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:iconcaptainfanclub: :iconsaysplz:WANT MORE? READ ROMANTICALLY APOCALYPTIC [link]


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The sun rose above the city, and glittered through a gap in the thick acidic clouds, basking the world in its usual greenish glow. A jet trail had already pierced its path.
Once, I saw a photograph in a library of the yellow sun and blue sky. How odd.
Something about too much ash and micro filaments in the air, had shifted the colors of the heavens, over the centuries of persistent air pollution.
Plumes of overheated air rose from the Nuclear stations, on the sides of the city's central core, vibrating and shimmering in sunlight.
An ever-present, mushroom cloud of thick, juicy smog reminiscent of the nuclear wars, overshadowed the Core and engulfed it in constant darkness. Workers of the Core had often complained that they never see sunlight, but who really cares about sunlight these days anyway, when we got the brilliant, undying glow of electricity to chase away the nights.
Roads flashed with constant fuzz of green and red lights, always moving, always going. On every road trip I always wonder why there's constantly so much traffic, looking out at passing cars and think about where each person is going and why.


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This painting is inspired by the city I was born in- Novokuznetsk, Siberia.

This is how I often saw it as a child- engulfed in smog and dust from the coal mining and aluminum/steel production factories, the air so thick with metal that hail turned brown, and in cold winter smog covering the city in a gray veil from which you could only see 2 meters ahead.

Here's Novokuznetsk from several thousand meters in the air, shot from a plane: [link]

(This image is now a cd cover)
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Mood: Wow! *Gislaadt Apr 25, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
EXTREMLY STUNNING !!

Millions of bravos !!!
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`alexiuss 2 hours ago
THANK YOU!
I CAN NOT HOLD ALL THESE BRAVOS!
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~UteSmile Apr 14, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Just one word: Amazing!
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`alexiuss 1 hour ago
THANK YOU!
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~BumBleBush4z0 Apr 10, 2013
This picture of smog was next to a picture of the movie Wall-E...Ironic:)
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`alexiuss 1 hour ago
VERY
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~RoakOriginal Mar 25, 2013
OMG!!O_o Cant move my eyes from it... bad luck it doesnt fit as wallpaper...:(
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*frodo-lives Mar 5, 2013  Professional General Artist
Hello, I would like to feature your beautiful image on this blog: [link] -- please let me know if this is NOT ok!
The blog is scheduled for Wednesday 6 March, you'll be able to view it following the link above.
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~Chiichiichan94 Jan 30, 2013
Amazingly STUNNING :O
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*rsg4000 Jan 21, 2013  Student Digital Artist
you fricken awesome dude.your story behind are pretty cool too
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