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listen-to-the-inner-walrus · 10 months

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since theres a lot of discussions about shipwrecks and deep sea submersibles happening right now, im just gonna quickly recommend this video which details how caladan oceanic found the samuel b roberts.

the samuel b roberts was a destroyer escort sank during the battle off samar during ww2. the wreck was found last year and is 22,621 feet/6885 metres deep which is almost 10,000 feet or 3000 metres deeper than the titanic and is currently the deepest wreck ever found.

in the video, you see a deep sea submersible (which can go down to 36,000 feet/10,973 metres) that isnt a tin can finished up with duct tape, super glue and glittery gel pens. it is piloted by an expert and they swap out pilots every day to avoid exertion or fatigue, and they have a very complex sonar system for finding wrecks. the longest they can go down is 16 hours and they keep in contact with their ship above and have to get clearance just for half an hour more.

when they find the wreck, they look around it to ensure they can identify it and map it out as well as they can, and then head back up to shore. they then hold a funeral service for those who died and leave a wreath on the ocean surface above where the wreck lays.

while im somewhat sketched out by the founder victor vescovo, the company does important work in terms of furthering our understanding of the ocean and finding wrecks which are the gravesites of those who passed. and they are not disrespectful to those whose graves lay 22,000 feet/6700 metres down on the seabed.

and what i would like to point out is how the samuel b roberts is protected against unauthorised disturbance by the sunken military craft act. you would need a permit from the naval history and heritage command (and a submarine that can withstand all the pressure) to go see it.

which, as ive said many times in the last two days, is something that the titanic should also have protection against. there should be laws in place that do not allow people to treat a mass fucking gravesite as a tourist spot.

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k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9 · 1 year

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Catacombs of Paris

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#Catacombs of Paris #underground ossuaries in Paris #underground #ossuary #France #paris #bones #skulls #memento mori #photography #photo #dark tourism #dark #tourism

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fallbabylon · 13 days

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Bills of mortality- South Newington church Oxfordshire, UK

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hussyknee · 10 months

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I don't get the "disrespectful viewing of a mass grave" aspect of the Oceangate criticism. The Titanic sank over a hundred years ago and has since become a touchstone of art and popular culture. It isn't tied to an oppressed minority (disabled or queer people) or ethnic/racial community as part of a heritage of violence. Plenty of people pay to see shipwrecks and the sites of historical tragedies that have been turned into museums and monuments. Yes it's a stupid amount of money, but I don't really get what's particularly ghoulish about wanting to see a famous shipwreck. Am I missing something?/gen

#Oceangate #Titanic #titanic submarine #shipwrecks #dark tourism #historical sites #knee of huss #current events

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sp00kybimb0 · 6 months

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🪦My photo. Insta:birdyghoul 🪦

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brimstone-pilgrim · 1 year

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Necropolis of the St. Alexander Nevsky Lavra of the Holy Trinity, Saint-Petersburg, Russia.

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cultofknotcraft · 1 year

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Friedrichswerdersche Friedhof, Berlin, 2023.

#cemetery #graveyard #dark tourism #berlin #memento mori #ars moriendi

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cultofweirdthings · 1 year

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Explore these 8 crypts, catacombs, and bone churches you have see before you become part of the display.

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moonandserpent · 2 years

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Gravestones and a squirrel, the Hardy Tree, London.

#hardy tree #gravestone #graveyard #tombstone #cemeteries #london #dark tourism #thomas hardy

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ladymidnytemare · 8 months

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💀 Welcome, Children of the Night.

Let's make music together 💀

After being moonlighting on the Tumblr for years, I have finally figured what the hell this, my main blog, is actually for 😅

This is my Aesthetic Blog.

I am a morbid romantic, darkness loving, Halloween-Queen

In my recent rampant reblogging and sharing of things I have learned that this is my Goth Blog 💜💀👻🎃

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If it is dark, mysterious, romantic and creepy, it's here.

((one of my shots from Montjuic Cemetery this year..))

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lockvogel · 1 year

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Kehlsteinhaus and views from above

Forgot to mention that the bus ride to the entry point (tunnel / elevator) was crazy, very steep and lots of hairpin curves! If you get motion-sick, hiking is probably the better option.

#original photography #landscape photography #German alps #Mountains #Tunnel #dark tourism #mine #Bavaria #Bayern #Germany #Berchtesgaden #photographers on tumblr #Kehlsteinhaus

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listen-to-the-inner-walrus · 10 months

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What’s your opinion on Pompeii then

tbh, i dont feel necessarily qualified to discuss the ethics around pompeii.

as i stated in the post, ocean liners and shipwrecks are one of my special interests so i know quite a lot about that kind of thing. ive watched a lot of interviews with survivors of wrecks or family members of those who died. this includes victims of titanic where family members have said they doont watch folks going down there to gawk at the wreck. there are also several shipwrecks that cannot be treated as tourist hotspots either because of respect for the dead or to avoid things like plundering or vandalism, like the fitz or the greek trading ship in the black sea.

because of all that, i feel that i know enough about the topic to speak on it and i will defer to what the survivors and the families of victims say.

im not that well-versed on pompeii beyond what most people know. ive never come across any discussion about it as a tourist spot or as part of "dark tourism', so my opinion is that my opinion on that matter is worthless.

if anyone who does know more about it, id love to hear what you think about it as a tourist spot.

#anon #pompeii #titanic #edmund fitzgerald #shipwrecks #dark tourism #we very briefly covered pompeii for about five minutes in a geography lesson when i was 12 #and ive watched the puppet history video on ir #and thats the extent of my knowledge #so my opinion is not worth much in this discussion #id rather defer to those who know more

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k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9 · 2 years

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#cathedral #skulls #skull #monk #memento mori #quotes #text #death #dead #macabre #dark tourism #pile of skull #skeletonization #quote

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weirdwisconsin · 3 months

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A town with a vampire and connections to Vincent Price, a hotel with a dungeon suite, and a haunted former brothel top our list of perfect romantic getaways in Wisconsin.

#wisconsin #weird wisconsin #discover wisconsin #travel wisconsin #wisco #travel #explore #paranormal #haunted #haunted places #vincent price #vampire #dark tourism #dark tourist #romantic #goth #dark

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arctic-hands · 7 months

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I don't want to in the first place (and it's nigh impossible and very unwise to do because of the war), but like I would never be allowed to be a Chernobyl or Fukushima tourist would I? At age thirty I've been told to never get another x-ray unless there's reason to suspect a life threatening situation because I've had so many all my life and especially in the last twelve months so like. There's no way any ethical organization would let me right?

#watching the Kyle Hill video from a few months ago about pre-war Cherbobyl influencer tourists 😬#why are people sticking their heads in radioactive machinery and taking radioactive things off the ground #I believe this is called #dark tourism #?#just chronic illness things

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sp00kybimb0 · 2 months

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🪦Fallow my Instagram for more: @birdyghoul

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