What will the replica Titanic look like inside (and out)? A lot like the original, it turns out
Australian billionaire Clive Palmer unveiled blueprints for the famously doomed ship’s namesake replica on Tuesday. And cruise-goers can expect a lot of references to the 1912 ocean liner.
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“Ahoy” by Mike Lowery
Desert Graveyard of Ships
In the 1960’s, the Soviets diverted tributary rivers from the Aral Sea, causing it to recede by more than 50% and leaving Uzbekistan’s only port torn of Mo’ynoq a desert wasteland filled with boats not quick enough to escape the aftermath. But one’s man economic disaster is just another man’s photo op, as it were, as the area is now host to tourists who’ve come to see these lingering ghosts of commerce.
(photos by Martijn Munneke via: kuriositas / io9)
