Photos by MJ Klein
There is an area north of Taichung city, in northern Taichung county where the mountains are formed out of loose material. You can see quite a few examples of them eroding away as you drive down the highway. The other day, Hui-chen and I took Highway #4 and I shot a series of photos out of the car window at speed while she drove.
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Clearly you can see the loosely organized soil and the gravel that make up the topography of this area.
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Unfortunately, people have built factories and other structures on top of this mountain, most likely not understanding the nature of it.
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Here we see a concrete wall that is close to the edge.
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Notice the debris that has slid down the mountain along with the soil.
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This photo shows a concrete structure that is exposed. I am not sure if it was built like this, or whether the edge has eroded away from the structure.
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The left bottom edge of the factory foundation wall appears to be hanging in space. Check the large size photo and see what you think.
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Many structures in the above 2 photos appear to be very close to the edge!
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#1 Comment By Andres On September 13, 2007 @ 13:28
and then someday one of them will collapse and they will blame someone else (most likely the govn’t) for their own fault, bad judgement and lack of common sense.
#2 Comment By MJ Klein On September 13, 2007 @ 14:00
Andres, you are probably right about that!