A man collects recyclable materials from floating garbage washed into Manila after Tropical Storm Nida dumped 12 inches of rain on the Philippines.
Notes:
- Title Credit Reference to “The Road“: “Cormac McCarthy’s tenth novel, The Road, is his most harrowing yet deeply personal work. Some unnamed catastrophe has scourged the world to a burnt-out cinder, inhabited by the last remnants of mankind and a very few surviving dogs and fungi. The sky is perpetually shrouded by dust and toxic particulates; the seasons are merely varied intensities of cold and dampness. Bands of cannibals roam the roads and inhabit what few dwellings remain intact in the woods.” (Quote Source: CormacMcCarthy.com. Find Book: Amazon.com. Find Movie Trailer: The Road)
- Photo – wsj.com photo of the day by Ted Aljibe / Agency France – Presse / Getty images.
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GEESH, interesting photo to be sure, but can’t bring myself to hit ‘like’ on this one, pal…
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Sickening. Soul deadening.
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WLS…stunning, in the most horrific sense…
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Exactly. Can’t shake the image.
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Pass the Purell !
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Laughing. A boatload.
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overwhelming sad on every level.
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All that and then some.
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Oh. How absolutely gut-wrenching. Out of control.
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So true. And it is gut wrenching.
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I’m rushing right out to book my holiday to southeast Asia.
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I bet.
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Right!
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I’m getting squeamish thinking of what is moving about under all that garbage… I hope he got a rebate for the recyclables.
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Now, that, is looking at a glass 1/8 full and seeing light.
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It’s all I can do to look at such images, though they abound throughout the world, these days. Important to view, for sure. Aloha.
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All incredibly sad…
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And…do our little part to reverse this course.
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Heartbreaking – both what we are doing to our planet and the poverty so many endure that forces them to “dumpster dive” in this manner.
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Yes Darlene. Distressing all the way around.
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Que imagem impressionante!
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It is Ana!
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