1.卡曼斯科(纳米比亚)——沙漠吞噬的城市
KOLMANSKOP (Namibia): Buried in sand
Kolmanskop is a ghost town in southern Namibia, a few kilometres inland from the port of Lüderitz. In 1908, Luederitz was plunged into diamond fever and people rushed into the Namib desert hoping to make an easy fortune. Within two years, a town, complete with a casino, school, hospital and exclusive residential buildings, was established in the barren sandy desert. But shortly after the drop in diamond sales after the First World War, the beginning of the end started. During the 1950's the town was deserted and the dunes began to reclaim what was always theirs.
卡曼斯科(Kolmanskop)是一座位于纳米比亚南部，离吕德里茨港很近，现今已被沙漠吞噬的城市。早在1908年，吕德里茨兴起了一股钻石热潮，一大批抱有钻石梦的年轻人聚集到纳米比亚的沙漠中。随之而来的，就是这座卡曼斯科的小镇，人们修建了学校，医院，娱乐场所以及大片的住宅区。
Soon the metal screens collapsed and the pretty gardens and tidy streets were buried under the sand. Doors and windows creaked on their hinges, cracked window panes stared sightlessly across the desert. A new ghost town had been born.
可好景不长，随着世界战后钻石价格的大幅跌落，这座曾今繁华一时的城镇渐渐落寞，最终在20世纪五十年代被彻底废弃，淹没在一片沙丘之中。
A couple of old buildings are still standing and some interiors like the theatre is still in very good condition, but the rest are crumbling ruins demolished from grandeur to ghost houses.
一对旧楼仍然矗立在那里，一些剧院里的内饰看上去仍然不错，但其余的都是摇摇欲坠的废墟，从宏伟的建筑变成了现在的鬼屋。
