Before and after images of Blatten, Switzerland – a village that was buried yesterday after the Birch Glacier collapsed. Around 90% of the village was engulfed by a massive rockslide, as shown in the video. Fortunately, due to earlier evacuations prompted by smaller initial slides, mass casualties were avoided. However, one person is still unaccounted for.

I was talking with a German online friend about tourism in the United States and he said that the only thing America has to offer is natural beauty. He said American cities were young and aren’t very beautiful. That he has no interest visiting “liberty bell” type colonial historic sites. I told him about Native historic sites and he asked “what sites?”. He insulated that all Native Americans lived in teepees. It caused me to realized many non-Americans don’t know about all the amazing buildings left behind by Native cultures like the Ancestral Puebloans and the Mississippians. Historic sites like Chaco canyon, Mesa Verde, Montezuma Castle, and Cahokia are world class and are part of UNESCO. Check them out if you haven’t already.

Pictured: Dallol, Ethiopia

Imagine if Los Angeles was built like Barcelona. Dense 15 million people metropolis with great public transportation and walkability.

They wasted this perfect climate and perfect place for city by building a endless suburban sprawl.

Images taken by local photographer Daniel Cilia

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