VULGARE

via:http://kozmofol.wordpress.com/

Rory McInnes, 18, climbed on to the flat roof of his parents’ home and daubed the symbol using a tin of white paint, after watching a programme about Google Earth.Web surfers can view detailed images from satellites using the Google software, enabling them to zoom in on their homes to see them from above.But parents Andy and Clare did not discover their son’s rude artwork until a helicopter spotted it on top of their home near Hungerford, Berks.The pilot called The Sun newspaper, which then contacted Mr McInnes to tell him.Mr McInnes, 54, a company director, thought the newspaper was having a joke. (…)

Telegraph

Basically, a ghost town is any historical town or site that leaves evidence of a town’s previous glory. This could be in many forms — all businesses closed, municipal services at a minimum, rubble and old nails strewn about, ruins of former buildings, etc. Some places that are categorized as ghost towns; however, still have people living in them and though sometimes they don’t want to be called a ghost town, most historians will continue to reference them that way if the reason or purpose for it’s original « boom » is gone. This would include towns likeTombstone, Arizona; Cripple Creek, Colorado;Madrid, New Mexico, and dozens of others.

more: http://www.newmexico.org/western/explore/loma_parda.php & http://www.legendsofamerica.com

( source : http://www.been-seen.com )

( Source : Rich B-S )

( Source : peripathetic )

( Source : minx2012 )

( Source : dianechrich )