https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ughJeJ4LJD0 "Noye's Fludde" is an opera by british composer Britten from 1958 based on the Noah myth. It premiered in England just 5 years after the great North Sea Flood of 1953. UK; 20. Century; Christian; Music, Opera; Noah
Hong Kong Bay
... with wall to protect the city from the creatures of the deep in the movie Pacific Rim (2013) and now, or rather, in reality... USA, China; 21. Century; Christian; Movie; City: Hong Kong
Jupiter’s Darling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUoGDJep8uo USA; 20. Century; Christian; Movie; City: Rome
Old Maps of Future Floodings
There are many projects for the visualisation of the effects of rising sea levels. The US-American company Climate Central presents dozens of photo-realistic images of potentially flooded areas. Like the flooded Super Bowl Stadium in Florida: They even offer animated...
The ruin as reunification of culture and nature?
from the movie 2067 (2020) [Es] ist der Reiz der Ruine, dass hier ein Menschenwerk ganz wie ein Naturprodukt empfunden wird. Dieselben Kräfte, die durch Verwitterung, Ausspülung, Zusammenstürzen, Ansetzen von Vegetation dem Berge seine Gestalt verschaffen, haben sich...
The Destruction of “The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum”
John Martin’s oil painting, acquired by Tate Gallery London in 1869, imagines the extent of the disaster that famously beset the sister cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum when the volcano Mount Vesuvius erupted on 24 August AD 79.The painting was first exhibited in...
Eko Atlantic City
Eko Atlantic, officially Nigeria International Commerce city, also known as Eko Atlantic City, or the initials E.A.C. and E.A., is a planned city of Lagos State, Nigeria, being constructed on land reclaimed from the Atlantic Ocean. Upon completion, the new peninsula...
Global Meltdown (2017)
All images from the movie Global Meltdown from 2017 Canada; 21. Century; Christian; film
Human Sacrifice in flood protection
Famous german novel "The Rider on a white Horse (Schimmelreiter)" by Theodor Storm draws on a superstition and theme that appears in numerous folk tales from the region of the North and Baltic Sea: In order to build a durable and reliable dyke, a living being has to...
All Saints Flood
The All Saints' Flood (Dutch: Allerheiligenvloed) of 1570 was a disaster which happened on November 1, on the Dutch and German coast. Affected cities include Egmond, Bergen op Zoom and Saeftinghe. The print by Hans Moser depicts the Scheldt river overflowing....