Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Jim. The mountains are what I used for reference when I took the new photo, but it was very difficult to find the same points! Tina On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 8:44 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > Nice comparison. The mountains certainly haven't changed, just the snow > covering. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > On 4/28/2016 5:21 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > >> PESO: >> >> When we went back to Iran, we visited in passing the town where we used to >> live. In 1976, Arak was a small village of about 10,000 people. Tom's >> aluminum plant was the only thing there in the middle of the desert. >> Everything had to be brought in by train. The Shah put the plant there to >> provide employment for the people even though there was no reason based on >> resources to have it there. When we visited, everything had totally >> changed. The small village is now a huge industrial city of over 500,000 >> people. The nuclear power plant is there. We found the aluminum plant >> and >> our neighborhood but could not find our house or anything else! I did >> find >> the train station that I photographed in 1976: >> >> >> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I0000H19S3nRtJXw >> >> 40 years later, it has changed, too. The local people said there is never >> that much snow anymore. >> >> >> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I00005b_A.Jr8VKI >> >> Interesting for Tom and me and but I'm not sure whether the new photos >> will >> sell! Not nearly as romantic, anyway ;-) >> >> Tina >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html