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Crumbling

            © Leanne Boulton, All Rights Reserved

Some urbex/rurex photography from a derelict Admiralty facility near to Arrochar, Scotland.

This building was part of the Loch Long Torpedo Range which operated on the loch from 1912 to 1986. Testing peaked during World War II with some 12,000 torpedoes being fired down the loch. The building now is completely unsafe, naturally, and that manhole opening you can see centre frame is an open 15ft drop to the loch below surrounded by jagged rough concrete pillars. You definitely have to watch your step!

This is a previously unpublished shot from March 2020 just after I had decided to begin shielding from infectious people, some four weeks before official guidance. I thought a 'torpedo range' shot would be timely given that the Russian Navy is about to conduct a military exercise in the Irish Sea directly above our massive swathe of Trans-Atlantic undersea communication cables. What could possibly go wrong?

Enjoy!

Taken in: UK / Scotland / Arrochar (show map)

Taken on: March 19, 2020

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III, f/4.5, 1/3200 sec, 24mm, ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens:	EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM
Aperture:	f/4.5
Exposure Time:	1/3200 sec
Focal Length:	24mm
ISO:	1600
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Partial
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 9.1 (Windows)
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