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Atlantis on a map from 1664
Map by German scientist Athanasius Kircher (1602 - 1680)
Atlantis as a ship
In the final episode of the Sci Fi series "Stargate Atlantis" the city vessel Atlantis eventually lands in the San Francisco bay. Atlantis here is a city that can both fly in outerspace and float on water. This is the city plan according to one Stargate Wiki:
Burchardi Flood or Grote Mendrenke
German annalist and farmer Peter Sax (1597 - 1662) wrote about the North Sea flood of October 11th 1634: „Um sechs Uhr am abend fing Gott der Herr aus dem Osten mit Wind und Regen zu wettern, um sieben wendete er den Wind nach dem Südwesten und ließ ihn so stark...
The Water Creature of New Orleans
Artist Carole Alden led the design and creation of this 30-foot floating sculpture, working primarily with salvaged materials. The sculpture swam in the Bayou St. John in New Orleans in August 2019 and is now on display at The Green Project. Find out more here. A...
Olphaert den Otter: Beauty without well-being
One of many images from the "World Stress Painting" series Dutch visual artist Olphaer den Otter began in 2019. He calls it: "A never-ending series that lends visual interpretation to the four elements, made by human intervention into catastrophes. A catalogue of...
Etude of Drowning
Gédéon Reverdin: Étude dessinée d'après le tableau d'une Scène de Déluge peint par A.L. Girodet (1828). Here is the original painting by Girodet from 1806.
Edouard Lalo: Le Roi D’Ys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnDxZsxHzdw "Le roi d'Ys" is an opera by French composer Édouard Lalo (1823 – 1892), to a libretto by Édouard Blau, based on the old Breton legend of the drowned city of Ys (assumed geographical location).
Iconic Image from “Planet of the Apes”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvuM3DjvYf0 Thanks to Stephan Wagner for the reminder. USA; 20. Century; Christian; film; City: New York
Nature does not know disasters
“Only man knows natural disasters, so far as he survives them. Nature does not know disasters.” "Katastrophen kennt allein der Mensch, sofern er sie überlebt; die Natur kennt keine Katastrophen.“ from: Max Frisch: Der Mensch erscheint im Holozän. (1979) The German...