Natural disasters, fire, demolition, the end. Amid the chaos, one thing remains ... something to remember.

Thanks to:

Matthijs van Dijk: http://www.sxc.hu/profile/matthijs_v

Nikkayla: http://nikkayla.deviantart.com/

Goodtextures: http://goodtextures.deviantart.com/

Fantasy-Stock: http://fantasystock.deviantart.com/

America, 150 years is not that long ago!

Thanks for the photos:
proxop
familylife
acrisp
bosela

Inspired by the Divine Comedy by Dante

And the practice of MEMENTO MORI, where back in the days of the first cameras (Photography was very expensive) families would take on the expense only when a loved one died and took a photo of them propped up as if still alive.. (even to resorting to painting open eyes over the eyelids of the photograph.)