~ Soweto ~ by Meisiekind
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These two cooling towers are from an old power station that is no longer in use and is situated in the heart of Soweto. Instead of demolishing them, they have been painted and is now used for adventure sport such as bungee jumping and tightrope walking etc. For those of you who watch "The Amazing Race"... a couple of series' ago the participants had to walk across one of these towers on a rope. The one on the left is just the sponsoring bank's colors and the right hand tower have all kinds of images depicting life in SA - You can see Nelson Mandela waving, a Metro Rail train, some housing, a kid on a go-kart, two men playing musical instruments, a well known taxi (the blue one) and some yummy eats. I think it is pretty cool...
I have captured this image exactly one year ago today and it holds very fond memories.
Thank you for your support in comments and favs on my Pretoria upload of yesterday!
Hugs, Carin xx
Comments (37)
rocserum
Like a huge salt and pepper set! great shot, interesting info! RS
flora-crassella
really very cool!!!!! Wonderful and interesting picture!!!
debbielove
Now THAT is a cool way of painting them! Way to go.... Brilliant! Rob
lucindawind
oh wow Carin ..the murals are fabulous ...they made good use of the towers .. keep your memories in you heart and treasure them forever :)
helanker
OH MY ! How fun that is. Looks fantastic and must be seen from far away :-) Excellently captured too Carin :-)
blinkings
Thats wonderful. What great colours.
njb2000
Great use of towers Wonderful!
flavia49
fantastic capture!!
mariogiannecchini
Great use of towers ! Wonderful !
Rainastorm
What a cool paint job!
cfulton
I wish they would do something like this with our two in Pinelands. They are also unused. Great capture of the place, Clive
MrsLubner
I wonder why we haven't done the same thing with our twin towers. They'd be a lot easier to look at! Outstanding shot!
auntietk
What a great idea! The mural is fabulous, and the advertisement for the bank is nicely simple and engaging. I'm glad you thought to shoot these! Excellent image.
Faemike55
Fantastic photo! nice use of the towers
elfin14doaks
That type of power was supposed to be the future. They marketed it as safe, clean and efficient. It was none of the listed. Turning them into something useful is a really good idea. great shot.
Sea_Dog
Wonderful image - we don't expect to see the colors and artistry on these towers. Very nice.
beachzz
Turn left at the towers--you'll never get lost if you live anywhere near these!! Great foto, Carin, and cherish those memories. Those times were real and good and that will never change!!
Meowgli
lovely exposure and very interesting subject, really brightens up the landscape :)
kbrog
The one on the right is fantastic. Great capture!
decie
cool idea to paint them but would it not be better to remove the two big ugly things. we dont have any here in Ireland I am glad to say. but it dose not take away from your photo that in it self is so well taken and crisp in color.
jendellas
What a great idea, they are good to look at, beautifully painted!!!!!
ShadowsNTime
Awesome capture Carin! Love the mural with all its beautiful color! I watched the amazing race once...that was enough, lol! (((C)))
bmac62
Very nice. Quite a contrast between the two but it was smart thinking to save them for this purpose. I am always gobsmacked by your skies in SA:)
goodoleboy
Super clarity, multicolors and contrast in this shot of this section of Saoweto, the acronym for "South Western Townships," Carin. I bet you didn't know I knew that. The station looks like it was of a nuclear nature. Any knowledge about that?
npauling
What a great idea. I love the one on the right as it has such a lot of vitality. A lovely capture.
babuci
Excelent capture what makes up your part of the world.
Chipka
This is surreal and well...I happen to really like cooling towers. When I lived in Dortmund, my favorite part of that small city was the power plant in the middle of it along with it's still-working cooling tower! These are deliciously surreal...you don't often find GOOD looking cooling towers looming above the landscape with brilliant colors on their flanks. This is wonderful work, and yet another astonishing favorite. When I'm situated in the Slavic world, I'm definitely making making a journey south! It is a moral imperative!
wysiwig
Colorful, creative, lively and a lot more hopeful than the pictures I saw 35 years ago. This is a wonderful picture. I hope there has been progress to match the image.
whaleman
Way cool!
kgb224
Outstanding capture Carin.