The largest graveyard of ships in the world
Extended on the West coast of Africa lies the small peninsula of Cap Blanc, Nouadhibou, Mauritania's city where inhabit almost 100,000 people. Economic Capital of the region, the city also holds another title: is home to the largest graveyard of ships in the world.Financial difficulties led the local authorities to allow the owners of boats offer bribes to dumping their ships used the port. After nearly three decades of this practice, the coastline of Nouadhibou has become a unique landscape with more than 300 ships in decay.Nouadhibou's economy has long been based on fishing and trade, but the location on the peninsula has proven to be ideal for maritime trade. The city began to process and distribute iron ore extracted from the depths of Mauritania.Like so many other border cities, the anarchy of business conducted their first times. From the years 20, merchants found that Nouadhibou was willing to ignore the ecological dangers of old ships and dump to forgive any appropriate dismantling processes â€" for a price.With the passage of time, the economic difficulties of the city worsened and in early 80 the frequency with which the abandoned ships were appearing in the Bay of Nouadhibou has increased dramatically. Since then the numbers have been growing and boat owners all over the world began to send their old ships on a last trip to Mauritania.See some of the photos of bleak Nouadhibou. .fancybox-wrap { position: absolute; top:0; left: 0; z-index: 8020; } .fancybox-skin { position: relative; /*margin-top:20px !important;*/ background: #222222; color: #74b32e; text-shadow: none; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; } .fancybox-opened { z-index: 8030; } .fancybox-opened .fancybox-skin { -webkit-box-shadow: 0 10px 25px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5); -moz-box-shadow: 0 10px 25px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5); box-shadow: 0 10px 25px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5); } .fancybox-outer, .fancybox-inner { position: relative; } .fancybox-inner { overflow: hidden; } .fancybox-type-iframe .fancybox-inner { -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch; } .fancybox-close{ background: url('wp-content/themes/codistage/styles/fancybox/exit.png') no-repeat; width:25px; height:25px; float:right; margin-top:10px; margin-right:5px; } /*.ngg-gallery-image img{width:565px; height:393px;}*/O cemitério de navios de Nouadhibou1of 20jQuery(document).ready(function($) { var thumbContainerWidth = 0, thumbs = Array(), selectedIndex = 1, thumbIndex = 1, imageOffset = 7; $('.ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box').each(function() { thumbs.push($(this)); }); /*thumbnail navigation */ $('.ngg-greensavers-thumb-next').unbind().bind('click', function(e) { e.preventDefault(); if(thumbIndex<= (thumbs.length-imageOffset)) { $('.ngg-thumbnails-container').stop().animate({ left : -$(thumbs[thumbIndex]).position().left }); thumbIndex++; } }); $('.ngg-greensavers-thumb-prev').unbind().bind('click', function(e) { e.preventDefault(); if(thumbIndex >1) { $('.ngg-thumbnails-container').stop().animate({ left : $('.ngg-thumbnails-container').position().left + ( $(thumbs[thumbIndex-1]).position().left - $(thumbs[thumbIndex-2]).position().left ) }); thumbIndex--; } }); $(window).load(function() { /* set thumbnail container width */ $('.ngg-gallery-thumbnail').each(function() { thumbContainerWidth = thumbContainerWidth + $(this).width() + 10; }); $('.ngg-thumbnails-container').width(thumbContainerWidth); }); });
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