In my experience, many people find industial structures revolting; a fungus that has taken over what was once nature. However, I think there are aesthetic qualities to industial sites, although they are much different, that we often do not see. However, in this photo featured by National Geographic, we are taken to a river, which has a large industrial complex on the other side that is breathtaking. We see that it is night, and the lights that lines the complex are being reflected off the water's edge. But what really makes the picture so beautiful are the streams of smoke that fill the night. It seems the photographer took a long exposure of the scene, making each steam stack meld into itself to form a string of arcane masses. I think the effect is really cool, and goes to show how industry has its own special beauty, especially when it is seen at the right time.
Artist: Kyle Jeffery
Source: http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/smoke-stacks-iowa/#caption
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