The strangest places to live

in photography •  9 years ago 

Aogashima, Japan: life on the volcano

The inhabitants of the island-volcano Aogashima so used to the constant danger that I think such things are quite natural. It may seem like a double crater, towering above the sea, few are suitable for life, but the islanders don't agree with it. Like the wilderness in densely populated Japan on the fingers can be counted.


Dikson, Russia: gates of the Arctic

The small village of Dixon on the coast of the Kara sea is the most Northern town of Russia. The long polar night and the average temperature of -11,4°C coupled with the transport isolation does not create the most attractive conditions for life. However, in Dixon there are still about 500 inhabitants.

Most of them are employed in the service sector or work in the port (when open navigation). Life in the village — an endless "Groundhog day". Or night, if we are talking about the period from November to March.


La Rinconada, Peru: into thin air

Settlement in the Andes, located at an altitude of 5 100 feet above sea level, is recognized as the highest settlement in the world.

Thin air, low temperatures and near-primitive conditions of existence do not stop tens of thousands of workers who come to La Rinconada in search of gold ore.

Despite the harsh climate (the temperature rises a few degrees above zero at night, the cold and lack of oxygen, in the twenty-first century, the population of La Akonadi increased by 235 % and in 2009 amounted to about 30 thousand people.


Pitcairn island, UK: edge of the world

You need to try very hard to in the era of high-speed ships and planes to stay more than a day journey from the nearest settlement. Pitcairn with the problem is to cope. A group of Islands lost in the Pacific ocean, away from the main commercial and tourist routes. Meanwhile, to meet local residents number just over 50 people came for four Russians as evidenced by signed notes, carefully left in a local café.

Adamstown is the capital of the Pitcairn Islands the Only village:


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it looks so amazing, even though its dangerous!

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Very interesting, thanks for sharing.