Three Gorges of the Yangtse river, 长江三峡

Drei-Schluchten-Damm (Jangtsekiang) - Three Go...

Drei-Schluchten-Damm (Jangtsekiang) – Three Gorges dam (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

These below are some older slides taken before the Gorges were buried below the raised level of the river following the full installation of the great dam. But the level of the river was already above the original as the first phase of water collection was already under way. Sorry for the quality, it comes from before the age of digital photography, but I thought they are still worth publishing as they show a world that nobody could take on new cameras or iPhones.

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