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Subject: [Leica] IMGS: Kharanaq
From: tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley)
Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 09:52:29 -0400
References: <CA+yJO1CKqDoFVrDGkvJ3mwiry+e2pyBW4=59s4vWrB1E1HE99w@mail.gmail.com> <BAEA67C7-3D8C-43D8-9452-5FC02F60D509@frozenlight.eu>

There are still some elderly people living in the houses closest to the
highway.  All of the rest of the village is abandoned and crumbling.  They
say that there are valuable minerals in the ground here and the village
will soon be torn down to mine the minerals.

Thanks for looking!!

Tina


On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 1:45 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
wrote:

> I liked these, good to see some women out and about for once.
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> A question: if the village is abandoned, how come there are power lines?
> Was it abandoned only recently?
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> > On 27 May 2016, at 19:53, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > PESO:
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> > We visited the 4000 year old village of Kharanaq, now deserted.  The
> views
> > were beautiful and there were lots of old red mud houses.  We ran into
> one
> > tour group while we were there:
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> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I0000.BnhhttzbK8
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> > More photos of them later.
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In reply to: Message from tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley) ([Leica] IMGS: Kharanaq)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] IMGS: Kharanaq)