卡拉巴什,地球上最"黑"的地方(多圖)

In Russia, somepeople say the city of Karabash is the blackest point on the planet. AsDmitrij, the photographer writes: "Karabash is Southern Uralian Mars. It hasall the signs of an extraterrestrial place – dead soil, covered with cracks, ariver with its reddish-yellow waters with no signs of life and black artificialmountains."

在俄國，有些人會說卡拉巴什是這個星球上最黑的地方。攝影師Dmitrij曾寫道：“卡拉巴什是烏拉爾南段的火星。它擁有一切外星地域的特徵——荒涼貧瘠，土地龜裂，河水紅中帶黃，沒有任何生命的跡象，黑色的人造山坡高高聳立。”

Then he explains thatthe reason for all this is a large copper molding factory which has poisonedthe local nature for years. He says that in the 1990s the city was called themost polluted city on Earth and acknowledged as a real catastrophic are a few photosof the place taken by Dmitrij with his flying drone:

然後他解釋了其中的原因：原來當地建有一個大型銅模廠，多年來毀掉了周邊的自然環境。20世紀90年代，這個城市被稱爲地球上污染最嚴重的城市，以其讓人難以生存的環境而著稱。下面是一些Dmitrij航拍到的圖片：

"After one hour oftaking photos I felt physically sick. My eyes become damp because of the strongbitter smell in the air, I felt dizzy."

“拍了一個小時的照片後，我感到身體不適。空氣中有一種強烈的苦味，薰得我眼睛發潮，我感覺頭暈腦脹。”

"We knew from thenews reports of the 1990s that this place is horrific: acid rain, air ispoisoned, river is dead, not any chance to survive."

“從90年代的報道中可以看出，這個地方非常恐怖：酸雨，有毒空氣，被污染的河水，完全沒有可能讓生命存活。”

"However, yearspassed and local authorities reported that they installed some very high techair cleaning systems and stuff. However, when you enter the place even the feelof the air makes you want run away as fast as possible."

“然而，許多年過去了，當地政府曾表示他們已經安裝了許多高科技空氣淨化系統之類的東西。不過，你一踏進這個地方，這兒的空氣還是會讓你想要扭頭就跑，能跑多快就跑多快。”

"There issomething surreal in this copper valley. It looks like there is a borderbetween two worlds: the world of the alive and the territory of the dead", thisis the way Dmitry describes the feelings he got from a visit to Karabash.

“這個河谷的樣子有些超現實的意味：河岸似乎被劃分成了兩個世界，一個生機勃勃，一個一片死寂。”Dmitry如此描述自己看到卡拉巴什時的感受。

"The copper factorygave the city life, and the copper factory took the life away. After thecollapse of the USSR, the factory was closed and the dirtiest city become thepoorest city as well. People had to protect their lives from the crime as well."

“銅廠給了城市生命，但銅廠也把生機帶走了。在蘇聯解體之後，銅廠就被關閉了，這個最骯髒的城市又成了最貧窮的城市。人們不得不在層出不窮的犯罪事件中掙扎活命。”

According to what hesays, the new owners of the factory try to invest in clean air ver, after he read local websites and community forums, he felt that peoplewere still living in despair. They simply didn't have the air to breathe.

根據他的說法，工廠的新主人曾經試着投資空氣淨化措施。然而，在他看了當地網站和論壇之後，他感覺人們還生活在絕望中。空氣質量還沒有達到能讓人呼吸的程度。

After the ore isprocessed, tons of sludge is accumulated all around. They form large blackmounds. "Like Sauron's castle", says Dmitry.

開採一個礦，就會堆積出數噸爛泥，爛泥最後形成了黑色的大土堆。“就像魔王索隆的城堡一樣。”Dmitry說道。

He says locals toldhim that in the 1990s Japanese people offered their help in removing the wasteout of the city. They found a way to get the residue of copper from theseleftovers and in exchange for having this metal they offered their help inmoving all the black mountains away from the city. However they were notallowed to do this.

他說，當地人告訴他在90年代日本人試圖幫助他們把垃圾移走。他們找到了一種從殘留物中提取銅渣的方法，作爲把這些“黑山”移走的交換，這些金屬就歸他們了。然而這一計劃沒有獲得批准。

"There was a planthat in 2014 Americans wanted to save the city, however the recent politicalescalation didn't allow this to happen either", says the blogger.

“2014年美國人也想要拯救這個城市，但是最近兩國政治關係緊張，這個方案也沒能實施。”

"The road thatleads to the city is covered with pits and holes, it's like nature itselfdoesn't want you to go to the sick city".

“通向這個城市的路坑坑窪窪，凹凸不平，就好像是大自然也不想讓你去這個噁心的城市。”

"The word Karabash– the city's name – is translated as Kara – black and Bash – head. The BlackHead."

“卡拉的意思是黑色，巴什是頭，所以城市的名字翻譯過來就是——黑頭。”

"The symbol of themodern Karabash is a Bald Hill. Trees used to grow on it, but now it remainsdeserted and without vegetation. Only a Cross stands on the hill with aninscription, Help us and Save us".

“如今卡拉巴什的象徵就是一座荒山。當年山上也曾有樹生長，但如今只是一片不毛之地。只有一個十字架豎立在山上，上面寫着一行銘文：幫助我們，拯救我們。”

Thanks to Dmitry forall those beautiful photos that he shared with us!

感謝Dmitry給我們提供了這麼多好圖！