I'd just like to scream this out - check out the top ten 'desolates'
1 - Texas - Don Despain
2 - Stanford Ca. - Arpita Ghosh (bit of a sub-continent ring to that name?)
3 - Delhi & Punjab, India - Tejinder
4 - Manila, Philippines - David Trinidad
5 - Australia - Tim Boehm
6 - Puna, Hawaii - Anna Holdhazy
7 - Reading, UK (and a couple of other places) - Matt Haugland
8 - Oslo, Norway - Terje Sørgjerd
9 - Reykjavík, Iceland - Þorsteinn H. Ingibergsson (took a while for Iceland to show, eh?)
10- Smithfield, UT - Scott Cooley
It could be argued that places 1, 2, 6, 7 and 10 are all US entries, but even so, things are getting pretty global there...
I like. And congratulations to yous all for the pictures. Great stuff.
Edited to highlight countries (and again to edit the edit).
It is great to see, the global thang. It's a big part of the fun of voting, for me at least, to see the great diversity of places represented. It's also great to see that diversity reflected in the forums. We truly do have a global site... not just USA and Iceland, LOL!
This is great. The fact is Texas could be a country, bigger than most other countries already and it's known as the Republic of Texas still. But to really get a look at desolation I had to leave the forests of San Antonio and venture into the Navajo Indian Reservation of northern New Mexico. Now that is indeed a desolate place. No wonder the indians left the Shiprock area about 1200 A.D. and then the white men sent them back in the 1800's. No-one wanted this part of the country.
