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Liminal spaces are the subject of an Internet aesthetic portraying empty or abandoned places that appear eerie, forlorn, and often surreal. Liminal spaces are commonly places of transition (pertaining to the concept of liminality) or of nostalgic appeal.

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An abandoned gold mine in Nevada (1908ish) (slrpnk.net)

submitted 10 months ago by Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to c/liminalspace@lemmy.world

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[–] MysticKetchup@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'd imagine there are a lot of these once they got hollowed out, but definitely not the safest places to be

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Abandoned mines are insanely dangerous. While I really love the picturss the guys who take these are fucking morons.

Here is just a few things that could go wrong

collapse kills you
entry collapse
you get lost
toxic gas
you touch something you shouldn't - they found dynamite boxes from 1908 there

The list goes on.

[–] Bread@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Correct me if I am wrong, but old dynamite leaks nitroglycerin. Which is extremely temperamental and deadly.

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 4 points 10 months ago

You're not wrong. By the 1900s, though I think they got it pretty much stabilized, though. Recall that WW1 we were bombing the shit out of each other.

[–] athos77@kbin.social 6 points 10 months ago

I can't be the only one who saw the thumbnail and thought that pillar on the right was some kind of creature, right?

[–] YungOnions@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

These are great pictures, but are they really Liminal?