the highest building in town

am i happy to be setting off on a cosmic flight? of course.in all ages and epochs people have experienced the greatest happiness in embarking upon new voyages of discovery... I say 'until we meet again' to you , dear friends, as we always say to each other when setting off on a long journey. how i should like to embrace you all — my friends and those with whom i am not acquainted, strangers and the people nearest and dearest to me!

Я вижу Землю. Это настолько красиво!

gagarin
1961

the people there all left and nature is blooming. there are beautiful woods and lakes...i admire those people, because each of them is a philosopher in their own way. when you ask if they are afraid, they say that they would rather die at home from radiation, than die in an unfamiliar place of home-sickness. they eat food from their own gardens, drink the milk of their cows and claim that they are healthy.....but the old man is one of only 400 that have survived this long. he may soon join his 3,100 neighbors that rest eternally in the earth of their beloved homes. it appears that the people with the most courage were the first to die here. maybe that is true everywhere.

the silence here is deafening

ghost town
2004