I love this picture by photographer Andrew Moore, it looks so much like it's taken in Africa. In fact, and it's quiet surprising the location is in the far north-east of Russia on the Sakhalin Island.
coordinates : 53°34'52.34N 142°55'59.93E
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Artificial Owl recommends:
this is abandoned in still-disputed territory! japan and the former soviet union have argued over Okha ever since the end of WW2.
looks like a gulag transport train ...