͨ̐̕͟ ̋ͭ̈́͟҉͚͎̺̝͙͜R̶̤̤̋̓̀'̷͓̗̋͐̓l̈́͏͉̲̝̘͈͓̞̖͉͢͜ẏ̡͓̙̼̈́̕͡e̢̯̮͕̲͓̳̫̪ͣͯ̆̄̂͡h̸̴̪̿̽ͦ̍ ̤͕̲̞̭͂̒̈͂̏͊͘͟w̫̿ͅg͔͙̺͔̥͆͗̑̌̄ȁ̎ͦ̿͗̐̐̈҉̙̪̪͠ḥ̷̛̗̥̟̘̗͖͊̂̆̀͊'̜̲̯̖̰̲̈́̇̃͌͌̕nͮ͛̈́̃͏̖͙̳͜ͅa̸̮̟̟̱̘̠͌̒͒͜͟g͚̩̙̙̼͊̏͐ͮ̇̎́l͉̺ͬ̈́͛ͥ́ͥͧ̍͜ ͎̳̮͖͖̼̙̙̰̔ͥ͑͊ͤ̋̈́̐̽f̡̖̱͙̋͋̓̽͘h͉͇͉͊ͨͬ͒̾̇ͭ͟t̡͙̳̠͕͎̙̟͓̆̉͒̆̓ͧͤͥā̬̥̲̱͎̤̮ͯ̌͆̎͛̄͒̾͠ͅḡ͎͔͉͎̍ͭͪ̕͟n̵̼ͯ̓ͬ̽ͬ!͓̲͙ͫͩ̍̇̓ͨ͗͌ͧ̕͢
̅ͫ̚͏̹͎̻̗̤̮͚̬̕P̞̰̰̙͓̗ͭ͗ͥ̚̕͜͡ͅh̩̱͎̤̫̉̐́̆͠'͙̀ͧͯ̓ͨ̇̿̐́n̸̡̪̩͉͈̎́̉ͭ̔g̡̱̟͔̣̻͍̘͑̾̌l̢̹̯̞̯͕̜̟̃̃̒͋͛ͮͮͣͅú̼͉̥͇͇͉̙̟̍̍́ͣͥͥ͜i̢͖̝̹̦̝̤̾̐̒͢͝ ̗͔̜̊̂̓̏ͯ̕m̷͉̼̥̱͚̩͖͂̐̑̐̃́͠͡ģ̙̟̺͇̯̟ͮͭ͛̀ͫ͝l̜̼̗͉̳̥̪̠ͥͮ̆ͤ̋̅̚͜͟w̦̫̭̙ͣ̒'̼̗̫̺̮͊̒͑̆͢͢n̷͔̉ͬ̈́ͬȧ̸̝̭̰̼̲͐ͫ̓͋ͩ̿̚͜f̦̣̽͐̃ͤ̐̀́͘h̷̛͎̰̣͕̋̂̃͝ͅ ̸̛̼̰̫ͧ̌̉͑ͨ̕C̴̯̩͌̂͒͐͂̋͋̍̀t̋̔ͤ҉͍̥̥͠͡h͍̬̫͙̆͊̆̈́ͧͫ̂͝u̥̫̰̩̙̙̭̮ͩ̓̔̈̈́͢͠l͑͗ͣ͂̍҉̠̮̤̰͔ͅȟ̴̨̰͖̣̀ͬ̃̇u̬͈̜̹̣̼͗ͯ́̇̈͌ ̣̗̝̼̲͍̜͖ͪ͊̏̊̏́̕R͈͉̟̤̭̥̺̯͋͞͞'̬͚̫ͩ̽͐ͮ͡l̵̡̡̪͚͈̥̜̗̫̑̃̿͆͊̌ÿ̷͖͔̥̰͕͔́͒͜ͅȇ͇̩̫͔̰̬̟ͩͤ̚h͉̟̺ͦͤ̊ͩ͋ͪ͢ ̸̧̼̣̬̠̰͈͙̞͆ͭw̜̞̏̇̀ͭ͗͗͑̀͜g̹̯͔̔̑̾ȧ̭̺̣̲̗̤̳̯̐̈̊̋̾͘͟͜hͭ̑ͥ̒̔̔̍ͤͮ҉̰̱͙͚̝'ͭ̋ͪ͗͏̘̙̣̟̗n̨̳̻̝͕̙͌͆̈̔͌ͫ̍̽̔a̧̫̣ͦ̽̉̐̿͌͠g̴̛̞̪̠̖͍͂ͬ͆ͩ̽̋ͥ̋ḽ̖̻̎͒̇̃́ ̸͈̠͉̋ͮͤ̄̃̚ͅf͂̅́ͧ͢҉̘͙͔͖̜̜͚͍͖h̡̫̮̥̪̥ͣ̃͋̏̀ţ̨̱̼̗̮̝̪ͩ͘a̝̼̗͉̠̦̥ͫ͌ͯ̄͑́g̙̹͙̼̼͔̋͂̋̿͝n̸̳͉̮̿̇ͤ̑͡ͅ!͇̙͍̲͍̗̣̄̒̇̒͂ͫ̀ ̛̛͕̟̮ͪ̽͝

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[jerry113]

The Maldives?

Kiribati. The island's government is considering buying land in Fiji to relocate its 100,000 citizens because the island is going to disappear under the ocean relatively soon.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17295862

 

[Ikael]

Kiribati. The island's government is considering buying land in Fiji to relocate its 100,000 citizens because the island is going to disappear under the ocean relatively soon.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17295862

Pfffft, the lengths that climate change alarmists pinko liberul scientists would go to keep this hoax going, SMH

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these type of human migrations will create political shitstorms of epic proportions wherever they relocate to, I fear