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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 10712515" data-attributes="member: 92282">Ruins of Villa Epecuen ++ add rep if you like the post <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/D.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D" data-shortname=":D" /> Back in the 1920s, a tourist village was established along the shore of  Lago Epecuen, a salt lake some 600 kilometers southwest of Buenos Aires,  Argentina. The resort town, named Villa Epucuen, soon had a railroad  station, and it thrived for several decades, peaking in the 1970s with a  population of more than 5,000. Around the same time, a long-term  weather event was delivering far more rain than usual to the surrounding  hills for years, and Lago Epecuen began to swell. In 1985, the salty  waters broke through an earthen dam, and Villa Epecuen was doomed. A  slow-growing flood consumed the town until it reached a depth of 10  meters (33 feet) in 1993. The wet weather later reversed, and the waters  began to recede in 2009. <img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/epecuen072011/s_e01_14473443.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Aerial picture of the ruins of Villa Epecuen, some  600 km southwest of Buenos Aires, Argentina, taken on May 3, 2011. The  highly saline water of Lago Epecuen has receded in recent years, after  flooding the village in 1985 and and submerging it under 10 meters (33  feet) of salt water for nearly 25 years. <img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/epecuen072011/s_e02_14300659.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> From the air, the layout of the streets, homes and businesses of Villa Epecuen are still visible. Photo taken on May 4, 2011. <img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/epecuen072011/s_e03_14300620.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The outlines of Villa Epecuen, Argentina, still partially flooded by Lago Epecuen. Photo taken on May 4, 2011. <img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/epecuen072011/s_e04_14473441.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Dead trees, ruined buildings and a rusty vehicle  have recently emerged from the receding Lago Epecuen. Photo taken on May  4, 2011. <img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/epecuen072011/s_e05_14300576.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> May 4, 2011 aerial image of the former lakeside resort of Villa Epecuen, Argentina. </blockquote>

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