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Photographed by Jason Larkin: Ascension Island is an island located near the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean - Darwin was the first person to discover this island but only passed it because he believed it was too volcanic of life to grow. According to ecoloigists, "Green Mountain shows that it is possible, in some cases, to turn largely barren areas into tropical forest in around 100 years, not thousands of years." Ruins, Saint Helena, Ascension Island, S Images, Travel Africa, Fantasy Land, Traveling Tips, Island 2, Tropical Forest

When I first saw Jason Larkin’s project, A Useless Island, I was immediately intrigued, even though I had never heard of Ascension Island or its history. Larkin’s images filled me with a sense of wonder and mystery. With a name like Ascension and an inlet named Comfortless Cove, it’s not unfair to say the island seems […]

ere’s just something about an isolated island that captures my imagination. Last year, it was the mysterious military base turned science project, Ascension Island; this time it’s a little postcolonial island in the Banda Sea called Run (also known as Rhun or Pulo Run). Without the work of Indonesian photographer Muhammad Fadli, I would never have known its story. Ubud, Nutmeg Tree, Isolated Island, Myristica Fragrans, Spice Island, Ascension Island, Science Project, Military Base, Paying Attention

There’s just something about an isolated island that captures my imagination. Last year, it was the mysterious military base turned science project, Ascension Island; this time it’s a little postcolonial island in the Banda Sea called Run (also known as Rhun or Pulo Run). Without the work of Indonesian photographer Muhammad Fadli, I would never have […]

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